No One Ever Said Owning a Bimmer Was Cheap

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

But Edmunds has spent $9,888 in just ten months with their long-term 2002 BMW M3! Jeez… Compare that to the $4,625 they spent in total on their long-term 1983 Ferrari 308. Oh course, they could have gone with factory replacement brakes instead of forking over $3,140 for the Stoptech brakes and install. But still… More details at Edmunds.

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Posted at 9:39 am in 2002, BMW, Edmunds, M3

Comments

Nes!
Oct 9, 2008 at 6:02 pm

True. My sisters 528i already blew a headgasket and like 3 sensors already with a final amount of a little over $2000 in less than 5 or 6 months! And she makes fun of me driving a Ford but I just tell her that at least my car runs like its suppose to!

Ryan
Oct 9, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Hands down one of the greatest cars built by BMW and I wouldn’t turn down one as a DD but yes, they are a little expensive to keep up!

GTwildfire
Oct 9, 2008 at 2:48 pm

When I was looking for a Sedan it came down to a BMW (don’t remember what the hell it was, something late ’90s) and a Grand Prix GT.
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I preferred the GPGT in just about every way. after the test drives.
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ultimate driving machine my ass…

John P.
Oct 9, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Why with all of this alleged “Engineering” can they not make a reliable car. Sure BMW’s are really nice but only for a short period of time. The things fall apart faster than fords and are 3 times more expensive to repair. Unreliable Euro-trash. That being said I would give my left nut to own an M3.

A Bengals Fan
Oct 9, 2008 at 12:12 pm

… The e46 M3 is still one of my favorite cars. Period.
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I think you said it best, Rob: “No One Ever Said Owning a Bimmer Was Cheap”