BMW Alternative
There are a lot of cars out there that are fun to drive, wax, personalize, take pictures of, which are equally over engineered with poor reliability that we could have in the stall of course with our BMW. I have three young children, so my 545i is not my daily either. Just to check the pulse, which one would you pick? I love headaches, I?d have a 2005+ Porsche 911 Carrera! What would you have?
Cheers all

 

Maybe you should read Consumer Reports latest issue on car rating....

 

Lexus GS but the problem with those cars is they are reliable.

Range Rover with SC? I hear they use the BMW active sway bar.

 

I have one kid and one more on the way so my vote would be for the Escalade, but I'm biased. It's not sporty but plenty of room and does not make me feel like an "old" man. Still regretting not getting the ESV version though. Of course i would love to own a 911 someday but for now, I'm satisfied with the 550 as my daily driver.

 

I bought my car because it was fun to drive, Consumers said leave it on the lot! I really don't care about brand, just enjoyment.
Dude, just for fun!!

 

Only one which comes close to BMW is Infinity M37 or M56....

 

but BMW still is better

 

Duh, stupid post! Are you saying BMW's are unreliable? I've owned 4 so far, 545, 530, M3 and now a 550 I and have never had an issue!

 

just watched a new program a few weeks back about BMW history. The said consumer pros all thought BMW reliability was below par concidering available resources! I've only owned two BMW's in my life and have enjoyed them both! With all the doom and gloom around us I just was wondering what like minded owners would have in the garage as well as their beloved.
cheers

 

Calling this post stupid is a little harsh...there are some people here that have had some pretty serious problems with these cars. Plus, they are relatively expensive to maintain if you're not a DIYer.

That being said - I would pick up of a Cayenne GTS mainly because I love the oxymoronic concept of the sports SUV...