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Originally Posted by XMetal
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Originally Posted by ntg44
Based on the reliability of mine, it definitely felt as if the whole car was designed in a few hours.
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Originally Posted by 530iDriver
BMWs of that era while lookers were generally reliability disasters. I would argue the early 2000s was the decline of the E Chassis in terms of reliability.
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Do you think I would still have my e53 after 16+ years and e86 after 12+ years if they were unreliable? I have 2 examples to prove you wrong - My e53 is 2004, and e86 is 2008, mid and late 2000s. You just got to be aware of their common issues and keep up with their maintenance. But then again, may be I just got lucky?  |
Took my E46 to 210k miles. 100% agree, these cars aren't perfect, but I knew that going in that these weren't Toyota's/Lexus'. Only big issue I dealt with was the typical M54 cooling system issues, and didn't have that start until the 180k mark, head gaskets finally failed at 210k so I got lucky that I got good milage out of my car. My son has an E83 X3 that's about to hit 160k, had it for about 20k+ miles and the previous owner took great care and have every single record. These cars can last long, just have to take good care of them. I had worse luck with my wife's E90 335 though, too many electronic issues.