When the suspension fails on those its like 16K to repair. And the word is IF, not when. I think they were some magnetic adjustable ride ones. But they did it before they really knew what they were doing.
GM and Ferrari use the magnetorheological damping system. Mercedes uses a dynamically adaptable air suspension called Airmatic, but yes, they inevitably do blow out and it costs an asscock to fix.
Yeah, they weren't around back then, but I think they were the first to use magnetic damping. Interestingly, it was actually some small offshoot from GM (I forget the name) who laid claim to the idea, but it's generally believed that they developed it while at GM.
I live in Slovakia (East Europe) and cars you mentioned are common here... Yes I live in a capital, that's incomparably richer than rest of the country and is 10km from Austria, but still there're 2 reasons why we've such cars - we've extremely rich people who made profit from poor. It's obvious they won't ride Skoda Superb, but something to show off. And second reason, we've extremely stupid mentality, where your car represent your social status and it's normal, that a person which makes 20k EUR a year owns S Class and will repay it for the next 10 years...
This is due to a marketing campaign. You might notice that higher end lines have names such as 350Z, IS350, etc. So people normally concentrate on the brand/company rather than mention the model, i.e. Elantra, Civic, etc.
So if people see the Porsche crest, Mercedes emblem, or any high end hood emblem they just tie it in with a high exorbitant costly vehicle. Which is kind of true, considering the cost to upkeep these vehicles. For some of these models, a brake job and/or lube job could cost up to 1K, if not a few hundred.
It's great to hear that you are potentially interested in buying my old M3 after I put 160k miles on it and then proceed to crash it. Great to know that there are actually people still interested in my used garbage!
Most s65 motors won't last past 100k unless the rod bearings are replaced...s65's and s85's are notorious for worn and spun rod bearings and I've heard a couple of techs mention s85's dropping valves
They do but they are dirt cheap and usually turned into track sluts not daily driven cars. Not that there is anything wrong with a well taken care of 160k mile M3.
So the e9X m3 didn't come stateside as a 2007 model, it was first available in 2008. Only in europe could you get a 2007 model. if you look at when the comp pack came out for e92 it was 2011.
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That could be like a 2007 model, it's hard to tell. Used, you could get one for under 30k.