[M3 owner/broken BMW fixer]

name 3 BMWs you would never own due to their lack of reliability/cost to repair/general PITA nature

Anything with a twin turbo V8 N63 and over 50k miles, E65/66 745’s and also M57 diesels (unless you remove all the emissions junk) All expensive to repair and generally have multiple issues


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[M3 owner/broken BMW fixer]

What's up Lee! 
I couldn't tell if it was you following me towards the mall the other day in an i3 from the house, but it just may have been! Glad to see you ended up getting one. 

Welcome to here (obligatory statement for all welcome posts)

It was probably my wife, I would’ve done something obnoxious like try to race if I had seen you [emoji23]


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[M3 owner/broken BMW fixer]

welcome! more info on your past e30?

It was an 87 325is primarily used for autoX and HPDE

Unfortunately I sold it a few years ago, but it was built to spec e30 as far as engine, suspension, brakes, sway bars, etc. Only thing I didn’t have was the cage. I would’ve kept it but I sold it due to lack of room in the garage and it contributed to a down payment on a house.....adulting sucks sometimes lol

[M3 owner/broken BMW fixer]

i'd love an i3!
Do you know of any reliability issues or think it would be a terrible idea to buy one used with some miles on it?

We haven’t seen too many issues with these yet, but I’m not sure I’d like to own one out of warranty. Any of the parts related to the high voltage system or batteries are ridiculously expensive. I’m only doing a 2 year lease on mine but for $160 a month it’s probably the cheapest payment I’ll ever have for a car [emoji23]


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[M3 owner/broken BMW fixer]

Welcome to here! What are your impressions on the i3? Love the M3's and the e30!

The i3 is actually pretty fun to drive, it’s surprisingly quick and the employee lease deal on it is dirt cheap!


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[M3 owner/broken BMW fixer]

Well, stumbled across this page thanks to [mention=3693]SteelBlue[/mention] and [mention=2832]suspenceful[/mention], and quite honestly don’t know how I haven’t found it sooner! Currently have a 2009 M3 family hauler/grocery getter/autoX machine and 2017 i3 with range extender (weird car, right?) Been wrenching on BMW’s for 9 years now in a couple different dealerships between AL and WI. Grew up here in the 920 and hope to stick around for a while! A couple people on here may know me if I’ve worked on your cars, and if I haven’t then maybe some day! Hope to see some of you fellow BMW drivers on the road!

 

Here’s a couple pics of some of my current and previous BMWs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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