Originally Posted by kryptokat' post='609245' date='Jun 24 2008, 03:44 PM

If you need a reliable car and cannot afford the time to take the car to the dealer and leave it there, then you should look away from the BMW and get into a Japanese car. You will be very disappointed if you are going to compare this car to the Hondas you have maintained. However nothing really drives and feels the way the BMW does especially with Active Steering and Anti Roll Stability.

I sold my brand new BMW in less than a year, the annoying non critical problems such as stuck automatic windows , door rattle, loose door trim I was willing to put up with, even though they took time away from my life in dealer trips, but when the performance suffered due to tranny slams, auto tranny lag I gave up.

I am back in a Japanese offering and can't match the driving experience of the BMW and always yearn I didn't have to have such a time intensive and time critical Job so I could get back into a BMW. But on the flip side haven't spent any time in service other than a 30min oil change in the last two years, and plenty of time for other important things in life.

Originally Posted by gortiz' post='609274' date='Jun 24 2008, 04:20 PM

Kryptokat, thanks for the response. I really think you hit it on the head. It is not the $$ to fix the stuff, its the time and aggravation of not having things work and losing time by going to the dealer. I don't know if I'm ready for the tradeoff of having a beautiful car that is high maintenance.

Originally Posted by Martin525i' post='609415' date='Jun 24 2008, 08:44 PM

Sorry man, but, nothing drives like a BMW.