Enough is enough!

[giodog2000]

I kinda agree with the OP. Of all the BMW's I'v owned (323, 330, 540, M3 ) , both my E53 and E70 are by far the worst.

With BMW's , it's always been a love/hate relation but with my X's , hate is taking over $1K at a time........

[audiophool]

And always to trot out the myth of the maintenance-free and bulletproof Japanese cars, lol. I used to have an Infiniti G35 (Gen 2) and was a member on a forum with early cars that were ~5-6 years old and there was always an absolute litany of complaints about this and that failing. Suspension, brakes, interior falling apart, oil-burning engines and rust. Buddy swears by his Toyotas but they spend almost a month per year in the shop just for regular service and it's not cheap.

I've run BMWs since 1987, putting half a million km + on them (E12, E21, E30, a couple of E34s (one a super fussy M5), E46, and currently the E53 and an E60 535xi) and yes, they need maintenance, but I've never had to do more than ordinary maintenance on any of them. And I don't really expect that to change with the current ones either. Staying on top of things has always been the key.

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by audiophool

And always to trot out the myth of the maintenance-free and bulletproof Japanese cars, lol. I used to have an Infiniti G35 (Gen 2) and was a member on a forum with early cars that were ~5-6 years old and there was always an absolute litany of complaints about this and that failing. Suspension, brakes, interior falling apart, oil-burning engines and rust. Buddy swears by his Toyotas but they spend almost a month per year in the shop just for regular service and it's not cheap.....

I've been stranded more times in Japanese cars then American and German COMBINED. Had a brand new CRX that use to blow fusable links in winter (at least 6 each winter), bone stock vehicle.

Replaced the alternator in the dog shuttle Accord last year, went with Dealer part. Output was 14v until underhood operating temp was reached, dropped to 8v, bad regulator. Had to haggle with Dealer parts manager for over 1/2hr to swap for another unit because 1st one was NG.