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Originally Posted by Penguin
I just got rid of my 1992 Ford Explorer with 198,000 miles last week, and a guy down the road has a 1991 Ford Explorer with 236,000 miles that he still uses... I gave him all my service manuals. So some people keep 'em running that long.
But I agree that today's BMW's are unlikely to be financially viable to keep running nearly as long as today's GM, Ford, or Toyota products. BMW's part prices, lower reliability, and inherient design which requires more proprietary tools and computer programming simply make it too expensive to keep them running after things start to fail. I think people are figuring this out, and that BMW's historic good resale is beginning to suffer as a result, e.g., 7 series resale.
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Ard's comment was specific to BMW, though.
I had two Explorers, and two Expeditions. All spent a good portion of their time with me on rough forestry and mining roads, in 4H. I have no doubt that those four vehicles I had could have gone that mileage without issue. I had to trade them due to an employment rule about maximum vehicle age, and I was incented to trade them every 2-3 years.
I agree that with the BMWs it will be a financial decision that causes many of them to be retired, not a mechanical wear issue.
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2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White
Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue
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