"Conscience" <obama.is@fraud.gov> wrote in message
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> On 2012-01-09 09:31:59 -0800, "C. E. White" <cewhite3@mindspring.com>
> said:
>
>>> No matter the vehicle, particularly my Bimmer, I never get beyond 20K
>>> with
>>> any set of brakes.
>>>
>>
>> How long do you get between oil leaks?
>
> Not sure what you mean. None of our vehicles leak a drop of anything.
> ????
>
>
>> The SO and I were chuckling about the next door neighbors. They have four
>> vehicles - one of those new Prosche SUV things (perhaps the stupidiest
>> vehicle on the planet), a giant Mercedes Diesel SUV (way up there in the
>> stupid idea index), a BMW 3 series convertible (I lust after it), and a
>> KIA
>> SUV. I noticed the other day that there was carboard under the Mercedes
>> SUV.
>> Turns out it is leaking oil (again) and the owner is trying to protect
>> their
>> prisentine concrete driveway. Of course both the Porsche and BMW are
>> regualrly in the shop for something or other. Thank god they have the
>> KIA.
>> Otherwise we might have to give them lifts to get the over priced German
>> crap out of the shop. I love the way German cars drive and the interior
>> room
>> etc., BUT it terms of reliability they are crap. I've never owned a US
>> built
>> car as bad as any BMW I have personal knowledge of (which admittedly is
>> only
>> 6 or so). And despite how attractive I find certain VW products, I just
>> can't imagine buying one (well unless I have lots of money and a couple
>> of
>> spare cars). I would love to have the neighbor's BMW, but only as a
>> weekend
>> car. I'd never trust it as a daily driver.
>
> Our Bimmer is a 'vert, 2005, with 26K on the odometer. A weekend driver,
> but has never failed us on road trips. It's never been in the shop for
> anything other than maintenance, and a squeaky side window caused by
> rubbing against the top. A little dry lube quiets it for a while, but it
> always comes back. There are no trouble-free convertibles in some
> respect.
>
> Here's a picture of our model, though ours is graphite rather than silver.
> It's got the ZHP performance package which essentially makes it drive like
> an M3, but without the maintenance costs. ;-)
>
> <http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/...lClubGC_VA.jpg
> >
I have a '94 325iC with 145k miles, and it is perhaps the most trouble free
car I have ever owned. I've had it for 7 years, almost 8, (and put 40k miles
on it) and the O2 sensor went out in the past year. I replaced the Coolant
Level Sending unit a few weeks ago. The rest of the service I have done is
replace the rotten convertible top, replace the lower control arms to get
new balljoints and bushings, replace shocks and struts, and replace brakes.
My BMWs (I've had 4, and still have 2) have been very trouble free.
I have to say, in the grand scheme of things, the BMWs I have owned
demonstrate excellent engineering and design.