Pullin engines, blowin cash

"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura) 01/25/2014 at 20:04 • Filed to: None

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I'm sorry, but if you have to do multiple Gs worth of maintenance to your vehicle to keep it on the road, don't spout off about other brands and force yours down everyone's throats.

The Transporter > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/25/2014 at 20:15

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Word. I was looking at possibly buying a 924 Turbo as there were several in my area going for too-good-to-be-true prices. I was wondering why until I found out how much it costs to repair that turbo that apparently fails quite frequently. Even the non-turbo'ed versions are notoriously unreliable and ridiculously expensive to repair. Give me something with a dead simple Japanese I4 or American V8 any day of the week.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > The Transporter 01/25/2014 at 20:31

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If you can get away with 2 seats, I'd recommend an S2k. Earlier models are going for a song right now. And they're much faster. If you need four, I'd go with a first gen IS300. Bulletproof and a lot of fun.

The Transporter > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/25/2014 at 20:35

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I ended up deciding on a Miata, anyway.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > The Transporter 01/25/2014 at 20:37

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Good decision. The answer always is.

Scorpio GTX1 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/25/2014 at 21:03

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This is why I don't understand it when people spend $5k on a used BMW and are then amazed when it breaks down after the first 100 miles and costs them thousands more in repairs. If you can't afford a decent $15k used BMW, you can't afford a $5k BMW. Sorry. Buy a Hyundai instead and admit you're not rich.

duurtlang > Scorpio GTX1 01/25/2014 at 21:24

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This is something I don't understand about the US car market/culture/economy/whatever. Surely a Hyundai Excel or Toyota Corolla is cheaper to maintain than a BMW, no argument there. But as long as you buy a properly maintained and properly driven one and you don't have the worst luck ever, where are these many thousands of dollars of repair bills every year coming from when we're talking about 'regular' (non-M) 3 or 5 series BMWs? Surely you won't take a $5k (or $15k even) BMW to a stealership. And it's not like properly maintained BMWs break down all the time.

Scorpio GTX1 > duurtlang 01/26/2014 at 02:43

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A lot of the BMWs and Mercedes I see for sale for under $10k have a lot of miles on them. At a couple hundred thousand kilometres, anything is going to start to break. But the parts for BMWs cost more than they will for Toyotas, so that's where you're going to end up paying more, even if the failure rates are similar.

TwoFortified > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/27/2014 at 19:53

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Nissan is a pretty good play. The prices for the cars themselves have inflated pretty drastically in the last 5 years (well, the fun cars anyway), but the parts are cheap enough.