Used BMW costs

[HTexan]

Been looking around and find a lot of used bmws for really great prices. I hear a big reason is because the repair and maintenance costs are so high. My question is how much higher are they than average vehicle repair costs. If it was just 1.5 - 2 times as much that wouldn't be too bad considering the saving on the vehicle and you get to drive a higher end car. But if it is 3-5 times as expensive well f that! 

Yup, $$$ to work on. E36s are nice to race though.

[oldtimer1]

If you have a Japanese car you change the oil, tires, brakes, and filters. It will run forever with no problems. A BMW will have gremlins to fix that will make you want to take a sledge hammer  to the car.

[HTexan]

If you have a Japanese car you change the oil, tires, brakes, and filters. It will run forever with no problems. A BMW will have gremlins to fix that will make you want to take a sledge hammer  to the car.

Yup Acura, Lexus and Infiniti all day every day, if you want something used or to last past the warranty

[residue]

Funny to see so many people view bmw's as some high-end luxury item only available to "rich" people. Anybody making 30k a year can afford a 3 or even 5 series (& still pay their mortgage). Same goes for any other luxury car. That type of mentality is WHY those people will never drive a luxury car. Same mentality is why people win the lotto and end up broke 3yrs later.

bingo, they're hardly the exclusive club people think they are, we were shopping for used cars and was shocked to find we  could get 2 used 3 series for 1 jeep wrangler

[oldtimer1]

Yup Acura, Lexus and Infiniti all day every day, if you want something used or to last past the warranty

I had a company car for ever for work so I really didn't care about my personal car. Drove a Toyota for 17 years and the only thing that broke was a water pump. Every time I turned the key the motor hummed. Sold it to a college kid and he put an another 5 years on the car with high mileage before it blew a head gasket.

[Doug_Steele]

Where was the plant u worked at? I take it not in Germany and the only US plant is South Carolina?

Was a ops leader in Spartanburg, SC and watch em get made.   they worked the hell out of those people.  

[HTexan]

I had a company car for ever for work so I really didn't care about my personal car. Drove a Toyota for 17 years and the only thing that broke was a water pump. Every time I turned the key the motor hummed. Sold it to a college kid and he put an another 5 years on the car with high mileage before it blew a head gasket.

Yotas are great, neck and neck with hondas. However hondas interiors have suffered recently, great tech in hondas though.
I got a company car too, I put a shitload of miles in it.

[Nirvana]

Looks like Getbig has spoken.  BMWs are pieces of shit.   (unless you go into the 80s models)

From what I hear, there is some truth to this. My dad has a 1997 7 series with 180,000 and it runs absolutely perfect. He's put 30,000 miles on it with no problems. Apparently 1998 though was when they started to move production somewhere else or something like that (I don't actually know, this is just what he heard from our Hungarian mechanic who used to work in East Germany) and quality went to shit. Another person I know has 3 series from like 2002 or something, it's junk. So yeah I have no trouble believing that the older BMW's are great cars, similar to Porsche and VW back in the day.

[HTexan]

From what I hear, there is some truth to this. My dad has a 1997 7 series with 180,000 and it runs absolutely perfect. He's put 30,000 miles on it with no problems. Apparently 1998 though was when they started to move production somewhere else or something like that (I don't actually know, this is just what he heard from our Hungarian mechanic who used to work in East Germany) and quality went to shit. Another person I know has 3 series from like 2002 or something, it's junk. So yeah I have no trouble believing that the older BMW's are great cars, similar to Porsche and VW back in the day.

German cars are $$$ to repair even VWs
 

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

VW's used to be very good quality and cheap to repair. After around 2004-2005 they became over complicated pieces of shit with cheaper plastic parts, designed to break etc.

[kreator]

lots of guys drive used 3 and 5 series where i come from ( central Europe) , they aren't expensive at all since 90% of them are imported from Germany with altered milage numbers lol ...cars with claimed 100k miles on them by the dealer probably have at least 150k miles  

[HTexan]

VW's used to be very good quality and cheap to repair. After around 2004-2005 they became over complicated pieces of shit with cheaper plastic parts, designed to break etc.

Sounds about right. My friend used to have a 2008 GTI, just when his warranty has up. Some little plastic part in the turbo, that is known to fail, broke on him causing  overboost problems. Shop wanted 800 bucks to fix it.

[HTexan]

lots of guys drive used 3 and 5 series where i come from ( central Europe) , they aren't expensive at all since 90% of them are imported from Germany with altered milage numbers lol ...cars with claimed 100k miles on them by the dealer probably have at least 150k miles  

We are taking America here. OF course bmws are cheap to fix over there. Don't you guys used them for taxis?

