Lol..Speaking of BMW. I am done with BMWs after mine stops running. Don’t get me wrong. Mechanically, mine has been more or less trouble free for the past 8 years (wow that much time has passed). I intentionally try to get the most stripped BMWs as possible so that it has the fewest electronics possible, as there’s less things to break.
But after 8 years and 60k miles, yes I know my mileage is low since I spread my usage across 5 cars, so while mechanically things are great, the plastic shit BMW profusely uses just crumbles and breaks all over the engine. I have had to replace numerous hoses, fittings that BMW decided to make our of cheap plastic that couldn’t withstand the heat of the engine bay. And while the parts were cheaply made with plastic, they sure were not cheap to buy.Whenever I could, i substituted a metal or harden line component and since I did the work myself, not much in labor costs. But yes, BMWs are turds as they get old, and unless you have the means and willpower to fix all these stupid things that crumbles, stay away from BMW, or for that matter, anything else German. It’s just ridiculous. There’s this rubber gasket that sits between the oil cooler and starts leaking around 50k and a stealership, while there for a recall, wants $1200 to replace the $12 gasket, saying it’s a 50k interval normal service item..I was like, are you freaking kidding me. I’ll do it myself. Then there’s the plastic firewall support that cracked and I had to plastic weld myself back together. There’s a crack on a carbon fiber stabilizer bar
Replacing the battery was a big deal because unless you have the bmw scanner tool like I do, the stealer has recalibrate/reprogram the damn thing after a battery replacement because of the way the alternator works….stealerships wanted $800 for a stupid battery change. And now, there’s an errant fuel gauge which pinpointed to a bad fuel sender unit…which is part of the high pressure fuel pump and fuel filter as one unit, and that’s like $500. Really, only 60k life? just really stupid things . I haven’t even gotten to the point when the turbo dies, a common problem, or if the high pressure fuel pump grenades or other common major issues.
i am done with BMW for a long long time. don’t know when it dies, what I’ll replace it with. Maybe a 2020 Toyota Supra….. I’m kidding that was a joke. I test drove the new Supra. Nice car. Too bad it is basically a BMW Z4. It drives like a BMW, sounds like a BMW , the cockpit even looks like a BMW. it has a new car smell like a BMW. If it quacks like a BMW, smells like a BMW, drives like a BMW …It’s a unreliable turd BMW..with an automatic….. I’ll pass. Toyota, what the hell were you thinking?
And thank god I stopped shopping German… Back a few years ago, I almost went through with a 991 911s with part of my vested RSUs. Instead, sdr found a $130k short sales. Thank God I backed out of the 991 and bought the condo instead. I probably would be cursing about the 991 now too, as with any other German car.Coincidentally, I sold that condo last year for around $305k..Now I can get 2 911s….ha ha…uh no, thank you….
In contrast, for shits and giggles, I bought a $2000 piece of shit miata from a nice lady, spend roughly $8000 in suspension.and engine, mods, AND general consumables like tires and brakes over the course of 5-6 years of racing the fuck out of it. I went through 7 sets of tires and each set were around $400, whereas my friends in their BMWs replaced their tires around $1200-1400/set each time and generally went through more sets. Replaced brakes and rotors god knows how many times, at a fraction of what my peers did. My clutch went, easy to fix. The radiator cracked, dirt cheap and easy to fix, the motor crankshaft key cracked, easy to replace, and the damn car caught on fire when I ran into something and the fuel line bursted and I couldn’t put out the fire quick enough because a corner worker handes me an extinguisher with a pull pin that was ziptied with a super thick zip tie that I couldnt break. Yeah, the ac fan melted, a few hoses and belts melted, the wires to the alternator melted, and the paint on the hood flaked off from all that heat undeeneath. But $200 later, it was running again, and with less weight!!! Removed the damn AC and stripped out all the AC components. And drove that car for another 2 years hard and it still runs now and passes smog, even with all my borderline mods. It’s a 25 year old car with almost 200k miles, still on the original engine and transmission. And it was one the best damn decision ever. Years of fun, no worrying about hitting shit,easy and.and cheap to reapair, consumables are dirt cheap, and the write-off is digestible if I accidentally total it.
And the best part is. I don’t care where I park it. If someone opens the door and dings it oh well. If someone opens their door and dings it when I’m in the car, and doesn’t even say sorry after seeing me thinking it’s a piece of shit car anyway, that ok too. Since it’s a two door that swings very wide, I’ll make sure after they leave, to open my door very very fast and wide when I get out.. so fast, that the door literally bangs and bounces off their almost brand new luxury car in Carmel Valley that they probably care more about than my piece of shit car…oops. did I do that?
Hello BMW, you listening? Bring back a simple e30 M3 inspired car please, and stop badging engineering and slapping that M badge on every car. What the fuck are M550i M340i??.. THEY ARE NOT M REAL CARS!!!! ….
No more german cars, dishwashers, appliances etc for me.
