Q: Advice on choosing a luxury car
My dad wants to buy a BMW but I tell him it is a stupid car. What car do you recommend?
Personally, I would get a Lexus. They are really nice luxury cars and they rarely break down. They are excellent. I have had tons of customers in the ’70s and the ’80 that have Mercedes and BMWs. Then they got a Lexus and never had to spend money fixing it. They loved it, they still drive them, and some of them have 600-700,000 miles on them.
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