BMW kinda sucks.

Not scared, they don’t have any to give out. My local dealership is selling all they get in, especially Stelvios.

It has frightening parallels to my former B5 S4. But this was an actual Audi dealer that spun up an extra shift of mechanics to keep up with the demand for repairs. My water pump started to go bad around 20k miles and would clatter when I shut the car down. Knowing that the timing belt ran through the water pump, I…

Windshields nowadays have antennae, precipitation sensors and other things built into them.  They’re all pricy these days on any kind of even near-luxury car.

I think windshields in general are getting way more pricey due to the active safety sensors for cruise-control and auto-stop, etc.  I think there was a recent article about this.

Well the article seems to use a broken windscreen and a damaged tyre to emphasise its case. That, to me, says more about either their driving style, or the quality of the tyres than it does about the car, though. 

“And that’s not all! The magazine also reported it had to replace the front-right tire on the car after a bubble popped up in the sidewall, at a cost of $275. A rock also cracked the windshield, which was further $1,209 repair, and the diff replacement was ultimately only $169 for the regular service, since it was…

My old roomie bought a Giulia over a year ago (not the Quad) and tells me it’s been a good car.