[Mark17]

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.

[desertcry]

Yeah, I had an acura legend, it was 9 years old and over 100k miles, I had to change the head light bulbs and that was it.

[Tom D.]

In the fall of 1998 I bought a 1999 Mazda Protage with a 5 speed manual transmission. My oldest child was getting her learner's permit and I wanted her to learn to drive a car with a manuel transmission.

She learned how to drive on that car as have my other two kids. They drove that car to school everyday (35 miles each way).

This car has been driven hard. It has over 173,000 miles on it and has only had routine maintenance. It has been one tough car.

Why anyone would buy a car from Germans, who are not much above the French, is beyond me.

[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.

[Pedantic_Lady]

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.

Beamers are good cars. We considered buying one, but plumped for a Honda Civic instead. Now I wish we'd bought a Beamer...probably would have had fewer problems with it. I'll never buy another Honda. I owned a Nissan in the States and was immensely satisfied with it; I think when we move back, we'll buy another Nissan.