BMW maintenance costs

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BMW AWD SUVs are supposed to be very good snow vehicles. My BIL and his wife both drive them for this reason.

LOL no one needs a BMW SUV for snow, get real.

If you want a BMW, buy one that’s actually fun, not a grocery getter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

They are doing OK in that regard, but I guarantee OP doesn't give a crap about any of the enthusiast Toyotas, and Toyota's core products are truly horrid if you're a car enthusiast. The most miserably awful anti-car car my family ever owned was a 1997 Toyota Camry. And the engine eventually blew up anyway.

[Anonymous]

OP here. You're right. I currently have a Jetta GLI which is an absolute joy to drive. It just reached 100k and stuff is starting to go: car seat heater not working, touch screen freezing, fickle interior lights and windows, etc. It's only worth $6k so not worth it to me to put $1k in repairs in it. I would love a BMW, but my mechanic friend said if I really want one, I should just lease. After looking at the prices of leasing a new BMW, it's way above my budget. The BMWs I can afford are ones where the mileage is when they start needing repairs/expensive upkeep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. You're right. I currently have a Jetta GLI which is an absolute joy to drive. It just reached 100k and stuff is starting to go: car seat heater not working, touch screen freezing, fickle interior lights and windows, etc. It's only worth $6k so not worth it to me to put $1k in repairs in it. I would love a BMW, but my mechanic friend said if I really want one, I should just lease. After looking at the prices of leasing a new BMW, it's way above my budget. The BMWs I can afford are ones where the mileage is when they start needing repairs/expensive upkeep.

Among luxury cars BMW consistently has some of the most favorable lease terms. Go look at some examples on Lease Hacker.

[Anonymous]

Check out GR Corolla. It is a really fun car to drive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

No true car enthusiast is excited about Toyota. No mainstream Toyota is appealing to car enthusiasts. Many mainstream BMWs are appealing to car enthusiasts. It's that simple.

[Anonymous]

As some who has owned Mercedes, BMW, FIAT, Toyota, Subaru, Nissan, AMC, Chrysler, Ford, GMC here are my thoughts.

BMW best driving car. Very expensive maint, pretty reliable rarely broke
Mercedes. Best luxury car and prestigious. Very expensive maint and broke down a lot
Toyota boring to drive, very reliable slightly higher maint due to foreign parts
Ford, GMC broke slightly more Toyota but parts cheaper a wash

Fiat/Chrysler shit breaks all the time

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

No true car enthusiast is excited about Toyota. No mainstream Toyota is appealing to car enthusiasts. Many mainstream BMWs are appealing to car enthusiasts. It's that simple.

Problem is there are too few car enthusiasts to begin with, not enough for car companies to be interested. Toyota/Subaru twins and Miata are really the only affordable classic lightweight rear wheel drive sports cars available new in the US, who knows for how long. BMW moved mostly to heavy high horse power cars which are what $70k plus?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

No true car enthusiast is excited about Toyota. No mainstream Toyota is appealing to car enthusiasts. Many mainstream BMWs are appealing to car enthusiasts. It's that simple.

Problem is there are too few car enthusiasts to begin with, not enough for car companies to be interested. Toyota/Subaru twins and Miata are really the only affordable classic lightweight rear wheel drive sports cars available new in the US, who knows for how long. BMW moved mostly to heavy high horse power cars which are what $70k plus?

The Caddie V black wing is the king of rear wheel drive power

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

No true car enthusiast is excited about Toyota. No mainstream Toyota is appealing to car enthusiasts. Many mainstream BMWs are appealing to car enthusiasts. It's that simple.

Problem is there are too few car enthusiasts to begin with, not enough for car companies to be interested. Toyota/Subaru twins and Miata are really the only affordable classic lightweight rear wheel drive sports cars available new in the US, who knows for how long. BMW moved mostly to heavy high horse power cars which are what $70k plus?

The Caddie V black wing is the king of rear wheel drive power

Not really, it is corvette zr1

[Anonymous]

I think another problem is as an enthusiast I tend to buy used so I can have several cars that do certain things well. Car companies don't see me as a customer, so why make a car for me?

