Time to move from Boxster - Opinions appreciated

[thstone]

Wow, kind of surprised about the BMW comments.

I've had several BMWs (2002 X5, 2003 X5, 2001 E46, 2003 E46, and my son has a E36 M3 which I still pay for all of the repairs) and they were all equal to Porsche in terms of reliability. They run great, drive excellent, and were very reliable. Definitely not cheap to repair (a lot like a Porsche!). Maybe the newer BMWs aren't as reliable as some of the older models that I owned.

One of my future cars will be an E46 M3.

[Finnegan]

Originally Posted by thstone

Wow, kind of surprised about the BMW comments.

I've had several BMWs (2002 X5, 2003 X5, 2001 E46, 2003 E46, and my son has a E36 M3 which I still pay for all of the repairs) and they were all equal to Porsche in terms of reliability. They run great, drive excellent, and were very reliable. Definitely not cheap to repair (a lot like a Porsche!). Maybe the newer BMWs aren't as reliable as some of the older models that I owned.

One of my future cars will be an E46 M3.

I had an e36 m3 for many years and found it to be very reliable. The e46 m3 is probably going to be my next car.

[BoxMann]

Originally Posted by Finnegan

I had an e36 m3 for many years and found it to be very reliable. The e46 m3 is probably going to be my next car.

Maybe I'm the exception here, but I've owned three BMW 3 Series -- 1995, 2003, 2010. All three were pretty reliable. A few odds and ends here and there, most were covered by warranty. Post-warranty repairs were rather minimal. And I owned the '95 for 100k miles, and the 2010 for 72k miles.

I LOVE BMWs. My 2nd favorite car besides the Porsche.

Also, I own, and have owned several VW's. Incredibly good reliability, real nice driving cars and German engineering. My 2013 Jetta TDI had nearly 100k miles on it when I turned it in to the Buyback program (and made out like a bandit, btw), and I never needed anything other than normal scheduled maintenance. Brake pads and rotors were original and there was still 40% left on the pads (and I don't do all hwy driving).