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Originally Posted by OUGrad05
BMW has its share of reliability issues but all the cars running great you never hear about. Friend of mine has a 2008 335i with 165k on the clock, he's been through three HPFPs and a seal that started leaking oil, otherwise no issue and the HPFPs were all paid for by BMW.
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hmm thats not exactly a good track record, even if bmw paid for the hpfp's. Thats not guaranteed in every country (i think its only in the US) and they will stop with that sometimes. And who's paying for the damage stands apart from the reliability issue.
I have a 2012 volvo d5 with similar mileage which had 0 issues. None, never had anything done apart from service. No glitches, anything (also not on suspension etc). Ok those volvo 5cyl engines are so reliable that they are even used in boats (penta) where they run extreme hours (block is the same, engine management is different). so cars like that with 500k or more are not uncommon where I live.
Also there are loads of m52/52 engines with 200k and more and no real problems, maybe a camsensor or small thing.
I do think that the older engines, especially the 6 and 8 cyl like the m52/54 m62 and m57 (the earlier ones without swirl flaps, or a modded one with flaps removed) are more reliable than the current engines (from say the last 5-10 years), and certainly cheaper to fix for the few problems they do have. Newer engines often have parts breaking down that are really expensive.