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Post by drivinmike on May 31, 2024 9:33:48 GMT -5
I have a BMW X5 that is around a 5 sec car. I'm in the final month of the lease, and I like it so much I'm buying it after the lease is up. It has 17,000 miles on it and another year of warranty. Just make sure you get rid of it when that warranty expires. You have zero clue of the number of $5K + repairs i have done on low mileage BMW's. This is the best advice I've heard!!! Wish I had followed it with my various money sponges. It seems once one gets to go to the auto spa, the others get jealous and find a reason to go themselves. |
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Post by misterjr on May 31, 2024 10:56:09 GMT -5
"Just make sure you get rid of it when that warranty expires. You have zero clue of the number of $5K + repairs i have done on low mileage BMW's."
There must be something about them you like if you keep buying them.
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Post by cracker4112 on May 31, 2024 10:58:49 GMT -5
"Just make sure you get rid of it when that warranty expires. You have zero clue of the number of $5K + repairs i have done on low mileage BMW's." There must be something about them you like if you keep buying them. lol 😂 he’s an auto mechanic! |
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Post by ferris1248 on May 31, 2024 11:03:52 GMT -5
I've always thought I would like to have a nice Beemer or a Benz but I couldn't afford to maintain/repair them.
I'm perfectly happy with my Chevy Traverse High Country. It has every thing a Denali has and then some. Bought new at $53,000 and 90,000 miles later, I've only spent money on oil changes, filters and a set of tires.
Another advantage? When I pull up to a stoplight, the homeless always go to the BMWs, Mercedes Benzes and other high end vehicles. They don't pay much attention to a Chevrolet.
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Post by wynnv on May 31, 2024 14:46:30 GMT -5
Three of the people I work with have Beemers....now I know why they all have a 2nd vehicle.
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Post by nikonoclast on Jun 1, 2024 16:30:55 GMT -5
Years ago, we had an issue with a Volvo radiator.
So, we took it to a local independent "radiator shop".
( Still had a boil-out tank, etc. )
It was a bummer when they pointed out the plastic parts.
An even bigger surprise was being told "so are Mercedes".
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Post by nikonoclast on Jun 1, 2024 16:47:08 GMT -5
Those cars are reserved for folks who keep people like 1outlaw on a retainer. Dan Neil writes the car column in the weekend Wall Street Journal. He covers some very high end vehicles, as well as a few normal grocery carts. Almost every column has amusing turns of phrase describing the machine of the day. Three years ago, or more, he reviewed a "small batch" limo that cost over a million dollars. Low and sleek as a sports car, it had absurd amenities, including a chilled champagne bucket. After lengthly descriptions of the power train, suspension, and all the absurd excesses, he said: "How does the XYZ Custom limo drive? The drivers an employee, so who really cares?"A few months earlier, while describing a huge, Black, very high end, German sedan, he said: "The chrome shines like the spike on the Kaisers helmet. Nuns cross themselves when they see it." |
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Post by 1outlaw on Jun 3, 2024 7:45:57 GMT -5
"Just make sure you get rid of it when that warranty expires. You have zero clue of the number of $5K + repairs i have done on low mileage BMW's." There must be something about them you like if you keep buying them. I work on cars for a living! |
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Post by misterjr on Jun 3, 2024 8:21:07 GMT -5
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Post by 1outlaw on Jun 3, 2024 10:48:44 GMT -5
LOL..... You believe what ever they tell you and ignore the real world, good luck with that! |
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Post by ferris1248 on Jun 3, 2024 10:58:34 GMT -5
That really doesn't tell us anything. It's all locked out.
In the first 15 or so, the only one I see I might consider is the Lexus RX.
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Post by stc1993 on Jun 4, 2024 3:27:07 GMT -5
I had a BIL that liked Cadillacs. Seems like they were expensive to have work done on them too.
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Post by 1outlaw on Jun 4, 2024 7:53:28 GMT -5
That really doesn't tell us anything. It's all locked out. In the first 15 or so, the only one I see I might consider is the Lexus RX. And that would be a very good pic! |
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