# Opinions on this car? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 21, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-car/203992 "2009-10-21T19:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-car/203992/40 "2009-11-25T07:28:11Z")
> [@IM THE NEW GUY HERE](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-the-new-guy-here/41597/40): > > I’ve owned imports 3 series, E class, etc their a pita. The dealerships rip you off. They rape you on parts and labor. A lot of parts you can’t get for do it yourselfers. The dealership is trying to dump the car with a standard shift because they know the resale is bad on them. I was looking at X-5’s and when I drove a Jeep srt8 I had almost the same car for less than half of the price with the incentives at the time. I can do most of the maintanence myself or at a local shop if I want. I put about $1500 in mods and it blows the bimmer’s away even the M’s. European’s do have the edge in the interiors but not for double the price. Just my 2cts. hi, wtf are you talking about? LOL comparing an x5 to a SRT8 jeep LOL!!! anyway, yes they are expensive and the dealership is used to dealing with people with lots of money and zero desire to work on cars. and you can surely get any part that is manufactored for the car… maybe you mean at a discounted price or a chinese aftermarket… if a car is production the parts are avalible and any parts counter… you can order a drop out motor or tranny from a parts dept??? 😕 btw, “M” cars are slow from the factory, oh and btw btw, your jeep is slow as well 😃 > [@Only in Cheektowaga...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/only-in-cheektowaga/41657/27): > > So basically 135 \> \* > > :kekegay: incorrect… but true compared to the options listed. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opinions-on-this-car/203992)._