Anonymous
05/22/2026 07:58
Subject: BMW maintenance costs
Anonymous wrote:We have a 2011 BMW 3 series sedan. We bought it close to a decade ago for 12k. It had a single owner and maybe 20k miles. It now only has 71k miles and it's 16 years old. We love it. Yes, repairs are expensive and it requires premium gas. And we always take it to the dealer which we know is nuts. But it's a very reliable vehicle. I'd absolutely buy one again.
So you bought it around four years old. That is a sweet spot at that mileage. I also take my BMW to the dealer where I bought it. They have excellent service and feel that it usually works better taking it there even for a few dollars more.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 16:25
Subject: BMW maintenance costs
We have a 2011 BMW 3 series sedan. We bought it close to a decade ago for 12k. It had a single owner and maybe 20k miles. It now only has 71k miles and it's 16 years old. We love it. Yes, repairs are expensive and it requires premium gas. And we always take it to the dealer which we know is nuts. But it's a very reliable vehicle. I'd absolutely buy one again.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 16:11
Subject: BMW maintenance costs
Anonymous wrote:Some people just enjoy the driving experience, especially out in the western suburbs with winding, twisting, mountain roads. Road trips up north (81, not 95) are more enjoyable as well. Being on the open road in a car with good handling and horsepower in highly enjoyable for some of us.
Like I said a well driven civic is faster and more enjoyable than a heavy high power car on a mountain road. If it is an open straight road maybe you get to enjoy the acceleration for about 3 seconds.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 13:22
Subject: BMW maintenance costs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[mastodon]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
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
Maybe you can’t drive over 80 on the highway but that doesn’t stop me.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 12:40
Subject: BMW maintenance costs
Anonymous wrote:Some people just enjoy the driving experience, especially out in the western suburbs with winding, twisting, mountain roads. Road trips up north (81, not 95) are more enjoyable as well. Being on the open road in a car with good handling and horsepower in highly enjoyable for some of us.
I've had a Maserati convertible as nice weather car for 11 years; its the stupidly most frivolous but most enjoyable money I have ever spent.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 11:44
Subject: BMW maintenance costs
Some people just enjoy the driving experience, especially out in the western suburbs with winding, twisting, mountain roads. Road trips up north (81, not 95) are more enjoyable as well. Being on the open road in a car with good handling and horsepower in highly enjoyable for some of us.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 10:52
Subject: BMW maintenance costs
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[mastodon]Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
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
your drive a camry