Everybody Mark again with Exotic Car Play Place. Today I'm going to share with
you the top 5 worst BMWs of all time, some of the reasons they're the worst
are because of the drivetrain they came with, some of the reasons are because
they were extremely unreliable, and some of the reasons are because they were
just plain ugly, so let's get down to the top 5 worst BMWs of all time. The first
worst BMW in history goes to and this should be of no surprise the e65 7
series BMW that was produced from 2001 to 2008. Why was this such a bad bad car?
Well there's so many countless reports this car was so unreliable you had
problems with coils, electronics, the computer systems, window trims, trims of
all sorts were starting to come apart, wheel bearings, with relatively low miles
on them were letting go in some cases, the plastics on the cooling system
crumbling, and therefore you'd wind up with a lot of repairs around the coolant.
You had leaks, you know oil leaks, a lot of electronic problems, you'd have issues
with some of the the iDrive system, because that was very, very early
generation. You had way too complex a system when it came to
electronically adjusting your seats and your controls on the stocks way too
complex. Way too many problems and mechanics hated these cars. Owners hated these cars,
and reported the fact that they spent countless dozens of hours on one silly
little repair at times, just because access was a real problem for these cars.
They were brutal and this was arguably the worst BMW in BMW history. So the
second-worst BMW in history, and some might argue with this one because a lot
of people liked it for its cuteness and its uniqueness. That goes to the 1955
to the 1962 BMW Isetta. That is that little three-wheeler car that had a
single cylinder, 13 horsepower car. Is this the ultimate driving
machine? I think not because most BMWs when you talk about quantifying its
performance, you talk about 0-60, times of X amount of seconds. Well this car you
can't compute zero to 60 because it won't even make 60 miles per hour. As a
matter of fact its top speed is 53 miles per hour and that may be actually okay
because in essence with 53 miles per hours of top speed, much faster than that
because it only had three wheels, you might experience severe speed wobble,
which could send you into a world of hurt into a ditch somewhere. The last
thing you wanted to do, like I said, great collector car, very awkward and not
really in the true essence of the ultimate driving machine. The third worst
set of...and I will say sets of vehicles in the family of BMWs goes to the 120, 320, 520
D. What's common? It's the N47 engine. It's the little four-cylinder
turbo diesel engine that had a multitude of issues that were not necessarily
characteristic for a high quality BMW, but the single biggest and worst issue
that that n47 engine produced was timing chains were breaking, and a lot of the
timing chains were braking with relatively low kilometers. The worst part
of that is if you don't know what the timing chain actually does. Let me share
a little knowledge here guys. The timing chain is basically that piece of gear
train that aligns your Pistons and your valves so that they run in perfect
sequence. If your valve timing does not work properly, you can have Pistons and
valves colliding, and you have an engine that goes boom. And the worst part to
actually compound that issue, the timing chain access on these engines was
actually at the back at the firewall of these cars, so you pretty much had to
pull the engine out of the car to gain proper access. This made it a very
undesirable set of vehicles to own. There was even engines use in
some of the minis and some of the x-series of the BMWs actually utilize
this as well, and these were in that 2006 up to 2011 range. So look out for those
cars, not some of the better cars BMWs produced. The fourth worst BMW in
history in my opinion, of course some people like them for for just that
reason, falls under the 2009 to 2017 BMW 5 Series GT cars. GT for Gran Turismo.
Well this was sort of a hybrid between the 5 Series Coupe or the 5 series sedan
and a hatchback car that you might find even comparable to an SUV. So you had
sort of an SUV sedan crossover and they made this sport vehicle that was just
ugly. As a matter of fact it had the kind of looks that its parents would even
feed its kid with a slingshot.
You didn't want to get that close to it, so anyway as a matter of fact, other
than that at the looks, a lot of the features were loved by a lot of owners.
There were unfortunately some issues with it, because the complexities were
higher in this car. It actually was not a five series car. It was in fact truly
based on a 7 Series platform, which unfortunately had a lot of the extra
complexities associated with the 7 Series cars, and therefore you had
additional electronic issues like the iDrive screen that you could find
problems with that sometimes. There was issues with the windows and the
mechanisms, some of the other electronics, they were issues with. So overall it was
more electrical then you typically found problems with, but overall the issue with
this car was its looks. And rounding out our list to the top 5 worst BMWs of all
time goes to the BMW i3. The hybrid car, the economy hybrid car. Why was that such
a problem in my mind? Well let's start with the beginning. Number one it had
really flimsy tires. The kind of tires that were actually specifically designed
for that car to be extra flimsy, lightweight, and support fuel economy.
Less rolling resistance equals better fuel economy. Well unfortunately it was a
really flimsy tire and a lot of owners found problems with these tires going
flat, popping or what-have-you. To compound that issue there was no, they
were not only not a run flat, but BMW did not even provide a spare tire available
for that car, in the name of saving weight, so that in itself was a problem.
Now there's also been problems associated with programming of the
system in the computer of that car, because where on one hand you could be
driving along and you see the range available on your electrical system
being very low, and you'd expect for the gas engine to pick up the pace, when in
actuality it allows the system to deplete so far that the gas engine still
doesn't have the opportunity to catch up. As well, not only that the car they
suggest that you actually drive it at less than 50 kilometer
per hour when on gas. Unfortunately this car, some of those bugs aren't
entirely worked out and it sometimes it might be a question of communication to
owners or programming on the system to ensure that people don't have that
situation, and not suffer from range anxiety. Another issue with it is its
many recalls. Unfortunately with new technology comes new issues, and so it
also has some technology-based issues. Recalls that are actually safety related
such as airbags that don't deploy, engine mounts that come loose, and fuel leaks as
a result of loose mention mounts and all kinds other issues, you actually have
leaking fuel, in some cases on your little auxilary gasoline motor. So many
owners actually basically just call this a $57,000
glorified street legal golf cart, and unfortunately it's a very expensive one
at that, pretty but expensive, and so does this qualify as the latest and the
greatest ultimate driving machine? Not so sure about that. Let's try to get some of
those bugs worked out, but for now the i3 seems to have a few glitches which makes
my list. So everybody thanks again for sticking, around listening to the list. If
you have any others that you think should fall under that list, give me a
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