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Originally Posted by hwntime
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Originally Posted by joshuastein55
Your mechanic is definitely right. Back in 2012 I was bringing my 330i to my mechanic a lot and he had to test drive it for one time when he fixed a part to see if the fix was effective, and then the next week I go to my mechanic I find out that he's bought a 2008 335i, he admits thats its an unreliable car, but he loved it, which is weird cause mechanics usually hate working on their own cars, but since then he's cherished that 335 likes its his child.
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Funny thing is my 335i LCI had zero problems in 6 years of ownership except for the known Bosch coil pack issue (Bosch made bum coils) that went out on me like 3 months after warranty expried. I replaced it with a Delphi and that was literally the only thing that went bad on me in 6 years and 56k of driving. |
Thats not too much milage though or really a long amount of time, BMWs can be relatively reliable for some time, but once all the rubber and plastic starts to break or wear out things do add up usually anywhere over 100k miles, some more stuff tends to happen. Not all bmws are like this, there are lucky ones out there, but I'm not gonna say that BMWs are like toyotas in reliability. The E90 is relatively good, its just some of the smaller things, or electronics like the Electric Water Pump or Valve Cover Gasket that seem to be the biggest issue, and 35i's usually tend to have expensive turbo replacements. There are some stupid designs to BMWs though, not every one is perfect, i remember the E46s were notorious for cooling issues, mine itself blew a head-gasket but that was after 200k miles thankfully and not earlier like some horror stories i've heard.