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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hoping ours holds out for 12 years.  I believe that's the average on the road right now. Toyotas with regular maintenance can probably go 15-20, depending on mileage. [/quote]

Yes, 12 years is average in US.

European luxury cars have had finicky electronics for decades.  Many brands have been really expensive to fix for decades. No new news here.

The BMW that had trouble at 10 years probably could have been repaired to working order.  But it would have been spendy.[/quote]

Maybe Americans don't know how to maintain German cars? Or maybe our roads are bad? Or maybe the German are only sending cars that fail quality control to the US? There are many Mercedes and BMW in Germany and they last forever. In fact they even outlast the Japanese brands over there. Many Mercedes on the road as Taxi running strong with hundred of thousands of miles. [/quote]

Yes poor American roads and our inability to maintain German cars have made their electronics bad for… the past 30 years .[/quote]

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