What do you hate most about your BMW?

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by e53sg

I hate the attention. I like nice cars but I look for bargains. So I own a BMW a Mercedes and even a Porsche..... combined they cost less than a new ford truck......and I get the same thing at work... one guy has a new 2015 king cab f350.... and he has seen me drive all 3 to work and one day he said something, like it must be nice to have all the big bucks. so I asked him about his big bad truck... and I asked him how much he had in it....he told me he had a little over 50K in it with all the additions and then bitched about his $800 per month payment. I told him he must be the one with the big bucks because I lave $35K into my "fleet" all paid for with no payments...his jaw dropped.... now back to what I really hate about my bmw....

I like the attention they get... but yes, I get the above all the time. "You have 5 bimmers? Must be nice." The two youngest ones are 9 years old and cost less than a new Kia Forte.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by Joshdub

Many big online retailers stock their parts. Such as FCP and ECS. You can also order from some dealers parts departments for comparable prices. For example, my local dealer charges $200 for a door handle carrier assembly, one of the popular dealers with an online parts department charges just under $100 last I checked. That's a pretty big markup.

It's not the big markup by one dealer, but the big discount by the other dealer.