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Originally Posted by gthal
If you look at reliability stats, BMW is never at the top... other than Porsche, German cars generally aren't. More focus on performance than reliability which is different than Toyota, Honda, Nissan, etc.
However, ALL cars today are pretty reliable so I wouldn't worry about it. Personally, I haven't had any reliability issues (knock on wood) in any of the 5 BMW's I have owned.
Repair bills out of warranty may be more but I can't speak to that as I've never owned a car outside of warranty  |
And that's the thing. All cars are reliable for the first 4 years and 50,000 miles, but you can drive a Honda for 15 years and 200,000 miles with no major problems. That's where the Japanese brands really shine - the maintenance costs on years 6 thru 10 is roughly the same as years 1 thru 5. Not so on a BMW (in general).