[micah]

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[This is not a comment about this forum, it's about craigslist and other online classifieds]
I'm currently looking for another used BMW, perhaps half-heartedly (not as rich as I want to be). When I look at ads outside of this forum, I find that in ads for used BMWs the word "sport" is used liberally regardless of whether the vehicle in question actually has the sport package. So, terms like "335 sport" or, as in my current case, "535xit sport" abound. Practically none of these cars has the sport package. It's like people think if you're selling a BMW you automatically get carte blanche to use the term sport even though (to me) it has a very specific meaning (and I'm not interested in cars without it). If there are any pictures of the car, one can immediately detect the presence of the sport package. BTW, this happens with "premium" as well, and sometimes I've even seen dealers lie about 6MT in ad copy. Like I'm not going to notice THAT?

Now, some caveates: I've only seen that happen once on e90post, and that thread got shut down after a bunch of people called the seller out. Mostly when I see it happen in other online classifieds, it's a dealer, more specifically, a non BMW dealer (though I've seen BMW dealers do it). Individual sellers seem to know the options on their cars.
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[JayKay335i]

Many people have no clue what their car has. When recently looking at used 335s the guy said the car was to stiff and uncomfortable and thats why hes selling. He said getting the sport option was a bad idea. The car didn't have the sports package.