For me it’s until they become unreliable. For example:

2006 X3 with M54B30 motor. Purchased 7 years ago with 122k miles and now have 201k miles. Never brokendown on the side of the road, never refused to start and never had to be towed. Spent about $8-9k to keep it immaculately maintained and everything in good repair/working. Have no plan to get rid of it anytime soon.

2013 X5 xDrive35i. Purchased 1 year ago with 108k miles. Now at 126k miles. It has spent the majority of the last 4 months at the dealership for a misfire issue. I’ve had to bring it back now 3 times and spent about $6k on this problem. Outside of that I’ve spent an additional $3k or so on maintenance and repairs. It’s had to be towed twice. It had to be left at work once for a repair (worked at a repair shop at the time, otherwise it would’ve been towed 3 times). It’s been at the dealership for almost a month now with 3 mechanics trying to figure out wtf is wrong with it. They suspect it’s the engine wiring harness for the coil packs and ECM, and the ECM itself are both bad. After replacing the high pressure fuel pump, vacuum pump, all injectors, all plugs and coils packs (both twice), doing an oil change (fuel mixed with oil due to stuck open injectors, stuck because fuel pump disintegrated and sent bits of shrapnel throughout fuel system), testing the compression, checking for car on buildup and a list of other things I’m done with it and planning on replacing it as soon as I can afford to. (Just moved from US to Germany and financially recovering from that, some health issues, car repairs, house repairs, vet bill for cat repairs…it’s been a rough 6 months). I’ll probably be replacing it in about a year with a brand new X5 xDrive40i or the newest lowest mileage Lexus GX460 I can find (unfortunately they’ll have been replaced with the GX550 by the time of can afford one).

How do you like it? Any issues with the timing chain? Did you emissions delete it?

The show has been a dumpster since Clarkson, May and Hammond left. Sometimes good things just need to must come to an end.

Checkout the local private party market, try pricing it a couple grand less than what others are asking but a few grand higher than what vroom is offering. Also try local dealers, especially bmw, Carmax etc

Checkout the local private party market, try pricing it a couple grand less than what others are asking but a few grand higher than what vroom is offering. Also try local dealers, especially bmw, Carmax etc

How do these old M3s with the naturally aspirated I6 motors hold up???

I know something like a 325i or 328i are usually solid but idk jackshit about these (but want one).

Also seats 4-5 (5 in a pinch)

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/697608304?city=Lawrenceville&listingType=NEW&makeCode=MINI&marketExtension=off&modelCode=COOPERCLUB&newSearch=false&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fnew-cars%2Fmini%2Fcooper-clubman%2Fjohn-cooper-works%2Flawrenceville-va%3FisNewSearch%3Dfalse%26marketExtension%3Doff%26searchRadius%3D0%26zip%3D23868&searchRadius=0&state=VA&trimCode=COOPERCLUB|John Cooper Works&zip=23868&clickType=listing

Mini Cooper. They’re built by bmw, the Clubman is 4 doors and offers awd, handles great, and the John Cooper Works version has 302hp (same amount as a 2015 X5 Xdrive35i, same transmission, much lighter package)

White? Really?

Id just get another Hummer H2. They have steal bumpers from the factory (stonger than the ones on an early 2000s tahoe) and are far more comfortable than a Wrangler and more daily driver friendly than a pickup truck.

Just get a Tacoma, it’s more or less the same shit

Get some runflats installed, problem solved.

The Bridgestone runflats are pretty good, especially the Driveguard model if they have your size. The driveguard model is one of the few runflats with a mileage warranty from any company.