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[bjstare]

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Better than American junk that needs a new clutch at 50k

Heyo!

[Hallowed_point]

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Better than American junk that needs a new clutch at 50k

Which one? Never had that issue with a domestic personally usually get about 120,000+ kms out of an oem GM clutch

[bjstare]

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Which one? Never had that issue with a domestic personally usually get about 120,000+ kms out of an oem GM clutch

He's talking about my Fiesta ST shitbox haha.

[BavarianBeast]

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That is very high.

In my anecdotal experience, German cars start to become a maintenance headache at or below 100k km.

I’ve got a German that’s never skipped a beat and it’s over 250,000km!

[Hallowed_point]

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i’ve got a german that’s never skipped a beat and it’s over 250,000km!

w201 190e?

[killramos]

People “German cars are unreliable”

Also people “what do you mean change the oil every year”

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I'm about to cross 250k on my "unreliable" German car.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

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I'm about to cross 250k on my "unreliable" German car.

Is that the one that needed $6000 of catalytic converters?

[JustinL]

Granted the 944s have been nearly down to the tub for rebuilds, but here's my list of high mileage Germans:
1987 944: 500K and counting
1988 944TS: 230K and counting
2002 E46 M3: 220K sold
2008 Touareg: 262K and counting

And pictures because it's a picture thread:

[StreetRacerX]

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What's high mileage for a German car 100,000 kms+ ?

I've got an R550 with 335000kms on it that was my daily up until December.

[flipstah]

I don't think my car is unreliable but well-driven so it's due for stuff to go bye-bye.

It's a fun car and right size so I plan to keep it as long as I can; definitely can't afford post-inflation financing on cars I like.

[bjstare]

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I'm about to cross 250k on my "unreliable" German car.

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Is that the one that needed $6000 of catalytic converters?

Or the one that needed all new suspension components and a new valve cover?


edit: I'd also like to add I never used the word "unreliable". I said "maintenance headache", which I stand by. If you put the $ into maintenance, they're perfectly reliable.

[never]

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I've got an R550 with 335000kms on it that was my daily up until December.

I sold my wife’s Mercedes SUV in 2019 with 350,000 km. Had it since 40,000 km…that thing was ridiculously low maintenance compared to everything we had during that time!

[killramos]

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Or the one that needed all new suspension components and a new valve cover?


edit: I'd also like to add I never used the word "unreliable". I said "maintenance headache", which I stand by. If you put the $ into maintenance, they're perfectly reliable.

That and being generally expensive to fix.

[Sentry]

I bought my M5 at 198k and supercharged it while all the forum nerds were telling me to replace 20 grand worth of bullshit for preventative maintenance first, drove it for another 40k supercharged and sold it. Only things I ever did were fluids, tires, and mods. It never asked anything more of me.

[Hallowed_point]

I still prefer forum car advice over fakebook car advice. But yeah, you sure get some interesting opinions from the nerd crowd.

[gpomp]

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Or the one that needed all new suspension components and a new valve cover?


edit: I'd also like to add I never used the word "unreliable". I said "maintenance headache", which I stand by. If you put the $ into maintenance, they're perfectly reliable.

No, this is my other old German car. But we're talking about ~15 year old vehicles right now and parts just wear out.

[flipstah]

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That and being generally expensive to fix.

If it brings me to foodie meets, it's a good day. All work and no play.

[zipdoa]

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I bought my M5 at 198k and supercharged it while all the forum nerds were telling me to replace 20 grand worth of bullshit for preventative maintenance first, drove it for another 40k supercharged and sold it. Only things I ever did were fluids, tires, and mods. It never asked anything more of me.

I thought you had to chase down some VANOS issues? Or maybe the intake mani was apart just to install the SC?

[94boosted]

75K is my mileage limit for German cars, after that I stress too much. Granted I owned an '07 335 way back when, which was a poster child for all the typical N54 issues.