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Originally Posted by TiAgX5
I'm under $20k all in, purchase price (with TTL, in 2010 w/100k miles), plus DIYing ALL repair and wear items (brakes (Cool Carbon/Brakelabs drilled & slotted), tires (Vredestein), bulbs, rad (Behr/Hella), waterpump & T'stat (Genuine BMW) , hoses (Genuine BMW), Belts (Genuine BMW), TC chain, Viton VCGs (Genuine BMW), FSR (Genuine BMW), Powerflex bushings, door handle carrier (Genuine BMW), window regulator (Genuine BMW), alignments) to 200k miles.
Good luck finding anything worth driving with an "all in" cost (purchase price + 100k miles of repair & wear item costs) for under $20k.
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Now I'm curious what my costs are, per year and per mile. Bought my 01 new and it currently has 155k miles on it.
I've got a two inch stack of receipts for maintenance/repair stuff, probably 95% of it was DIY. Tire mounting/balancing/alignment and state inspection are probably the other 5%. I think I had one window regulator replaced by the dealer as I was travelling and wife needed if fixed ASAP.
Maybe start an "Official cost of E53 ownership" thread... don't want to steal your idea. Something like purchase price-estimated resale, plus cost of maintenance and repair.