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I agree with your choice of the G35. Infiniti makes great cars (even if their resale value is terrible).
Honda might be a better choice if you're counting pennies, but it has been my experience that BMW requires less service than Honda, and the times when it does are made up for by the joy you get out of driving such a rewarding vehicle.
What kind/year of BMW do you have? What ever it is, I wish I had bought it!! I can't imagine any BMW needing less service than any Honda of similar age/mileage.
Man, we may never agree on the reliability of BMW's, but we do agree on one thing.............YOU HAVE AN AWESOME CAR!!!!!!
Those e46 M3's are one of my favorite cars. If I had more money and could do without 4 doors, I'd have one. From what I have heard from other M3 owners, they do tend to hold up a little better than the non-Motorsport 3 series.
I'm looking at a 2001 325i BMW with 77,000 miles. It's a manual tranny (stick shift) and the owner has taken great care of it. The own is a mechanic for a private jet and he knows what he's doing. He's changed the oil every 5,000 miles regardless. (BMW recommends every 15,000 miles). Everything about the car is immaculate.
I'm a bit worried about the mileage, but love the car and think the BMW with stick shift if the best driving car around.
This one has Sport and Premium package. It's a 2-door coupe. He's asking $15,000 for it.
I'm pondering... do you think the mileage is okay? I don't want to have to end up taking it in the shop all the time.
Thanks,
Greenie
it all depends how you drive it and how you maintain it. if you are the driver that drives fast and don't use clutch properly or check the oil and other things it won't last long.but if you are driver who drives modestly,checks all the gages there would be no problem.i destroyed two cars because in one i didn't check the oil and piston shot through the block and other i didn't pay atencion on the antifriez level and blow the gasket.
Offer him 11k and buy it if he will take that much money. BTW - 11k is about 2 -3 X what I generally pay for vehicles. Then ask him if you can pay hin to kep maintaining it.
No. I see many high mileage Hondas all of the time. Of the older BMWs I see, they are garage queens with low mileage on their odometers. My 1994 Civic has over 400K miles on her odometer as is still my daily driver.
And there's a high mileage website for Hondas, where's the one for BMWs?
you know you should be replacing rotors with the pads on a civic too. hondas typically equip their cars with weak brake components; usually if you turn the rotors instead of replacing them, they'll get too thin and will warp soon enough.
I know this post is really ancient, but... on my 1994 Civic, I got 200K miles out of my car's original factory brake pads and rotors. Of course, much of my driving was on highways, but I do live just outside of Boston.
I think BMW's are well made and my 7 series as well as friends other BMW's of all types have not been "always in the shop" cars. But they're going to cost more to maintain than a Honda. Buying from someone you know has maintained the car well reduces the risk.
That price seems a bit high for a 2001 to me.
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