Hi, all, I am a student in college, and have found a pretty good deal on a BMW 3 series, e46 generation. However, I have only driven new cars before, and I have 0 experience in fixing anything car related. I would like to know what maintaining costs would go into owning an old BMW, as well as its durability, the chances of it actually breaking down, if it is durable enough to be driven in the winter. All in all I am just concerned about how durable it is, not really trying to have it die on me on the freeway :/. Thank you all!
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[–] 1074569? ago
Dont. BMW's have higher than average repair costs because they were high end cars when they were made. As for reliability, my personal experience with a BMW product was absolutely awful. i owned the car for 3 months and in that time, i had to replace the BOV and the coil packs went. on a car with 50k miles.