2001 BMW X5

You buy a car to drive- everyone has their own personal preferences. As a financial advisor I manage $14 Million of clients money. Wanting a 4WD vehicle (Rochester,NY winters are VERY unpredictable) and somthing that presents well (an image car basically) I turned to BMW family. Big Money Waster is what it stands for. Buying a 2 year old vehicle with 25,000 miles on it for $40,000 was a steep inverstment and the worst I have ever made. A month ago I traded the junker in and got a mere $11,000 at 89,000 miles. May I mention that it was a BMW certified vehicle with a 100,000 mile bologne factory warranty that covered nothing (but the dealer said almost everything). I had almost $6,000 worth of repairs that needed to be done on the car that wasnt covered under warranty when traded. The mechanics at the BMW dealership themselves told me to go buy a Lincoln Aviator or a Lexus RX330. Every other week the car was in the shop, and if it was covered I still had to pay a crappy $50 deductable. At Jaguar you are covered for 6yr/100K and its 99% covered and a '$0' deductable- why cant BMW do this? The rain sensing wipers went twice, tie rods, transmission (covered the 1st time only), and much more including me having to add oil every 5,000 miles. My wife had a 2001 Taurus with 189K miles on it. Including oil changes, we have only spent $2000 on it- TOTAL. Why is this not such a reliable car when its price matches some peoples mortgages? But I always got compliments on how beautiful it was, and no matter how old or dirty it got it always looked new. Will miss how it handles- BMW does build cars to drive and drive fast. My miles were gentle highway miles. Sad to see it leave but building a $500K house means not spending an extra $1000 a month fixing your BMW!!! My advice: STAY AWAY!

You buy a car to drive- everyone has their own personal preferences. As a financial advisor I manage $14 Million of clients money. Wanting a 4WD vehicle (Rochester,NY winters are VERY unpredictable) and somthing that presents well (an image car basically) I turned to BMW family. Big Money Waster is what it stands for. Buying a 2 year old vehicle with 25,000 miles on it for $40,000 was a steep inverstment and the worst I have ever made. A month ago I traded the junker in and got a mere $11,000 at 89,000 miles. May I mention that it was a BMW certified vehicle with a 100,000 mile bologne factory warranty that covered nothing (but the dealer said almost everything). I had almost $6,000 worth of repairs that needed to be done on the car that wasnt covered under warranty when traded. The mechanics at the BMW dealership themselves told me to go buy a Lincoln Aviator or a Lexus RX330. Every other week the car was in the shop, and if it was covered I still had to pay a crappy $50 deductable. At Jaguar you are covered for 6yr/100K and its 99% covered and a '$0' deductable- why cant BMW do this? The rain sensing wipers went twice, tie rods, transmission (covered the 1st time only), and much more including me having to add oil every 5,000 miles. My wife had a 2001 Taurus with 189K miles on it. Including oil changes, we have only spent $2000 on it- TOTAL. Why is this not such a reliable car when its price matches some peoples mortgages? But I always got compliments on how beautiful it was, and no matter how old or dirty it got it always looked new. Will miss how it handles- BMW does build cars to drive and drive fast. My miles were gentle highway miles. Sad to see it leave but building a $500K house means not spending an extra $1000 a month fixing your BMW!!! My advice: STAY AWAY!