Striker223

Oh yeah, look at the newest cars vs the older gen. A lot more "acceptable" ratings vs good now and worse instrumented data

Striker223

The same engines that are known to have a hell of a lot of ring issues in the Prius? I wouldn't say they were ever good

tex2670

I'm on my 2nd BMW; my son drives my '14 328 now. 89K miles, no major issues--at least as reliable, if not better, than my old IS250.

Striker223

My first UZ blew up, my 2nd lost the cam seals and required cams out and dealer only sealers....then the VVT actuator O-rings failed and I learned that that is a thing that happens!

Never had that occur before and the car had me wanting to shoot it after that. 3 times it failed on my and the 2nd engine was "low" mile for the damn oil leaks. Stupid thing required so much work to be in spec and like it should be it was dumb. Great car but my god for that amount of work it didn't drive well at all.

JDR76

Not on my current cars, no, but that's a more recent development (since COVID). I've owned a lot of cars with over 100k in miles. My 4Runner, with the 4.7 V8, was incredible. My Tundra, while at only 15k miles, has had a hard life, with several thousand of those miles pulling our travel trailer. No issues. The only car I've really had issues was that Scion. I traded it in with about 30k miles on it. Traded it in with the check engine light aglow (thermostat stuck). Our Acura TSX wasn't great either. We did put well over 100k miles on it, but it was plagued by rattles, alternator issues, door lock actuators, etc. Lots of nagging issues, though it was a very pleasing car to own otherwise. My Chevrolet Silverado was my worst car. Don't get me started on that one.

AJT123

Yeah, that's really, really crazy. LS430s are just bricks usually, especially those engines. I would posit my 155k V8 as it is right now would still outlast the brand new 3.4tt in the current ones.

You must have gotten an LS430 that someone neglected in just the worst way possible.

Striker223

I would agree if I haven't seen similar on other UZ cars I've worked on, they are great but not immune to stupid issues like that. My real issue with them and all the Lexus V8s though is packaging, I would be so much less angry if stuff didn't have wires and lines crisscrossing haphazardly

RNM GS3

Cars in general have improved reliability wise.
I think the current gen of cars with the HUGE digital screens, lack of physical controls, small turbo / hybrid engines will age terribly.

BMW has improved quite a bit in last 5 years. The inline 6 motors have always been solid but the 4cyl turbo and V8 have held up as well. The ZF 8speed is bulletproof.

Don’t worry though the IDRIVE 8 that comes with the huge ipad screens is causing major headaches and issues so im sure Lexus will be back at #1 soon.

FrankReynoldsCPA

I'm glad I locked in my 2017. Got the B58/ZF8 combo, iDrive 6 which works fantastic, auto-start stop can remain off persistently(though it's not even seeming to operate right now anyway, lol), physical controls, a traditional gauge cluster, etc.

Striker223

You bought the peak era IMO, I like that range of BMWs the best and are the only ones I would/did consider owning. I would have gotten an S63 or V12 though so ultimately I backed out of fear (have done too many valve seals on the V8s) and because the 7 doesn't ride as well nor comes as well equipped/fit as tightly as the other stuff I was looking at.

AJT123

Yeah I checked into your BMW, just about perfect. Plenty modern but you still got a good, un-ruined engine!

Striker223

And transmission! The ZF8 is probably going to be the best converter transmission ever made, only thing I have ever driven that is better is a PDK once you are already moving more than 15 mph

jwong77

I have the same combination in my 2018 X3, it's brilliant, though I had to purchase Bimmercode to code off the darn Auto-Start Stop feature.

RNM GS3

All my cars are “old” lol
My 2018 M3 has just enough tech with Idrive 6 but still old school due to analog gauges, no active safety non sense, manual hand brake, physical buttons and CD player!

In 20 years, I think it will age much better than the new M3s with the ipad screen and awful pig nose grill.

RNM GS3

They removed the off button on new X3, i had it on the 2020MY.
Now I have to put it in Sport Individual mode and that prevents the engine from the start/stop nonsense.