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      01-24-2020, 08:56 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by OUGrad05 View Post
I have a friend with a 2008 335i that has 220,000 miles on it.

It's been through 4 HPFPs, most of those early on and 2 or 3 covered by BMW. It's had a valve cover replacement, a few door lock actuators and a window regulator but it's actually been pretty reliable.

My wife's Toyota years ago had its share of issues beyond 100k miles and I know several people with newer Rav4's that had the 4 cylinder engine completely shit the bed before 120k miles.
No offense, you can quote the one-off circumstances all you like, but the bottom line is that the typical Honda or Toyota will have a much more reliable and less expensive life than the typical BMW.

This is exactly why the last 3 cars we got for my wife were either a Honda or Toyota.
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