anyone know about BMW dependability

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Mar 4, 2005 | 01:41 AM

Water-S

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From: Anna,OH(home of the honda/acura motors)

anyone know about BMW dependability

the reason I'm asking is for a friend. I showed him the new e90 (the 06 3 series) he's intrested in (what's equal to the 330xi now) so i think it will be like the 350xi. but i must say the styling cues of BMW has come A LONG way since Bangle took over.

Mar 4, 2005 | 01:44 AM

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2004 automaker Vehicle Dependability Study ranking

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Top three vehicles in each segment

They arent bad, the 330ci i had never saw the shop. But then again i only had it for 15k miles. Check out e46fanatics.com not too many issues there that i have seen.

Mar 8, 2005 | 11:42 PM

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I know there are exceptions to every rule, but I had a 1999 BMW M3 that was a NIGHTMARE for reliability. I only owned the car for about 3 months because it spent almost every week in the shop....and sadly that is not joking. It would get fixed, I would drive it for a day, or maybe a week, and then something else would break. It sucked because I loved the car (when it worked), and was sad to get rid of it. I traded it in for a new S2000 and never looked back.

Mar 9, 2005 | 12:34 AM

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my dads bmw has had a few problems, no more then expected (its a 96 328is), drives like new, but it has a few quirks, like windows sometimes they roll up a bit and then stop, so you do it again and they roll up and then roll down, and it does it like 3 times before it works

Mar 9, 2005 | 01:09 AM

Water-S

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From: Anna,OH(home of the honda/acura motors)

it's weird with Benz and BMW owners everyone I talked to that has them or owned them either say
"Oh it's a awesome car.I wouldn't drive anything but a (benz or BMW)."
then you have the opposite
"their nice to drive but their quality is worthless

Mar 9, 2005 | 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Water-S

I think the new one will still be a 330xi.

But I agree about the E90. It looks very, very promising.

Mar 9, 2005 | 10:34 AM

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An AWD G35 or Legacy GT will be at least as dependable as BMW, offer similar performance, and save you $10K -15K. The only thing they lack is the image and some of the luxury. Decide for yourself whether it's worth forking over the extra $$ for a more exclusive but lower quality car.

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Mar 9, 2005 | 10:38 AM

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new beemers have 4 year/50,000 schedule maintenance

if you're worried about maint costs, you can purchase a maint upgrade for $1k+ which will give you a full 6 year/100k sheduled maintenance, cant go wrong with that

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Mar 9, 2005 | 10:50 AM

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or wait for the new IS in awd...

Mar 9, 2005 | 11:15 AM

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cob3683

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or wait for the new IS in awd...

New IS is nice but it is NOT up to a 3 series level.

Mar 9, 2005 | 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Water-S

but i must say the styling cues of BMW has come A LONG way since Bangle took over.

so that means you actually like his designs?

between the e46 and e90, nothing from bmw has looked good. the 7 is big and bloated with an ugly front end, the 5 just doesn't say ultimate driving machine. the e39 was much better looking. the e90 (minus the rear end) gives me SOME hope for future bmw design. even if it is designed by bangle.