[kreator]

We are taking America here. OF course bmws are cheap to fix over there. Don't you guys used them for taxis?

some do but most taxi cars are private owned and driven by the owners who have a contract with taxi companies so the cars aren't exactly luxurius

[falco]

Their diesels engines are the best today. A 3 liter six cilinder can make in stock form 380hp and 74Nm of torque, with very low fuel consumption. Powerband goes up to 5k.

[The True Adonis]

BMWs are "Black Man's Wheels".  Most poor blacks own one because they are so cheap to buy because the resale value on them is total shit.  I see them driving around in 7 series just a few years old, ragged the fuck out, rattling and making all sorts of noise.  I always laugh that some dumbass was the original owner and got royally screwed first before he passed it on to Jerome. hahahha

Anyone who thinks these cars are "out of range" or something to behold is fooling themselves.  They are sooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo Cheap, even after a year old.

[tres_taco_combo]

i had a 2002 bmw m3 convertible with CSL wheels, 6 speed. thing cost me a boatload to keep up. every 15000 miles i had to an "inspection" which was $1200.

it ran through oil so fast too, i drove the piss out of it tho

also had a 2001 bmw 740i sport (by far the best looking and handling large sedan for a while)mother of god, that thing was expensive to maintain. timing chain was an epic bill. the trans went on it, i bought a used trans and that failed. so sold it to a mechanic

right now i have my dream car (within reason) 2015 Roush mustang convertible, v8 - super fast, i bought it over a bmw m3/m4.

modern BMWs are more luxury/technology than drivers cars these days. not my cup of tea, that is why I dont see myself ever getting a Bimmer again,

glad i owned pre-Bangle designed bmws

[tres_taco_combo]

ill never forget the day the tire came off my car on the highway..



PS2 Michelin sports

[The True Adonis]

ill never forget the day the tire came off my car on the highway..



PS2 Michelin sports

What the hell happened? 

Did you have to replace the wheel etc...?

[Chidoman]

[tres_taco_combo]

What the hell happened?  

Did you have to replace the wheel etc...?

somehow the tire split in the middle, and fucking popped off the rim as i was on the highway, the force/momentum from the tire was going faster than me, i was doing 65 (speed limit) the tire was bouncing on the highway right next to the car. time stood still for sure.

i was in an accident in 2015 (head on car crash) same shit happened, time stood still when i got jacked

the car dropped to the ground on the rim, sparks everywhere, lost control, eventually pulled over on the shoulder, the rim was fucked, the front spoiler was fucked (didnt replace that) but the wheel was totally ruined.

it was totally random act of shit luck. I was like 23 at the time working at this finance company and i was a newbie, i was so scared to not show up to work, i just had a trucker get the car to the dealer, then i got a cab to work and dealt the car later on.  i remember walking to the next highway on ramp all messed up,

that m3 was my favorite all around car ive ever owned. so much fun. my favorite ever car experience took place in my e46 m3 at a stop light next to a mini van.  

[tres_taco_combo]

by far the best looking car ive owned was a jaguar XKR red convert. the super charger on that car made it a sleeper. i would smoke most cars.

i bought this over an SL55amg and the m6, it just looked better and i wanted to be classy.  being from a shity part of the SW of chicago and washing dishes in rural Indiana, i never dreamed i own a jaguar before my 30th bday. it was more of a trophy for me  than anything else.

ian callum designed it, everyone thought it was an aston martin (he did AM)

got totaled 2 years ago. that day changed my life forever

[tres_taco_combo]

my baby 

i bought it pre-owned with 7000 miles on it, never had an issue. the convertible top got fucked up after i changed the battery but it was a re-program. the official dealer tried to fuck me, $3000 "need a new pump" fucking dumb fucks... it just needed to be lowered and raised manually. an indi shop did it for $200 and was all set

[tres_taco_combo]

sorry ... going through car  memeory lane here

here is my m3 (I had the dbag plates ever) AMGTHIS  



it is next to my saleen extreme mustang. that car was stupid fast. 4:10 rear end.  650 hp. the saleen extreme sounded an apache helicopter. they only made around 100 of the extremes. its a 10 second car with proper set up.  its a rare mustang, a 2006 -2008 saleen extreme can stomp a hellcat

here is the same car, but 2007 in a tuner shop.

just listen to it ... it wasnt street legal when they first made them... too loud. it was a clean loud. again i am a car nut, the supercharger scream and exhaust note were fucking stupid -

[tres_taco_combo]

dream bmw is a 1988-1991 e31 m3