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Forgive me if this is blasphemy, but how 'bout an Audi?
Before my finacee totalled it, I had a 1995 S6. I paid CDN$12,000 for it. Stock power of the turbo inline 5 is 220, but a simple chip upgrade (which I had) brought peak power to 300, and boy did that thing move.
It looked just like this:
http://www.careos.com/pics/BiblioPHO/net/s6_1995.jpg
http://www.gaby-chariots.com/images_offres/AUDI_S_6.jpg
Interior pics: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/819800/2
A fraction the price of a 21st century BMW, tonnes of fun, super safe and super fast. Granted, not the drivers' car that a BMW is, but excellent in so many ways.
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The reason I need this is as follows...
I have had one major car/truck wreck that left me with a brain injury... like athletes, you can only have a few concussions before the damage is permanent... my impact was at 55 mph into the side of a dump truck full of snow, SO, the impact was way more severe than athletes... I have no second chance!
I need the protection of side impact airbags and side curtain airbags or I am going to be a vegetable if I experience another impact, even a smaller one than the first.
I know how safe the e34 is, but in a crash, if my head hits the side of the door or glass, it could be the last time I can remember my name, or get to drive at all.
I have considered a newer audi, maybe a 2001 quattro model... an allroad would be great! They are the same $ as a 330xi!
The audis are $$ to repair, for example, to do a timing belt, you need to remove the whole front end off the car$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
I have also looked at the NEW Subaru Legacy wagon - 250 hp... but the metal is thinner and it has no doorframes, windnoise concerns me, and how safe are they?!
Any other suggestions are welcome...
I would like something that will not cost a fortune to maintain, I was hoping a newer BMW would be good.... but having owned a 540, I could be very wrong!!!
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Oh, fair enough, then. Get something with AWD, solid construction, and enough airbags to make Pamela Anderson jealous. Like a new BMW.
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Chris, buy the xi. :D
best, whit
