A 50k miles 2006 M5.

And you thought 10x visit to dealer and 5k repair bill is a lot lol.

 

if you want to get an ISF get the 2011+ ones with the revised suspension. I think 2012 even added an LSD and wider wheels?

 

LSD added since MY 2010.

 

the 06 m5 has smg? if so, i would be careful of that

 

audi has poor reliability (i hope it has a warranty).

M5 if you can afford to maintain it, otherwise go IS-F

 

I had an E39 M5 from year 2000, drove it to 60K with excellent reliability albeit costly servicing. Granted, the later iterations were higher tech and notorious with age!

 

$5k spread over 10 repairs isn't that horrible, one or two repairs out of warranty on an M5 can cost that much. S4 is a sexy machine, but Audis reputation on the S cars for reliability is pretty bad.

 

True, BMW service isn't chump-change, but wait till you see what Mercedes AMG's or top-level Porsches cost to have any really significant work on them.

 

CPO S4 Quattro FTW.

 

by comparison, from what i read, the e39 m5 is quite reliable. it's more pure and raw so to speak, only 6 speed so no smg nightmare. and less electronics too

 

Suggest an Audi S6 or the newer S4 with the 3.0t engine

The brand reliability is not consistent to the models (i.e. the S6 has better reliability than Audi does and the m5 has lower scores than BMW does)

How did you rack up 9k in Lexus engine repairs?

 

I agree; less interface between the drivetrain and driver. Perhaps computer assist was perceived as necessary as the power increased beyond 400hp in later models. Some believe the M5 has lost its soul.... wonder if huge increases in torque was really necessary or whether this was just spurred by competition with AMG, etc?

it really begs the question of how much power and technology is really necessary just because the vehicle can be outfitted as such?

 

Well, at first back then I was stuck between an IS350 or 328xi. I went with the IS even though it was $3K more but I wanted the extra power and the reliability. But to me, 10 dealer visits in 20K miles with $5K in repairs is quite a bit. Now with my engine needing to be rebuilt, it's $5-6K in parts and another $4K in labor. That's going to be almost $15K in repairs only having owned the car for 20K miles. The repairs will be almost the amount I paid for the car.

 

It's pretty rare for a factory motor to grenade itself. What did you do to it?

 

yeah how does a 2GR-FSE with 20k miles on it grenade?