My BIL had one for a couple of years and the engine is ridiculous. But you'd have to get one that's several years old or a lot of miles for a $55K budget. They're double that price when new.
My BIL had one for a couple of years and the engine is ridiculous. But you'd have to get one that's several years old or a lot of miles for a $55K budget. They're double that price when new.The X5M supposed to be pretty impressive drivers car as well...
Went to the Audi dealer and checked out the Q5/Q7. The Q5 is just too small. Going back over my list and looking at cargo room and overall cabin volume, the only car I'm going to test drive from my original selection is the Fpace. It's slightly larger than the q5/glc/macan. Guess I'm going to have to step up to the next class which is blah because they start to creep outside of my budget with the features I want.
Verdict is in
Going with the F Pace. The extra 4-6cuft of room is enough and it was the most fun when compared to the q7 and xc90. Was going to custom order but the wait time is more than I thought so I'm just going to find something in inventory.
Not impressed overall or with something in particular? I also assume you're talking about the new version? Performance wise the AMG version adds over 100hp.
In regards to the Porsche, I did look at it but I feel like they're trying lure you in with a false price. You get almost nothing for the base price. I'm even surprised they give you wheels and tires with the car considering how they option every damn thing possible. I'm sure if you look hard enough you'll probably see the windshield as an option.
Well, it looks like if I want an Fpace I'm going to have to order one up and wait till around late January before it's delivered. Inventory in my surrounding area is non-existence in the trim I want and apparently Jag populates their inventory system with people's orders. So all of these options I thought I had don't exist and are really people's orders showing up at the dealer.
Thinking about testing an AMG GLC43 even though it has less space. If I have to wait and order an Fpace then I'll go with S model in white with tech package, hitch and heated windshield for 63k.
Yet Porsche rates very highly for reliability and VW rates absolute shit. I'd never own a VW. My wife owned one and it was complete garbage.
I know this is an old post but the reason Porsche rates high is because JD Powers doesn't normalize for mileage and more Porsches tend to be weekend/second cars. There's also a tendency for german cars to be alright <100k and then start falling apart, so crossing some threshold is meaningful. Their cars share the same designs as the audi/vw group and use similar assembly systems so there's no real reason for one to be superior to the other.
Well, F Pace it is.
Tested an AMG and really liked it. Space was an issue but said what the hell when I spotted one that had what I wanted that was actually in my price range. The one I tested was optioned to high. Got all excited and got some numbers from the dealer where I found out the residual was just terrible on it compared to the Jag. So, built the white S model mentioned above and sent the .pdf to the dealer to order one. Now for the 3 month wait.
So, the takeaway from this is don't buy a Porsche either. Got it.