hey guys mark with exotic car play place today coming back at you just a quick
talk uncut unedited straight-up video here guys today I want to talk about the
BMW reliability and what I really think let's cut to the chase piss on this
extra nonsense and all the shit that you hear and the the garbage talk that you
hear about how bad these cars are and I'm gonna give it to you straight yeah
this car is notorious for rod bearings and vanos and SMGs and all kinds other
junk some of those things can fail yes the question asks do they have to be
that complex no they don't always have to be that complex but I'll tell you
this much I mean you could have it worse look at that piece of junk over here
that is my Dodge pickup truck that thing has been nothing but a nightmare as well
and it's a simple truck simple vehicle now where am i coming from when I talk
about this guys I say reliable because when you talk a reliability you talk
about vehicles that you turn the key and go and they're effortless or do you talk
about possibly vehicles that you know you're always maintaining and there
maybe just they don't break down but they're always very costly to just keep
going is that a reliability thing my theory on reliability is is a car that
lets you down it breaks catastrophic ly fails stops in the middle of the road
that is a reliability thing not because the computer tells you you're ready for
an oil change and a brake fluid flush that's not a reliability issue that's a
car like BMWs are known for the service intervals and that's just the car
telling you that hey wake-up call you need to do some maintenance a lot of
people mistake the two between standardized maintenance and reliability
yeah these are maintenance intensive vehicles do they break down yeah they do
too but I'll be honest with you through all of this discussion that we have time
and time again and even the x5 which happens to be in the shop right now yeah
it's got an engine light so maybe I'm one to talk but you honestly believe
these are that bad of vehicles I don't and the reason I say that I can't even
really think of maybe one time where I had a BMW it was my 320 I had an e36
320i with a straight six-cylinder engine that let me down
twice one time at a fuel pump issue at one time the thermostat let go and I
wound up just leaking antifreeze everywhere and basically I had to stop
the car tow it in because it would have been a risk of overheating the engine
that is the only time I've had a BMW catastrophic failure now knocking on
wood of course honestly when you drive a piece of junk like that Dodge pickup
over there like I keep talking about when you drive garbage like that what
often happens is you keep putting parts into it the car the truck breaks down as
I talked about before I had a water pump that blew a nut on me it started
rattling and making noises started leaking antifreeze and so it was time to
change the water pump well when you get the pump in the box and sure the pump is
cheap it only costed me maybe 200 bucks or $150 for the pump but it looks like
shit it's garbage construction it had plastic impellers and you knew that it
was on borrowed time you knew that you're getting what you pay for you buy
a piece of shit you put it on that piece-of-shit car and then guess what
you might get a couple years out of it and you'll fix that piece of shit again
down the road the BMW's yes they are very expensive to maintain and when they
break they are very very expensive I'm not going to deny but I'll give you some
examples other than a few of the engine parts that we've spoke of in the past
about sometimes BMW utilizing plastic parts around the engine like water pumps
thermostat housings and valve covers and things like that sometimes you're right
maybe they shouldn't be using plastic everywhere however they do a lot of
things where it counts that bring quality to the table so you don't feel
bad about when you're changing a part say a water pump
changing something that breaks on this car that you're not feeling like you're
putting this piece of garbage back into the car you're putting in what looks to
be a relatively high quality low tolerance
you know nicely crafted nicely machined with good qa/qc at the factory built in
Europe somewhere you feel like you're putting in a piece of quality engineered
product and honestly you think of it for example I'll give you some examples the
exhaust system on this thing of course we talked about you know this is an M
car of course everything's dolled up but you've got the quad exhaust down here of
course so you've got stainless exhaust so what do you what kind of exhaust do
you think you have on that Dodge pickup how about a crusty rusty old piece of
iron yeah sure it's cheap to fix but it's rusting out it looks like crap and
whatever so they put in high-quality exhaust systems whether it be some of
the newer cars even have titanium you've got carbon fiber surround in these case
you have stainless stainless is a good quality exhaust system and and so for
example that's one thing other things are the high quality wheels manufactured
by reputable manufacturers you've get high quality parts that are well
sculpted look at the mirrors parts like that now here's a piece look at the
handle it just it feels like butter in your hand opens nice door closes tight
that doesn't happen by accident my Dodge pickup truck over there you close the
door it rattles it clinks and you know what else happens here I'll show you you
open this door and this is what non BMW people generally miss they missed the
point look at this I've never had seals like
this come apart on me as a matter of fact look you've got a seal here and
you've got a seal here and you've got some high-quality seals at the bottom
and look at this they even put extra structural parts in here that are here
to basically keep this car together you know make it more rigid and make it
more sturdy for higher speed operation okay
the quality of fit and finish lines are tight you don't have gaps everything is
well constructed you're utilizing metal interior parts for trim not just cheap
plastic crap like this is actually metal down here okay the interior is very well
constructed throughout there's absolutely no place in this interior
that I feel like they really cut any corners yeah this is plastic and you can
get the upgraded leather that's great you don't need the leather it's a nice
touch but even this led this plastic here is very well constructed of a nice
