He works in the service department. All he sees really is people bringing in BMWs with problems all the time and what it costs to fix them.

Uh, that's not ADD at all? If anything it's that I enjoy the build up and fun of having a "new" car that I can do things to and after I've had it for a while that wears off. It's somehting I'm well aware of and am trying to stop myself from doing.

 

That may be so, but if you ask honda or toyota service techs, they'll say their cars are rock solid. For instance, I always get a kick when I visit the local VW dealer and see most of the advisors driving japanese cars.

 

The only things that make my M3 ownership more costly than any other cars are gas (it's thirsty) and insurance (a good bit more than either the S2000 or my prior Cayman S). It's been 100% reliable and trouble-free, but it's newer and has maybe 21K miles.

 

reliable? lmafo your olny at 26k what do you expect the car to already have issues?

talk to me at 200k and we will add all the money you spent keeping that sh*t on the road vs buying a lexus.

 

Well, it topped all other BMW models in a reliability survey. A friend has about double the miles, w/ DCT and a fair amount of mods. He beats the shit out of it at the track. Other tracked M3's I'm aware of have held up just fine as well.

Yes, it will prob. cost more to maintain and repair over 200K miles than a Lexus, but driving a Lexus means being deprived the joy of driving an M3. Kind of a moot point for me, since I've never even hit 90K miles on any car I've owned since college.


reliable? lmafo your olny at 26k what do you expect the car to already have issues?

talk to me at 200k and we will add all the money you spent keeping that sh*t on the road vs buying a lexus.
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reliable? lmafo your olny at 26k what do you expect the car to already have issues?

talk to me at 200k and we will add all the money you spent keeping that sh*t on the road vs buying a lexus.
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A friend has an E36 M3 at around 277k miles. Still on the original engine. Everything he's replaced goes eventually. Not had one problem with it. One example doesn't cover all, but I'd say the general theme for cars is if you keep them maintained and in the way the engineers wanted the car to be kept, you shouldn't have problems.

 

2006+ RX8's aren't that awful on reliability. They fixed the engine issues that year. It's the 04-05's that you need to hide from.

 

currently shopping for a mini cooper s, depending on how much i get it for it may or may not replace the s2k

 

I sold my Mugen S2K back in 2008 to my cousin and sold most of my parts to a friend because I was moving to Japan for few years. Few years later, I am back in the Middle East making good money. During my time off, I think about what I should buy for my next "fun" car. I have a Nissan Titan and I drive that when I am in US which is great since it has lots of room and I can haul stuff. I thought about Nissan GTR...best performance for its price but then again I dont want to spend 80k on a car and spending 20-30k easy on Mods. I spent over 20k on my S2K and it was awesome. Looks and handling. I had Motons suspension, Mugen front and rear bumpers, hardtop and etc, so I know I will quickly be spending money on GTR. Then, I thought about Nissan 370Z Nismo but its just too big and other cars but frankly its really hard to beat the price of a S2K and how "cheaper" parts are. GTR wing are over 3K and you can get almost front, rear, and fenders for that much with S2k. Bottom line...I think I will buy the new Ducati and call it day for need for speed and maybe used something Honda for fun.

 

I'd be wary of the new 1199 or the Extreme, whatever they end up calling it. New aluminum subframe connects the head stock to the engine and the trellis is gone. I'd be waiting a good year or two before going that route.