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After the holidays are over I will be buying a new(to me) car to use as a daily so I can retire the S from bad weather and long trip etc.

I am looking for used cars. Some of the biggest requirements are either fwd or awd, updated/ nice interior with GPS etc, manual trans, back seats/4 door and a fun car to drive.


Some of the choices I have been looking into so far are the following.


2007-2008 acura TL Type S really hard to find low mileage and manual trans.

2008+ WRX( missing the nice interior part mostly though)

G35xi sedan

335xi ( worried about repairs and maintenance though) never owned a BMW before.

2007-2008 Subaru Legacy GT B Spec (hard to find)

I don't want a 2 door as back seat space is important and hate having to get in through the front doors.

I've really been wanting a quiter more comfortable car to have to go along with my S.

Any other suggestions or feedback on the cars I am looking at?

As of now I think I would want the Type S the most but it is also one of the hardest to find in manual of all of them.

mosesbotbol

How about and X-Type Jaguar 3.0 or Acura TL Type S?

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Definitely a no to the jaguar but if you look above the tl type s is my first choice.

suprmonky73

test drove a 2007 TL Type S about 2 years ago and it was really nice. I'd love to have one for a DD.
Finding one with lower miles might be hard since most people use it as a DD and not as a secondary car like s2000's.

Tx2pdx

G35X or G37X. Incredibly reliable. Awesome 7AT (g37) that stays in whichever gear you put it. If you havent already, go test drive one. You'll be hooked.

CG

G8's are getting into your price range.

Saki GT

G8s are great, but rwd for a winter car is not. No Audis on the list?

I would also look at a recent Sonata or Maxima.

Nandska

maybe also Mazda Speed 6 or Optima?

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G8 is pretty nice but I don't want another RWD car. Definitely no to any Auto's as well. Being as my business is mainly shift knobs I feel like that would be a sin haha.

I have looked at the G35x as well. Those seem to very hard to find in manual.

I have found some TL Type S' recently but all have had over 75K miles or an accident or something on record. Lots of low mileage auto's but I can't do that.


I love how Audi's look! I am just nervous about reliability with them as I am with the BMW's. Is that incorrect to be worried about that with them?

The newer model A4's look great I think and I'm sure the 2.0T would be a nice engine for daily driving. Plus the AWD would be great for winter with some winter tires!

suprmonky73

I feel the same way in general about the german cars. However, my dad has had a 2005 A6 and still DD's it, 100k miles and for the most part has had zero issues. The only thing is that general maint. is higher overall, and once in a while silly things go wrong that you have to pay quite a bit for. sorry, no concrete examples off the top of my head.