welcome back everybody its mark with exotic car play place continuing the
discussion that we started yesterday about BMW quality of build and
reliability and versus you know Lexus and Toyota which I know it was a very
controversial video yesterday but today I want to clarify some of that
information so let's get talking guys
welcome back to the channel of your buddy mark with exotic car play place
today so regarding that whole discussion yesterday I know I was on a little bit
of a rant and it seemed a little bit heated I know apologize if it seemed I
was a little bit overzealous and quite passionate about the discussion it's
just that there are a lot of preconceived notions and misconceptions
out there that people believe that Lexus and Toyota are flawless while BMW is
just a flawed beast of a car now I am here to strictly explain the real deal
the information that is out there and honestly a lot of this stuff is
available on the open market you can find a lot of information on forums but
I also have friends who have owned both cars I've owned you know Japanese stuff
I've had Toyota's myself I've got BMWs and I think I'm in a pretty good place
I've driven a lot of these cars I know what a lot of these cars are all about
and I know that they're all mechanical and so none of them are perfect so I
want to talk about that today and now just summarizing kind of what we
discussed yesterday and that was really you know it seemed like an attack on
Toyota and Lexus and it really wasn't guys so first of all I want to let you
guys know that I am NOT attacking Toyota or Lexus or any other Japanese brand I'm
strictly stating that sure BMW is not perfect but neither is Toyota Lexus and
I'm gonna give you some examples of that right here right now and so you want
some examples things for example that are known have known and are consistent
problems in the Lexus RX models you've got transmission failures in the ES 350
s you have steering related issues sunroof set bursts randomly and some
have known to have some blown engines along the way - that's a priest
historical issue obviously BMWs aren't unique to blown engines also the lexus
GS 300 are also known to see some engine failures along the way and part of it
possibly you know due to the fact that there was a valve spring recall so
another inherent engine issue that Lexus saw - and then we move into Toyota how
about the wonderful three litre v6 nine 97 to 2002. You know everybody assumes those
are tried-and-true good reliable engines and in a lot of ways they really are
however they are not perfect a lot of them had oil and sludge related problems and
you know while Toyota would push back and say that it was really related more
to the oil that was being used and man you an answer to ownership neglect in
reality a lot of experts in the industry stated it was more related to a poor oil
circulation or ventilation related problem that allowed the sludge to build
in these engines also how about the three litre v6 Toyota engine that saw
head gasket failures galore in 1988 1989 they were notorious problem and so if
you had overheating related issues that would just start that downhill spiral of
course so that was a problem on its own and then we just talked about
generalities in Lexus in general there have been a lot of known transmission
related issues sometimes mechanical failures sometimes it's a programming or
reflash of the TCU's or what they call the programmable control units had to
get some reprogramming to make sure that you know everything was programmed
properly that was part of the contributing factor head gaskets are
another issue in some Lexus's and oxygen sensors are notoriously well known to
fail on those cars here's a few rx350 problems shifting issues engine problems
or catastrophic failures and bad transmissions in other cases how about
an es350 melting - boards water leaking into the
cabin oil leaks from the timing cover how about the gs350 batteries dying not
holding charge insufficient fender clearances so bad design and
transmission shutters how about the is250
again dashboard melting and another case of dashboard melting how about a sunroof
glass exploding so I'm really not here to confirm nor deny which cars
dramatically better than the other in terms of quality build or you know
reliability I personally have my beliefs I think BMW is second to none in terms
of their build quality their design and of course attention to detail if you
look at them up close they're a great car now Lexus on the other hand of
course with Toyota reliability you know that all goes
great but let me just make some comparisons here BMW they've had SMG
issues Toyota on the transmission side they've had auto transmission failures
BMW we've had valve cover gasket leaks which you know of course leaking oil
Toyota we've got head head gasket leaks which
of course mixes antifreeze and oil sometimes or you just have a problem
burning antifreeze you know BMW of course we've had
pixelation issues on iDrive system so electronic related issues Lexus and
their oxygen sensors you know BMW has had you know its share
of relatable you know reliability type issues but
Lexus is not free of reliability problems themselves
neither is Toyota there's been inherently bad designs and as I
mentioned valve cover gaskets and the like so here's a little piece for you in
the link on my last video soul on Saturdays video there was a gentleman
that was so kindness to post a third-party article like it was a posted
article by a newspaper or basically a chronicle online that did a full-on
comparison about comparing Lexus and BMW in terms of helping you know a person
make a decision an educated decision on which car is better they talked about
the best premium car small car mid-size and all that good stuff they talked
about performance and comfort and all that but they also talked about
reliability as part of that this gentleman here unfortunately he took it
out of sir context and he actually suggested that the Lexus reigned supreme
and because the section of reliability they talked about Lexus winning overall
but at the end in the summary on you'll notice if you read the article and paid
17 so later on in the summary they summarized it said BMW wins hands over
all and said even the reliability topic was only a marginal marginal win over
BMW it wasn't the landslide that a lot of people suggest so while Toyota and
Lexus are great cars they're not flawless on their own right and you know
neither is BMW so all I'm here to state guys at the end of the day you buy what
you like BMW performance and style you know the
Toyota Lexus reliability I guess what they're saying even though it's a
marginal slightly marginally better than B and LB according to a lot of
independent sources at the end of the day they're both great vehicles and you
kind of just have to buy what you want to buy so guys I like both the brands
they both bring something to the table and you know what if we all drove the
same car life would be boring now wouldn't it so I just want to kind of
share that with you guys and I really hope you enjoyed this video please make
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lover or hater I'm strictly here stating the independent news and I'm giving you
the knowledge to make your own educated decision on if you're buying another car
what that car might be so thanks again everybody mark you're checking out with
exotic car play place thanks he came around and we'll see you real soon bye
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