I have a 1994 BMW convertible. Yes, parts are expensive, yes they are hard to work on, yes some people won't work on them... but there is nothing like it. They pay attention to all the little details. Have you ever taken a failed component out of a car/bike and wondered 'why the heck did they rely on this little piece of crap part to do the job?' You won't find those kinds of things. Everything is way over-designed and top notch. For example, I had to take out the catalytic converter this weekend. Its a screwed up shape, so I couldnt just weld-in an aftermarket. No, I have to buy a whole section of pipe, and at $500 its still probably not going to be nearly as good as OEM. So no hope for a $100 fix. But in taking out the exhaust system, every mount is on a rubber hanger, then the hanger itself is on another rubber mount. the whole system is as isolated as possible to keep noise/vibration from affecting the rest of the car. There's a cross brace / engine mount that had to be removed to get the pipes out - turns out this thing is a tertiary brace, not necessarily 'needed' but its there to reduce engine vibration and increase chassis stiffness. All on huge rubber mounts, of course. (and note... none of the rubber was deteriorating. after 18 years.) Anyway. Its those little things that make them different vehicles. Most manufacturers seem to have the attitude of 'lets put a rubber band on the thing and be done with it.' Although I will say, some of the things that have broken were as a direct result of over-engineering. The HVAC system, for instance. I had to tear the whole damn thing apart because of one piece that got stuck. This piece served so that you could have air out of the main vents be a different temp than air coming out of the other vents. (Who cares?!?!) If it were any other car, that feature would not be there in the first place, therefore it wouldn't have broke. Indeed, they're not for everybody.
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