[kprocivic]

135 I could see it costing 15k over 10 years. turbo's waterpump therm injectors might be 10k right there at the dealer.

[Beartato]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

This link is a joke for the following reasons:

1) The first 4 years on a BMW are free. (included in the price of the car)

2) Nobody changes their oil twice a year.

3) Once its out of warranty, nobody in their right mind would go to the dealer for maintenance. Although its not mentioned, the prices show are calculated on dealer pricing.


OP, thanks for sharing. (sarcasm)

This article is clearly an ad for YourMechanic.com's services, I question its methods in creating this list. Oversimplifying the costs by brand and time is just that, there's nothing meaningful here to read. Even that actual article this link refers to doesn't say much, just some aggregates based off their data https://www.yourmechanic.com/article...y-maddy-martin

[natedog7700]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

This link is a joke for the following reasons:

1) The first 4 years on a BMW are free. (included in the price of the car)

2) Nobody changes their oil twice a year.

3) Once its out of warranty, nobody in their right mind would go to the dealer for maintenance. Although its not mentioned, the prices show are calculated on dealer pricing.


OP, thanks for sharing. (sarcasm)

Hey now! Dont hate

[RickFLM4]

There was a thread about this previously a few months ago when data was published. If I recall there were some further stats that showed some numbers that proved the BMW avg. doesn't make sense (something like the avg. for the brand was higher than the most expensive model, which is mathematically impossible).

[Beartato]

Originally Posted by RickFLM4

There was a thread about this previously a few months ago when data was published. If I recall there were some further stats that showed some numbers that proved the BMW avg. doesn't make sense (something like the avg. for the brand was higher than the most expensive model, which is mathematically impossible).

According to the article linked the most expensive BMW model to maintain was a (year not specified) BMW 328i at $15,600 over ten years versus BMW as a brand averaging $17,800 over ten years. I'm no statistics wizard but that doesn't make sense.

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by Delta0311

$18k to maintain a BMW over 10 years.
You got a serious lemon on your hands if thats the case.. WTF are they swapping out the motor and tranny in this car? Also the article does not list which series..

Pretty easy to spend 1800 a year on these cars though! Especially if they are estimating based on dealer cost....

[Needbmwpartzz]

If I brought car to dealer every time I had an issue....the costs would easily exceed 15k
I have dropped at least 8k doing maintenance myself which makes this the most expensive car to maintain in my books.
Still love my car but it's a maintenance whore.

[PoorLurker]

Makes sense when oil changes can be like $400 at a dealer.

Then, fact in spark plugs, fluid flushes, brakes, etc. over the course of 10 years.

Add depreciation on top of that and ...