They are pretty decent cars, ugly as as sin and overpriced. But as a car they are just a BMW basically, so they are decent.
Im just putting this out there. I was behind one of these today Mercs today & thought it was a Corolla till I saw the badge. If the Corolla was more curved & had an extra stripe on the taillights, it would almost be identical.
I know they're BMW, but from everything I've heard, read, researched, etc. about them show that they're quite terrible cars and get many problems. Apparently most of the new BMW's aren't reliable anyway. There are a few exceptions though, including the more expensive BMW's like the M series.
bmw and minis have so many icky, small little annoying problems. Like speedometer backlights not working, or back up camer not working, or poorly fitted trim pieces inside the car rattling away, or dead LED's in the taillights, blown fog light bulbs brand new, etc. Mini literally has the worst ratio of problem/carx100. It's like 73 out of 100 cars come back with SOME sort of problem after the first year of ownership. Porsche has the least, with like 8/100 cars, and KIA is 2nd, with something like 12/100 cars.
I can't speak for Mini's reliability, but most of our BMW's haven't had many problems not directly related to normal wear and tear. I've never seen a BMW with issues like the ones aforementioned. The biggest issue we've had with our F25 X3 (which still has a CPO warranty that expires later this month) was a collapsed drivers-side seat bracket. It's been bulletproof otherwise, and we've never had to take it in for any other issue. Our E90 328i has also been pretty reliable, although it seems to go through window regulators weekly. We're still working out some minor issues with my E46, but nothing unexpected for it's age and mileage.
I can't really say anything considering I have a $500 car that has been through hell and back. I wasn't even lucky enough to get a halfway intact clearcoat.
Below is a list of the ACSI's 2015 ratings for car brands, ranked from top to bottom, with their parent company and customer-service scores. 1. Lexus (Toyota) -- 84 2. Acura (Honda) -- 83 3. Lincoln (Ford) -- 83 4. Mercedes-Benz -- 83 5. BMW -- 82 6. Subaru -- 82 7. Toyota -- 82 8. Hyundai -- 81 9. Buick (GM) -- 80 10. Cadillac (GM) -- 80 11. Honda -- 80 12. Mazda -- 80 13. Volkswagen -- 80 14. Chevrolet (GM) -- 79 15. Ford -- 79 16. Volvo -- 79 17. Audi (Volkswagen) -- 78 18. GMC (GM) -- 78 19. KIA -- 78 20. Infiniti (Nissan) -- 77 21. Dodge (Fiat Chrysler) -- 76 22. MINI (BMW) -- 76 23. All other brands -- 75 24. Jeep (Fiat Chrysler) -- 75 25. Chrysler (Fiat Chrysler) -- 74 26. Fiat (Fiat Chrysler) -- 73
I checked and confirmed that oil was leaking out of the valve cover gasket, it should be a relatively simple fix. I'll drive it around for a little while to make sure that it's still leaking oil, and that it wasn't caused by sitting in the garage for a week. Thanks for the advice, Zappymouse.
I hope this is true... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...gh-returning-bronco-ranger-production-to-u-s-
https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=15&acctid=5728 I'd like to buy that, replace/rebuild the transmisison, clean it up, then sell it for a healthy profit. It'll go for next to nothing. I can't though. :|
I wouldn't go through all of that trouble for a car I'm not even gonna keep. I'd try to rebuild it because I think it'd be interesting. If I messed that up I'd just buy an already rebuilt one off of craigslist or something. I'd also take the power seat and steering wheel from that one and put them into my car.
modern cars are too boring nowdays they all look the same I guess everyone thought like that in the 1920s.
Spotted an Mk4 Seat Ibiza on the highway today, at first I thought it was a Mazda 2 until I looked again and saw the Seat emblem, was alot more excited than seeing something like a Ferrari or such since I know obviously Seat doesn't sell their models in the US, the one I encountered looked like it had South American plates, though it most likely came from Mexico, but that's still a really long way to drive from where I live. (imported from here)
How can it drive there? afaik cars that were not crash tested by the officials are not allowed to be driven or even imported to the US.
Since cars from Canada can be driven into the US relatively easy, I guess same applies for the South border, I've seen quite a few cars from Mexico, and even saw a handful of cars you really wouldn't find in the US like a Toyota Hiace van and one of the newer VW Caddy's, my guess you have to have a special temporary permit to drive a non US registered car. IIRC, the guy driving the Ibiza had some sort of small tag on his windshield, though that could've been anything.
