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Originally Posted by capri
I've read and heard from various dealers and friends locally that BMWs are best to be driven daily, otherwise it will cause problems especially electronics.
For this matter, it took me years before i decide to get the 135i. I plan to use this car on the weekend only but because of the daily drive issue i plan to drive the 135i in our subdivision 3x a week and long drives on the weekend.
How many of us here, use the BMW as a weekend car and did it pose any problems or reliability issues when used as such ?
A friend recently bought a Porsche 991 and in the manual , it even states that the car has to be driven @ least 20 kilometers a day every day so it will not present problems.... Wow, that is quite an unkeep when we dont even drive that much daily here.
Thanks for the inputs.
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Depending on your driving habits and weather conditions it will be fine in most circumstances. If you simply put too few miles on it or the car is not fully warmed up and functioning on those short trips a battery tender will do the trick. I had a 6 year old BMW 6 Series that was driven maybe once or twice a month - it was on a battery tender for the last 2+ years without an issue.