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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
I can't seem to find many 1 series for sale. But BMW reliability again, I guess they are on par with e90? I thought about a 500 Abarth but I think those are the worse
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RE: E90
Don't these have some fairly expensive to repair leaks and bound to fail components?
i.e. oil pan gasket, valve cover gasket (which if left alone shorts the coils out after dripping oil all over them), and oil filter housing gasket?
I was corrected in Craigslist Good Buys with the fact that the electronic water pump WILL fail, not sometimes fail
RE: Abarth
I've driven them extensively - the engine is reliable but everything around it isn't.
The interior bits are cheap and will either rattle or fall apart (hell switches where you don't know what the button says cuz the black coating wore off).
The clutches on the transmissions seem to like to go fairly quickly as well.
Even at 5'7" the driving position really sucked - tilt only steering wheel & the pillar physically blocks driver side shoulder checks
Lastly and possibly most relevant - the car has no chill. Sometimes just don't wanna engage in all the noise and excitement and just wanna get home.