Dream car on a big law salary Forum

[icansortofmath]

.... well, you can sit and pretend to be checking your messages until the coast is clear before you crawl out.

Pretty sure that’s part of the charm. Cognitive dissonance and all.

[Anonymous User]

I had an F90 BMW M5 for a bit....damn that thing was fun on commutes in the morning.

[dabigchina]

I bought a gently used bmw 4 series convertible. I enjoy it. A little pricey, but I've earned it. Once I drive it into the ground, I may go back to a Honda Accord.

more fun to drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow.

also, v6 accords are ridiculously fast nowadays.

Driving a fast car fast is even more fun

The problem with the Accord is you have a big 'ol v6 hanging out on the front axle sending power through an open differential. They scoot pretty well for what they are, but the fundamental setup prevents them from ever being a serious performance contender. A BMW with a turbocharged longitudinal inline 6 sending power to the rear wheels (especially an M car with a limited slip differential) is going to have a lot more performance potential. That said, new non-M BMWs depreciate like day-old bread, while Accords keep their value. If you can't turn a wrench (and really even if you can), the Accord will be far cheaper to keep running. So the Accord is probably the better daily choice for most- it's plenty quick for merging into traffic and very few BMW drivers actually use the performance their cars offer.

But tying this all back to legal employment: Both Accords and non-M BMW 3/4 series really fulfill the same niche: they are like the anonymous business casual outfit in biglaw- nobody will remember your car if you drive either. I think for most normal folks, that's a good thing.

I misspoke. The hot Accord now has a detuned 2.0 turbo from the Civic r.

It pulls 0.88 lateral g. The new 3 ( not m3) pulls 0.89. I personally think the preference for fr over ff layouts is kind of outdated. If you aren't planning on tracking, I think tcr is the Accord. If you are planning on tracking, I think tcr is the Accord and a mx5 for the track.

[glitched]

My dream car is a used camry or corolla that I can ride til it dies. Once I move out of NY, that's the first thing I'm going to buy.

[nealric]

I bought a gently used bmw 4 series convertible. I enjoy it. A little pricey, but I've earned it. Once I drive it into the ground, I may go back to a Honda Accord.

more fun to drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow.

also, v6 accords are ridiculously fast nowadays.

Driving a fast car fast is even more fun

The problem with the Accord is you have a big 'ol v6 hanging out on the front axle sending power through an open differential. They scoot pretty well for what they are, but the fundamental setup prevents them from ever being a serious performance contender. A BMW with a turbocharged longitudinal inline 6 sending power to the rear wheels (especially an M car with a limited slip differential) is going to have a lot more performance potential. That said, new non-M BMWs depreciate like day-old bread, while Accords keep their value. If you can't turn a wrench (and really even if you can), the Accord will be far cheaper to keep running. So the Accord is probably the better daily choice for most- it's plenty quick for merging into traffic and very few BMW drivers actually use the performance their cars offer.

But tying this all back to legal employment: Both Accords and non-M BMW 3/4 series really fulfill the same niche: they are like the anonymous business casual outfit in biglaw- nobody will remember your car if you drive either. I think for most normal folks, that's a good thing.

I misspoke. The hot Accord now has a detuned 2.0 turbo from the Civic r.

It pulls 0.88 lateral g. The new 3 ( not m3) pulls 0.89. I personally think the preference for fr over ff layouts is kind of outdated. If you aren't planning on tracking, I think tcr is the Accord. If you are planning on tracking, I think tcr is the Accord and a mx5 for the track.

Lateral Gs is mostly a function of tire choice- it’s also not the best overall handling metric. FR over FF preference is just physics - the front tire have to do a lot more when tasked with delivering power and steering. You can do great things in an FF setup (see Civic Type R), but the overall potential will still be lower.

But I agree- the regular 3/4 series isn’t really all that great of an enthusiast vehicle these days. If you want to drive aggressively, far better to have a second car for that purpose.