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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[–] A_Fringe_Element 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
He's a college student not a middle class white collar worker. For only a couple thousand more he can get a brand new car with better mileage with a 3 year/36K warranty.
Again, he's a college student. He needs something that works perfectly until he's in a position to spend his disposable income on something more fun.
[–] escapetomars ago (edited ago)
Which is why she's buying it used (notice the SN).
What a bunch of dumb garbage. No brand has a monopoly on "frugal", and just because you developed the delusion that BMW's are 'too fun for college students' is not a good reason why someone shouldn't buy one. Financially, it's just as possible to make a used BMW work for someone as a new econobox. There's no reason that college students should "wait until later in life" to buy a car that doesn't suck. Look, you clearly don't know much about this topic, why not drop the ego and shut up?
This does piss me off a bit (nothing usually does), because I've dealt with people like you - people that have tried to damage the 5 year old, $12,000 BMW I had in college that I paid for and worked on myself because they stupidly thought it was a $100,000 luxury that my "parents bought me".
You know that you don't know anything about BMW's, yet you waded into the conversation with some asinine opinion based on an ignorant prejudice. Stick to giving advice on things you actually know something about, please.
You, in the truck.