How many miles do you drive per year? what sort of maintenance do you do to your BMWs? How old are your cars? How many BMWs did you drive? What other cars did you drive and their age when you bought them???
Sure, I'll play your interrogation game.
1. About 12K miles a year, lately, not much.
2. Maintenance done on BMWs.
On 2005 - going on 148K miles (drive it like I stole it, even take it to the canyons from time to time)
A. Things that
legitimately broke and needed to be changed: intake elbow - cracked; lower radiator hose (though I think that might have been my fault); slow leak on radiator (I decided then to change the entire cooling system, just because it's due, but looooog after the busted radiator hose replacement), busted expansion tank x 2 (the original developed a cracked, i changed it using Behr equipment, cracked again after 1 year, went back to OEM); windshield fluid pump; 2 x belt tensioners; right head light; fuel cap
B. Things that I changed out just because, or preventive maintenance: VANOS o-rings; PVC valve; valve cover gaskets x 2; spark plugs x 3 sets; fuel filter; transmission flush and filters x 3; diff oil, other misc fluids flush; FCAB x 1 (urethane); oil change at half recommended interval; belts
C. Things that annoy me about the car now: doesn't matter what I do, there's always liquid coating the power steering fluid housing; the parts of the lining are starting to come apart, but nothing can't be fixed by some thin double-sided tape. The freaking weather seal on the rear windows have been damaged badly by exposure, the only way to change them is to replace the entire chrome trim that goes around pretty much the entire cabin; still contemplating whether I care that much about it. I'm planning on replacing front control arms assy, steering wheel coupling, shocks and springs, soon.
Things changed on 2015 - oil; don't know if you consider this a change, but Dinan stage 1 tune installed.
3. I bought an Accord new, had to get rid of it late last year at around 100K miles, nothing was holding up well and the interior was falling apart. Replaced a few things, but everything else in the engine bay started to make noise, and the tranny was starting to act funny.
To be fair, one of my Prelude held up pretty well even though beaten up by me regularly, save for the overheating problem, lost track of how many thermostats I replaced. And, this one time, I blew up the engine on it, although I think that might have been the dealer's fault as there was no oil in it after an oil change. I took it on a road trip and it blew up midway, not a drop of oil on inspection. This was also in my youth, so car care wasn't exactly something I knew how to do then.
Anyways, most of the Hondas I bought were preowned, ranging from 2-4 years old when I took ownership, except for the Accord that I bought new- and that one held up worst, and newest of those.
I also like to walk on the beach, black hair, brown eyes, and 6 1/2" penis. Just want to throw that out there.
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