Re: My nice new 164 is a POS

[dsedon@domain.elided]

ewe, my friend, yust got unlucky - no lemon-issues here.  and, i doubt inspection wooda found most (if any) of these issues.  ya bought a car eight years old, w/135k miles.  buy *any* car like tht - even yapanese - & don't be surprised if ya have similar experiences.  of *course* yure hoping ya won't have all these problems hit ya all at once, but the lighter side is, after getting 'em fixed, ya should be good-to-go for a while.

several years ago, i bought a 5.5-yr-old '92 164L, w/all service records, & 117k on the ticker...  since then, i've certainly had a few *issues* - heater core, stepper motors, tranny input shaft bearing, failing window regulator...  besides typical maintenance issues, like clutch, timing belt, hoh pump, exhaust.  of course, doing the steppers, window regulator, & heater core myself, saved me a few clams...  but, all in all, the car now has >190k on it, & still is a trooper...  not bad for a fwd pos, really...  ;~)

i've owned suzuki, toyota, datsun, wolwo, vw - the four alfas i've had, (presently still have three), have *all* been no better or worse than any of the above.  as far as bmw's go, friends of mine have had 'em for years, & the service/maintenance issues *they* have are truly scary...

doug s.

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