[sinclair]

“I have had a BMW almost 8 years now. I have only had minor problems with it. The water pump died at 75,000 miles, but that was easily fixed.“

1994 Chevy Camaro Z-28 - everything on it works - 1 brake job - 2 turn signal lights - 1 headlight - 1 tune up - regular, normal maintenance. 118,000 miles. Paid $20,500. Comes to $176.00 per month for 116 months. Beat that.

[Eva]

My husband owned a '75 Camaro with a 350 engine and a manual transmission that he put over 200,000 miles on. We have no idea exactly how many because the odometer was disconnected for a while. There were quite a few things that wore out over the years (like the ignition that no longer needed a key to start it), but the engine just kept going like the ever ready rabbit.

[January24th]

1994 Camry bought in 1997 with 70,000 miles on it, all the options, leather seats, v-6, power tranny. Has over 140k on it now. It never needed a tune-up until its very first at 100,000 miles. Paid $11,000 for it, and had the normal oil changes and brake pads, etc. Comes to $152/month to drive.

Then, there is the joke about the difference between Porcupines and BMW drivers...

[Mark17]

Beat that.

LOL, I did, a 1996 BMW 328is. You got a better price than I did, however. I would love to have another, but that is probably the main reason I will not, the price.

[MarkL]

1994 Chevy Camaro Z-28 - everything on it works - 1 brake job - 2 turn signal lights - 1 headlight - 1 tune up - regular, normal maintenance. 118,000 miles. Paid $20,500. Comes to $176.00 per month for 116 months. Beat that.

Well, in 1990, I bought a brand new Toyota Corolla for $9,800. In the 10 years that I owned it, I drove it 197,000+ miles, and the only repairs (other than normal maint) were (from a freak occurance) a cracked exaust manifold, and the radiator from the exahust warping the plastic top (at about 125,000 miles), and one MacPhereson strut (covered under warranty at less than 1000 miles).

While I needed 1 complete replacement of the exaust system (and 1 muffler), and lots of oil changes, tires, and timing belts every 60,000 miles, I only had 1 brake job, and was still on the original clutch! Although it went completely out as I was pulling into the dealer's parking lot to trade the 1990 Corolla in on the 2000 Corolla that I bought. I've now got over 71,000 miles, and other than oil changes, tires, and a 60,000 mile service, no other expenses.

Mark