fabric and nice or a nice texture okay so that's quality then you look around
of course a lot of the finishing I mean little touches right everything was well
thought oh look at even this I mean a simple device but you know what it's
it's all well engineered it's tucked away you'll notice air flow over this
they engineer this stuff this isn't by accident airflow over there quality
parts look over here look at the sprayers on the nozzles okay the nozzles
there's two on each - there - here you get four sprays to the windshield here
when you're in bad conditions so that's quality right extra thought right now of
course some of the cars now have carbon fiber I mean that's material right
but overall think of the little things look at this hey how's that for nice how
about this little trick that BMW does they've got this little pin here that
pops out and goes through here little things and while sure some of that stuff
can fail most of the time it doesn't it's very well built and well engineered
to tight tolerances as I said before so let's work our way back I'm gonna go pop
the hood here now and I'll give you some examples so I'm gonna
pop this up and let's walk around again see nice nicely constructed look one
touch soft touch nice okay nicely designed everything's tight look at the
seals around here okay the seals around the windows better than
I'm seeing in a lot of yes Japanese cars domestic cars for sure from North
America look at this just look at the little detail okay okay so let's pop the
hood
now you look around under the hood okay sure there's a lot of plastic and we've
talked about this plastic plenums and plastic air boxes but that doesn't
matter air box doesn't really matter okay that doesn't typically go you have
plastic you know this obviously if your antifreeze is plastic okay fine that's
the pretty typical a lot of plastic sure no doubt but I mean look at even the
little things even the cars that aren't considered sporty nowadays a lot of them
have look at this we have a strut brace that goes all the way around see little
details a lot of these brands these Jap brands don't even go there
How about this stuff look at this struts there is do you realize there's Lexus'
that were still utilizing the old prop rod okay it's simple sure but again you
want quality you want nicer finishing how about access to your cabin filters
very accessible here for a supercar very very accessible so like I said overall
you know what here actually here's another example bing bang you've got two
to lock this thing down people forget
people honestly sometimes I think they forget the little stuff that goes on
behind the scenes and so when something breaks on this car I know it's going to
be expensive which sucks but I also don't feel like I'm putting dollars and
cents to a piece of junk like that pickup
truck where you know I could put a $200 part in there and it feels like it's
worth about 20 bucks here you get the part you almost want to hold on to the
part for a while a lot of times you look at it looks well made you just sort of
want to put it on your desk and stare at it for a while so honestly in my opinion
do I feel BMWs are not you know do I feel that they're not reliable well
generally guys here to cut to the chase yes they are maintenance intensive and
yes in my opinion they are some of the best built cars on the planet when you
start looking at the little details the Lexus utilizing a Toyota Camry parts
sure it's a tried-and-true reliable you turn the key and you go but how many
Lexus people actually drive their cars hard I know a lot of people that
autocross these cars or drive them on the track drive the piss out of them try
that with a Lexus Toyota everyday wind that thing out to 7000 rpm every single
time you drive it yeah BMW owners are passionate Lexus Toyota owners not so
much they drive a car that just goes to A to B call it a day right these cars
there are things that will break and of course they will wear out but again they
are actually very robust it's like Porsches you can drive the shit out of a
911 and still drive it home a lot of these dedicated track cars can't claim
the same thing but a Porsche can a lot of BMWs can sure there are some inherent
you know achilles tendons or heels whatever I know a lot of you guys will
correct me on that with driving these again the rod bearings are a bit of a
touchy subject but overall when standard shit breaks on these cars you don't feel
bad about changing it replacing it repairing it you're putting it back into
a car that has some underlying value to it but generally they don't break and
again knocking on wood but I have not experienced a
a lot of breakdowns I've had several BMWs 318 t is 3 20s 325 s em 5x5 I've
had quite a few BMWs in my days already and I've only experienced a couple of
stops like catastrophic failures where you would truly say that that was not
reliable this car went into limp mode yes it did but it got me home it allowed
me to get home I was able to put the car to bed and get it off to the shop on its
own power basically so that's all I have to say but reliability BMWs in short in
my mind are very very reliable very well built and very I would say honestly guys
I'm gonna say this better built than a lot of say Lexus and Toyota products
look at the little details look at the little details look at interior
finishing and some of the details I'm sorry these are better built cars than a
lot of Toyotas you're gonna find done you want to say Toyota reliability what
about the three litres they had in the 90s blowing head gaskets what is that
that was a notorious thing for the supras for for anything with a three
litre engine you know I remember forerunners and any of those vehicles
with the v6 3 litre we're blowing head gaskets well so much for reliability
yeah it wasn't a big dollar fix but it's a fix
that's not reliable so you know what why do these things get such a hard bum rap
at the end of the day BMWs in my mind are very very sturdy well-built
and probably will rarely let you down yeah they might require some attention
but they'll rarely let you down and so in summary yes BMWs in my mind are very
reliable not cheap but very reliable don't dismiss them I think there's some
of the best cars built on the planet today and I'm not working for BMW guys I
happen to drive these because I think they are great cars
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