We keep our cars until they die. H’s philosophy is that a car just has to get you from point A to point B. We’ve owned toyotas, hondas and mazdas.
Having said that, we bought H a used BMW for his big birthday a few years ago. He hesitated and dragged his feet for a while - we wanted a new car, but he went in for a used BMW. He absolutely loves driving it - says it is such a joy! It is indeed troublesome to maintain - he has had trouble finding a reliable mechanic for it in our area (our usual guy doesn’t do german cars). But hey, as someone said, life is short - if this is what you wanted and you can afford it, why not??