Sell Time Opinion

[Lubehead]

My 2010 35d has been excellent up to the present at 107,000 miles. A suddenly developed stalling issue led me right to the local dealer where I left it for the weekend. Their diagnosis was a faulty EGR valve which I questioned as to the proper root cause. A $1100 later, I picked up the car and all was well. The next day, while en route to a meeting, it died altogether having to be flat-bedded back to the dealer for $200. Now they dug deeper(??) and found that the # 5 injector was bad and possibly the DME needed to be replaced. They said they dedicated a day and a half to the proper diagnosis and to their credit ( well maybe) I was only charged another $200 for a fuel filter replacement which allowed me to drive the car. The recommendation was to replace all injectors at a cost or $3700.00, reprogram and depending on the results, perhaps replace the DME for another $1750.

I took the car to an Indie and they replaced the #5 injector. The Indie thought they could provide a Bosch injector but found that they are sole sourced by BMW. Using my CCA discount, ( you do belong to BMWCCA right?!) I purchased an injector for $420.00 and brought it to the Indie where they replaced it and programmed it for another $1,000.

My original plan for this vehicle was to drive it to 150,000 miles ( which represents 6 years for me) and replace it at that time. I am not soured by this experience as it has been trouble free, but a sudden $3k expense, gets my attention. So I am now thinking if now may be a better time to let her go as opposed to waiting another 20 months or so ( 2k miles a month) where it will be worth less and the market will be even narrower.

FWIW, I am considering an F15 ( although I wanted to wait for the 2nd year and will also consider a Cayenne diesel, neither of which I have driven at this point.

I'd like to hear your opinions.