Who cares? Buy a BMW or Audi and get your money's worth.

I have a friend who had an Audi and it fell apart. Even the rear sway bar
fell off while going down a highway. Most people who buy Audis learn to like
the waiting room at their dealer's service dept.
As far as getting your money's worth on a BMW .... Instead of buying a Honda
Accord look-a-like with a stiff suspension for twice the money I'd rather buy
the Accord and buy aftermarket springs and shocks. And we haven't even covered
the bend over and lube up service dept. prices at your friendly local BMW
dealer. It just kills me how some owners brag how reliable BMWs are when some
normal service procedures replace expensive parts like distributors at $600 a
pop. If you keep a BMW for any length of time and take it to the dealer for
maintenance you wind up replacing anything that would go bad - you just do it
before it goes bad. BMWs are a joke.
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