Subj : Re: Totally
To   : Adept
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Aug 16 2023 08:38:00

-=> Adept wrote to Roon <=-

 Ad> From my understanding as not-a-real-German living in Germany, is that
 Ad> you're supposed to get a BMW to go fast on the autobahn for the roughly
 Ad> 30km where traffic wouldn't stop you, and then a few years later you
 Ad> sell the vehicle so that it goes to a less-rich country where they can
 Ad> deal with the longer-term maintenance problems.

 High-mileage late-model BMWs of late seem to fit that bill - old '80s
 BMWs seem to run forever. I had a friend with one of the first 5-series
 that bought a new engine at 300K miles, drove it for another 300K.

 There was a 3-series model back in the 90s that mechanics loved - the
 ones I talked to said it was the last easy one to work on that made
 sense. A friend with that model was advised *never* to sell it.

 Anyone I know who's bought a 2000 or later used BMW has had some pretty
 serious bills to deal with.

 I suppose I'll find out - bought a 2018 i3, but it's only got 14K miles
 on it so it's relatively new.




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