High mileage repairs...

[Sterling's X]

Originally Posted by mrbmwx5

:as the owner of 12th BMW seen i was 18 year old till now, i know its costly to drive the BRAND name luxury cars and will not drive any model beside BMW.

Um... huh??

I was with you until that sentence... can't make out what you are trying to say...

[willam]

you could get a beater for the winter months. I'm in upstate NY and drive my old Isuzu Trooper when it gets brutal outside.

[blktoptrvl]

Originally Posted by Michelle

It's an almost 8-year-old vehicle. What do you expect?

No offence, but eight years is nothing (or should be) these days.

I parked my Isuzu because it has a loud valve tick and I don't have time right now to look at it. Other than the alt, clutch and starter, I have needed NOTHING but tune up parts. It is 13 years old with 165K miles. If my $20K Rodeo (which is reputed to be a so-so vehicle) can achive this level of service perfomance, then a $70 BMW should be able to do it too.

Similarly, my 19 yo, 210K RX7 Vert has also been trouble free.

In fact, the last car I had that needed (almost) as much attention as the OP's car was my '71 Pinto. And I purchased that with 129K miles on it and drove it another 100K.

BMWs are nice cars. I like my X, but there is no excuse for such poor quality performance in a vehicle this young, and this expensive.

If you accept (and make excuses for) [poor quality] from BMW, you give them license to continue to produce [poor quality].

[CanadianX5]

If someone built a vehicle that drives and handles like my X5 and is reliable and cheap to fix as a Honda, let me know, I'll be the first one in line to pick one up.

[Meiac09]

Obviously none of you have ever owned an Audi product.