@NoVADad99 I don’t know how to take your comment. Most car owners do not know how to do their own car repairs. I realize repairs on BMW’s are expensive. I don’t deny that. I would rather rely on a mechanic to do the job as I don’t have knowledge of repairing them myself. Lots of people drive luxury cars but don’t know how to do their own repairs. That doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be allowed to own them.
@anomander
I love my car. It is one heavy duty car and it rides beautifully. The car had a warranty up to 90,000 miles. I can expect that now that the warranty is over that there will be wear and tears and that fixing them won’t be cheap.
I can say having had a Honda civic and a Toyota camry the BMW325i has the best ride. The $5000 I spent were for things like brakes, rotors, tires, oil changes, oil leaks, coolant leaks, and other maintenance stuff. But that is all I have spent since I bought the car. It is just that I have had all this expense in one year so it is a lot all at once. Yes the camry and the civic were much more affordable to maintain.
Reading this thread has taught me to shop around for parts and find a good mechanic for the future that I can go to that does good work. Thanks @greeninohio the idea for shopping around for parts is a very valuable tip. Just looking online I was able to see the difference in prices of the parts.