Next time you feel like bashing on Fords due to recalls and reliability...
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Next time you feel like bashing on Fords due to recalls and reliability...
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Rep Power: 0 i bet it rolled to a dead stop and puked up oil with all the refinment afforded by a german vehicle.
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Originally posted by HondaGuru
i bet it rolled to a dead stop and puked up oil with all the refinment afforded by a german vehicle.
i bet it rolled to a dead stop and puked up oil with all the refinment afforded by a german vehicle.
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Rep Power: 380 Its almost to be expected, Its a new body style (E46) and its a new engin for the M3 of coures you are going to have some problems. when the E36 first came out it had a problem with the cluth fan. The fan had a clutch to control its motion, well the clutch would wear out and then detach from the engin sending the cluth + Fan right through the radiator. changing a $26 problem in to a $400 problem. The first few years of any new body style of any brand car will have problems. Mercedes had problems with the ML series when it first came out ranging from the transmission blowing out of it to the cupholders opening when you hit a bump. Even our cars have recalls. Think Transmission keeps popping out of 2nd.
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He is probably thinking more like "man, now I have to drive around in a 325i sedan automatic"
He is probably thinking more like "man, now I have to drive around in a 325i sedan automatic" Originally posted by wcsjunior
damn... look at that first pic man! that **** is crazy! he must have been like "oh ****!! my bimmer!! noooooooo!!! now i'll have to drive around in a honda until its fixed!" lol
damn... look at that first pic man! that **** is crazy! he must have been like "oh ****!! my bimmer!! noooooooo!!! now i'll have to drive around in a honda until its fixed!" lol
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Rep Power: 0 All new cars have problems (remember 2k1 owners... 3 recalls and many little issues with the civic), but that M3 has major issues.
Japanese cars are still the best in terms of reliability, especially Toyotas, and according to that article somebody posted a few weeks ago, GM is catching up too, but the American Chevrolets are so bland (exclude the vette) they don´t play for me.
If the US gets lucky you might start getting the european Opel platforms soon. The Astra and Vectra are excellent cars.
Japanese cars are still the best in terms of reliability, especially Toyotas, and according to that article somebody posted a few weeks ago, GM is catching up too, but the American Chevrolets are so bland (exclude the vette) they don´t play for me.
If the US gets lucky you might start getting the european Opel platforms soon. The Astra and Vectra are excellent cars.
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Rep Power: 0 old news, BWM first announced the rod bearing problem in early february.... and they are extending all engine warranties to 100,000 miles I think (over the standard 50,000). BMW takes good care of their customers....
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Rep Power: 0 1st pic shows fired valves, 2nd pic shows how it almost threw a piston out the SIDE of the engine.
