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Originally Posted by boostedX5SAV
Off topic but I'm looking to Audis. I've had expensive repair bills for my X5 and was wondering if Audis suffer from this as well (ie Oil filter housing gasket, oil pan gasket, water pump/thermostat failure all around 50k miles).
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All cars have their failure points. BMW and its shitty and expensive to replace gaskets, who puts an oil seal behind an alternator and can't design good valve stem gaskets?
Anyway, it depends on the Audi/Engine. I'm familiar with the 2.0T line of engines(EA888 Gen 1 and 3 and EA113). They suffer from timing chain failures, hpfp failures, coil packs, pcv failures, carbon build up, diverter valve failures, turbo failures on Gen 3.. But having worked on VWs they are a billion times easer to fix. BMW seems to love stick fasteners in nearly inaccessible locations..
The 4.2s had horrible carbon build up. The 3.0T seems to be fairly reliable.
Personal opinion. From a guy who currently owns a 2011 BMW 335D, 2008 BMW X5 4.8i and a 2013 mini cooper. Only the cooper is what I would call reliable. All of my VWs have been wayyyy more reliable and less expensive to own than the BMWs. I've spent $4800 and counting to maintain my 2008 X5 in 6 months.
My 2011 GTI which had a tune, downpipes, intake, K04 turbo, etc. I sold with 60K miles, and I only had to replace a blown diverter valve and PCV at less than $300 for both. The car was very reliable. The mini has only needed new coil packs (cooper S)
The 335D has been the most unreliable car I've owned, in 2 years of ownership it probably has spent 6 months in the shop (under warranty). Now I've spent thousands to keep it running. The X5 while not constantly "broken" is always in need of lots of expensive care to replace worn out parts, and keep many systems running. But I enjoy them, I will probably not buy another BMW at this point, as I don't like the way the current crop of BMWs drive (F10/15/30), too camry like for 3x the price. The new audi's are more BMW than BMW is now days. Probably a used A7 will replace my 335D, and my X5 will be replaced either by an X5M. The mini is going to be replaced either by a Porsche Boxter or an Audi TT. The F30 3's hold no appeal, and the X5's have their appeal but the Q7 has a better suspension setup, but not as good engine choices and poor site lines.