This has got to be an outlier for 100-140k miles. That is ridiculously young still. BMW sure needs to engineer in reliability, then again stealer charges do not help. There should not be an excuse building unreliable cars.
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Originally Posted by cbi1972
I've driven my 2008 335i from 100k miles to 140k miles over 4 years, and I've spent about $18,000 in stealership maintenance for the privilege. $3000 here, $4000 there, it adds up in a hurry. Fuel pump, coils, plugs, fluid reservoirs, gas tank(!), oil leaks, halo bulb, headlight ballast, idler pulley, fuel injectors necessitating Dinan reflash, you name it.
Prior to this e90, I have had four e30 BMWs, and I probably spent about the same amount over the course of 15 years.
I love the car, and I'm probably going to keep doing this, but I would not recommend this to anybody without cash to burn or a proclivity for doing their own work.
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