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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[–] cat_tail_moustache ago (edited ago)
Old used luxury cars are very expensive to maintain. Since it's about 15 years old, how does dumping a couple grand (USD) every time you take it in for service work for you? New tranny is about 5K (USD).
Also this isn't the car forum.