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DonDeeHippy wrote on May 22 nd, 2019 at 7:18am: Johnnie wrote on May 21 st, 2019 at 5:20pm: DonDeeHippy wrote on May 21 st, 2019 at 5:06pm: Johnnie wrote on May 21 st, 2019 at 4:43pm: DonDeeHippy wrote on May 21 st, 2019 at 4:38pm: Johnnie wrote on May 21 st, 2019 at 4:18pm: Stig wrote on May 18 th, 2019 at 7:48am: Johnnie wrote on May 16 th, 2019 at 8:41pm: Expect to lose 49% of your outlay on a BMW in 3yrs and if you need repairs be prepared to cough up an arm and a leg, who would buy one after 6 or 7yrs, the holdens and fords will go 20yrs with 2 oil changes. Expect to lose big on any expensive car. Which is why I buy 2-3 years old, not new. As for repairs and reliability - I've owned BMWs that were over 7 years old with no particular issues - I have one now. Repairs are more expensive than Holdens or Fords, but it's a performance car so it doesn't bother me. As for reliability overall - BMW beats Holden and Ford in every survey I've ever seen, and my experience backs that up. When you buy a second hand performance BMW you can almost bet its been thrashed, its irresistible. Any car approaching 200.000 kilometers will be close to repairs and BMW repairs increase a lot over time. In what way does a BMW beat a Commodore or Falcon in so far as reliability goes? If you have a BMW , Holden or a ford that's been thrashed for 7 years I wouldn't imagine it would be cheep trying to keep any of them on the road..... But most people don't thrash Commodores or Falcons, they are good for just puttering around in, the performance BMWs on the other hand! so no performance HSV or XR's get thrashed only performance BMW's do ? No, I am saying the BMW family saloon will get thrashed, not just the performance ones, they are all very sporty. It's not the performance of the car that gets it thrashed, it's who owns it... Ive know guys with very hot cars that look after them like a baby and then others with the cheapest nastiest car that think they are race cars...… To automatically think someone is going to pay around 100k for a vehicle and thrash it is a bit misguided. The older a commodore or a falcon get the faster they go, because as they get cheaper, they get younger drivers who flog the rings out of them. Absolutely. You just need to pick the right car, get a proper assessment of it before you buy, then get it serviced regularly. One of mine is a twin-turbo 6 that will see off plenty of V8s, but was owned by a lawyer who drove it 5 klm each day from his house to his city office and back. Didn't really need the performance but wanted a top of the range version with plenty of power and all options. Hasn't given any problems to this day, still goes like a rocket.
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