I love cars more than most but haven't bought a new car since 2001. Yet I refuse to buy anything but a manual transmission.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

No true car enthusiast is excited about Toyota. No mainstream Toyota is appealing to car enthusiasts. Many mainstream BMWs are appealing to car enthusiasts. It's that simple.

Problem is there are too few car enthusiasts to begin with, not enough for car companies to be interested. Toyota/Subaru twins and Miata are really the only affordable classic lightweight rear wheel drive sports cars available new in the US, who knows for how long. BMW moved mostly to heavy high horse power cars which are what $70k plus?

The Caddie V black wing is the king of rear wheel drive power

But it is not a 4 door sedan. For really fast try this.

The 2026 Cadillac Lyriq‑V is Cadillac’s first all‑electric V‑Series model and is officially the quickest Cadillac ever, with a 0–60 mph time of 3.3 seconds when using Velocity Max mode Car and Driver+1. This performance is enabled by 615 hp and 650 lb‑ft of torque from its dual‑motor all‑wheel‑drive

The fastest of all Japanse cars is 2026 Lexus model RZ 550e F SPORT AWD, achieving 0-60 mph in just 4.1 seconds. Most Japanese cars are really slow the 2026 Toyota Camry accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds for front-wheel drive and 6.8 seconds for all-wheel drive.

The 2025 Cadilac CT5-V Blackwing, which can reach over 200 mph on the track from factory is the Fastest Sedan in the world. Meaning only a very very small handful of 2 seater super cars can even get close to its top speed. Its top speed on a track unmodified was recorded at 210 mph. To put that in percpective. Disneyworld is a 860 mile drive from the Tysons Mall. If no traffic a Blackwing could make it in four hours and nine minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the input. After much thought, I am going to get a Japanese car. As much as I love driving European cars, I don't want to deal with the possibility of an expensive repair.

You made the right choice. European cars are nice but they aren’t for everyone. They are for people who can afford them.
If you aren’t really a car enthusiast, you’ll be happy with a Toyota. You don’t need an European car.

Toyota has plenty of cars for car enthusiasts, you are just being ignorant

No true car enthusiast is excited about Toyota. No mainstream Toyota is appealing to car enthusiasts. Many mainstream BMWs are appealing to car enthusiasts. It's that simple.

Problem is there are too few car enthusiasts to begin with, not enough for car companies to be interested. Toyota/Subaru twins and Miata are really the only affordable classic lightweight rear wheel drive sports cars available new in the US, who knows for how long. BMW moved mostly to heavy high horse power cars which are what $70k plus?

The Caddie V black wing is the king of rear wheel drive power

But it is not a 4 door sedan. For really fast try this.

The 2026 Cadillac Lyriq‑V is Cadillac’s first all‑electric V‑Series model and is officially the quickest Cadillac ever, with a 0–60 mph time of 3.3 seconds when using Velocity Max mode Car and Driver+1. This performance is enabled by 615 hp and 650 lb‑ft of torque from its dual‑motor all‑wheel‑drive

The fastest of all Japanse cars is 2026 Lexus model RZ 550e F SPORT AWD, achieving 0-60 mph in just 4.1 seconds. Most Japanese cars are really slow the 2026 Toyota Camry accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds for front-wheel drive and 6.8 seconds for all-wheel drive.

The 2025 Cadilac CT5-V Blackwing, which can reach over 200 mph on the track from factory is the Fastest Sedan in the world. Meaning only a very very small handful of 2 seater super cars can even get close to its top speed. Its top speed on a track unmodified was recorded at 210 mph. To put that in percpective. Disneyworld is a 860 mile drive from the Tysons Mall. If no traffic a Blackwing could make it in four hours and nine minutes.

I always wondered what do you get out of the ownership of these kind of sports cars? That you hypothetically can get to Disney in 4 hours? But it is not like you can drive faster than 80mph on highway here. Any civic can do that and a good driver in a civic will be faster on a twisty road than you in your porky Cadillac