Originally Posted by tomgtv

I was pretty mad at this car around the 150K mark. About $15,000 in repairs
with me and a couple of friends doing most of the work. BMW would have easily been $25K worth at shop rates.

The biggies were 3 CV axles at about $750 each, transfer case (I got a rebuilt one, still $1100 installed compared to dealer $3K), 5 window regulators before I learned how to permanently fix them, idler pulleys, camshaft sensors, valve cover gasket, Oil Separator (what a nightmare to almost have to take the engine apart for a $5 gasket where the Oil filter connects to block), etc. There's more but I tired of typing!