Everythings relative to age and milage if you're focusing on reliability
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also depends on quality too
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In my years of car ownership
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( 20
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and the most reliable cars have been Hondas FACT.
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French cars have been 5hoite in my opinion.
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and I had a new megane coupe a few years back.
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broke down 3 times
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Fortunately, the company picked up the repair bills.
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I have a 12 year old Accord V6 with 120k miles on it, its only needed discs and 2 rear silencers.
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not even a weap of oil leaking, water leaking or anything.
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the cars worthless but brilliant
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Even other hondas I've owned have been excellent.
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Whilst I've seen nightmare bills from M3's
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- single Vanos systems
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(£2500) replacement which is Beemers variable valve timing.
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I've also been shocked at the older M5's with a twin Vanos system
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£4K to rectify
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3 Series tends to suffer from worn bushes, broken springs.
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but other than that, quite a reliable platform.
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I've had my M5 nearly a year now
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( bought with 22k on the clock
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Its been excellent and all its needed is a service which was
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£400.
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Modern day BMW's have conditional based servicing, so theres the idrive that monitors what needs changing or doesn't.
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keeps servicing bills down
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That
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£400 included oil and filters change.
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if you take into consideration to 18k miles oil service change intervals, your overall servicing costs are actually reasonable.
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Dont get me wrong, I got quote
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£400 to change out the front pads
I still maintain though, the more stuff you put into a car, the more there is to go wrong.![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
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Agreed
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- theres usually a reason behind it also.
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My X5 was 6 years old when i got rid of it.
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The electrics on it became a bit of a pain.
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The error thing constantly lit up saying I needed a bulb in one of the rear lights.
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Light cluster seemed to accumulate damp and corrodes
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Rear Parking sensor failure
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- Well.
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.can't talk my way out of that one
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- Probably too much jet washing
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Rear parking sensor loom failed
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- Premature corrosion due to water ingress.
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the mounting position of the loom retained water.
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Electric boot was opening all the time whilst driving too
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( faulty switch
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- part of the whole number plate light assembly too
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£ 150
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+ paint
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Usually water related
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Air suspension failure.
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Its goes on tooo.
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other than the problems, great car though
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62k when i got rid of it
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if you're considering an e46 m3 i'd seriously suggest looking at a newer E90 non m spec 330 or 335
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Agreed.
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similar prices.
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335i coupe
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335D if you do alot of driving
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Boosted up 335i is quicker, faster and more refined than the old M3.
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