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Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow
the current one doesn't, but the prior gen did have 6MT available.
With OP's budget, he is not buying anything new, it will be used.
I've taken 3 BMWs to 180k miles, so I consider them quite reliable. However, if you expect to only do oil changes and have it last 200k miles, do yourself and the car a favor and buy another Toyota.
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I have a lot of experience owning BMWs as well, 35+ years, five (5) cars, and over 1M driven miles and over 1,020,000 chassis miles (two of the BMWs I bought used, one with 23,000 miles and the other 100,000 miles when I acquired them). Every car I've taken to over 120,000 miles (the lowest so far) and three to and over 200,000 miles (one of those is at 424,000 at the moment).
The 424K E90 I've documented here on E90 Post at 100,000-mile intervals starting at 200,000 miles. From new to 200,000 the only off schedule repairs were the AC compressor* at 82,500, T-stat at 134,200 miles, water pump at 149,500 miles, OFHG at 165,000 miles, and I did a suspension refresh at 185,000 miles, but it was too early, I could have postponed it. Other than the common N52 issues, from 0 to 200,000 miles the E90 required just 12 oil changes, 2 spark plug replacements, 2 coolant changes, 2 transmission/diff oil changes, and 4 engine airfilter changes. All such items are routine maintenance for any brand of automobile. My understanding of most Toyotas is the recommended OCI is 5,000 miles.
My other BMWs have experienced similar high reliability lifespans. While I've not owned a Toyota, I have several friends who own them, and their cars have not been trouble-free up to 200,000 miles. For example, my friend Angie's 4Runner required new head gaskets at 185,000 miles (a common failure point for mid 1990's Toyota V6's).
I count reliability as how well the car serves me, which is, does it get me to the place I am going and does it me back home? In over 1 million miles I've needed the services of a tow truck just twice, once for the E30 when the thermostat housing cracked at 145,000 miles, and once when the E90 WP died at 149,500 miles.
Reading the internet, now the book on BMWs with the B58 engines, BMW reliability has substantially increased.
*The AC compressor died early due to contamination of the AC system after the front end was repaired from a deer hit at 12,000 miles (the replacement AC compressor lasted over 292,000 miles).