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My Ride: Mini Cooper
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Hong Kong
My Ride: Mini Cooper
My math goes like this:
Drive a car at max 15K km a year, sell it after 3 years, you lose almost half of the vehicle, say if your 525i cost 500K when new, then you lose 150K to 200K in 3 years time. keep the same car for 7 years will cost you 20-30K per year when the electrical things start to fail (some say at the 4th year of ownership), that means you are going to spend 90K to 100K in 7 years of ownership. After 7 years, if your car is still in good shape and mechanically sound, you can still get 30% to 35% of new cost by selling it.
Let me put it this way: if you are happy with your current car, why is a need to change to something similar? Too much money to lose?
All our BMWs are with no mods, I can hardly remember any electrical fault before 200K km mileage. Usually the case is ... mechanical breakdown (nothing serious but regular wear and tear). Trust me, drive your car more often and cover more highway mileage (occasion high rpm
); it will be more lively and fewer sickness. My $0.02 
Drive a car at max 15K km a year, sell it after 3 years, you lose almost half of the vehicle, say if your 525i cost 500K when new, then you lose 150K to 200K in 3 years time. keep the same car for 7 years will cost you 20-30K per year when the electrical things start to fail (some say at the 4th year of ownership), that means you are going to spend 90K to 100K in 7 years of ownership. After 7 years, if your car is still in good shape and mechanically sound, you can still get 30% to 35% of new cost by selling it.
Let me put it this way: if you are happy with your current car, why is a need to change to something similar? Too much money to lose?
All our BMWs are with no mods, I can hardly remember any electrical fault before 200K km mileage. Usually the case is ... mechanical breakdown (nothing serious but regular wear and tear). Trust me, drive your car more often and cover more highway mileage (occasion high rpm
); it will be more lively and fewer sickness. My $0.02 let the 2nd owner do the fixings.
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My Ride: e60 525i 2005 with:
H&R sway bar, K&N air filter, sprint booster I, split-fire coil, Ferodo Brake pads, M-tech kit, black shadowline (thanks Ricky)
Pending : 19' Advan Racing RS with Re-0011 tyre + Koni-FSD with Eibach Sport spring
Looking for ?exhaust ? Denson 500 for ipod
Subsequent car = 250k to 300k
You are rich actually
Happy new year!
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My Ride: Mini Cooper
now the stocks are not with HSBC and something else and hope to get the same in other 3 years time.
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My math goes like this:
Drive a car at max 15K km a year, sell it after 3 years, you lose almost half of the vehicle, say if your 525i cost 500K when new, then you lose 150K to 200K in 3 years time. keep the same car for 7 years will cost you 20-30K per year when the electrical things start to fail (some say at the 4th year of ownership), that means you are going to spend 90K to 100K in 7 years of ownership. After 7 years, if your car is still in good shape and mechanically sound, you can still get 30% to 35% of new cost by selling it.
Let me put it this way: if you are happy with your current car, why is a need to change to something similar? Too much money to lose?
All our BMWs are with no mods, I can hardly remember any electrical fault before 200K km mileage. Usually the case is ... mechanical breakdown (nothing serious but regular wear and tear). Trust me, drive your car more often and cover more highway mileage (occasion high rpm ); it will be more lively and fewer sickness. My $0.02
Drive a car at max 15K km a year, sell it after 3 years, you lose almost half of the vehicle, say if your 525i cost 500K when new, then you lose 150K to 200K in 3 years time. keep the same car for 7 years will cost you 20-30K per year when the electrical things start to fail (some say at the 4th year of ownership), that means you are going to spend 90K to 100K in 7 years of ownership. After 7 years, if your car is still in good shape and mechanically sound, you can still get 30% to 35% of new cost by selling it.
Let me put it this way: if you are happy with your current car, why is a need to change to something similar? Too much money to lose?
All our BMWs are with no mods, I can hardly remember any electrical fault before 200K km mileage. Usually the case is ... mechanical breakdown (nothing serious but regular wear and tear). Trust me, drive your car more often and cover more highway mileage (occasion high rpm
); it will be more lively and fewer sickness. My $0.02
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My Ride: Mini Cooper
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My math goes like this:
Drive a car at max 15K km a year, sell it after 3 years, you lose almost half of the vehicle, say if your 525i cost 500K when new, then you lose 150K to 200K in 3 years time. keep the same car for 7 years will cost you 20-30K per year when the electrical things start to fail (some say at the 4th year of ownership), that means you are going to spend 90K to 100K in 7 years of ownership. After 7 years, if your car is still in good shape and mechanically sound, you can still get 30% to 35% of new cost by selling it.
Let me put it this way: if you are happy with your current car, why is a need to change to something similar? Too much money to lose?
All our BMWs are with no mods, I can hardly remember any electrical fault before 200K km mileage. Usually the case is ... mechanical breakdown (nothing serious but regular wear and tear). Trust me, drive your car more often and cover more highway mileage (occasion high rpm ); it will be more lively and fewer sickness. My $0.02
Drive a car at max 15K km a year, sell it after 3 years, you lose almost half of the vehicle, say if your 525i cost 500K when new, then you lose 150K to 200K in 3 years time. keep the same car for 7 years will cost you 20-30K per year when the electrical things start to fail (some say at the 4th year of ownership), that means you are going to spend 90K to 100K in 7 years of ownership. After 7 years, if your car is still in good shape and mechanically sound, you can still get 30% to 35% of new cost by selling it.
Let me put it this way: if you are happy with your current car, why is a need to change to something similar? Too much money to lose?
All our BMWs are with no mods, I can hardly remember any electrical fault before 200K km mileage. Usually the case is ... mechanical breakdown (nothing serious but regular wear and tear). Trust me, drive your car more often and cover more highway mileage (occasion high rpm
); it will be more lively and fewer sickness. My $0.02 Happy new yr folks
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Hong Kong
My Ride: Mini Cooper
Mines 5 yrs old + 50k genuine km, other than bulbs need to be replaced and normal maintenance jobs, no major problems. I think parking it in a covered carpark really helps. Mind you, I imagine a portion of the bimmers on the 2nd market suffer some faults, that's why the owner sold it.
Happy new yr folks
Happy new yr folks
the 1s that BMWHK sell are faults free that is why they are higher in price too.