Should I keep the car? Long-term reliability questions ensue...

[Turbolader]

Originally Posted by Bimmerlover76

Seriously, you have to ask yourself, why exactly am I asking this question. It seems to me that you have made up your mind already and just need confidence in your decision. A forum is bad place to find statistically reliable information due to the bias and relatively small sample size.

Own up to your decision and move on.

Very true indeed, however a biased and small sample size grouping of statistical information is better than none at all

I could go by consumer reports, but let's face it, they do not have a weighted-average when it comes to reliability. A cupholder breaks dings reliability the same as a crankshaft breakage. I'm looking more for data on the latter.

[Bimmerlover76]

Originally Posted by Turbolader

Very true indeed, however a biased and small sample size grouping of statistical information is better than none at all

I could go by consumer reports, but let's face it, they do not have a weighted-average when it comes to reliability. A cupholder breaks dings reliability the same as a crankshaft breakage. I'm looking more for data on the latter.

Fair enough. CR is not that reliable of a publication, depending on what you're looking for. The only issues I've read about are the HPFPs, and mostly on the N54. It happens on the N55, but I don't believe it's near the same amount of troubles the N54 had.

I say, play the odds, which are greatly in your favor.

[shah269]

Edmunds stated that their car at 40k miles was perfect. That's why I bought a 1.