IS BMW RELIABLE? THE TRUTH ABOUT BMW’S (B58, N55, S55, N54) 

Exactly! The only people I’ve ever heard of or known that regretted buying a bmw were people who bought ones that were already clapped out or already showing signs of poor treatment/maintenance

BMWs punish you if you are cheap and don’t take care of it. If maintenance is on schedule and you take care of the car, it will take care of you

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Ayee let’s go!💪🏼 I have a xhp trans too too, I always forget to mention that😂

That’s awesome man, those are very minor issues I’d take all day for being over 100k miles. N55 has been proven to be a great motor, hope you’ve enjoyed it💪🏼

Gotta see who’s paying attention 😂

That’s awesome man, love to hear it. Were you tuned ?

Do it man, tuning your car is a game changer. My stage 2+ E40 tune is around 460-470whp. Unfortunately I haven’t gone against any S55’s on that tune but I think a B58 on e40-e50 is pulling a S55 on pump gas. Hopefully I’ll get lined up with one soon I can post

Exactly bro, my buddy is pushing about 600whp with like 110k miles and engine wise it’s been great, but he’s twisted an axle 😂

It be like that sometimes 😂

Go test drive some B58’s and I’m sure you’ll make up your mind real quick haha. An IS is rare tho so I’m sure you’ll miss it but you definitely won’t be downgrading

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Yeah these are 19” ssr wheels!

230i’s are great cars but if you’re willing to pay the extra cost for the M240i it’s definitely worth the money. I also think if you buy a 230i, you may always wish you got a M240i instead, but it wouldn’t be the other way around if you got an M240

I’ve owned both, I went from a 230 to an M240i. Get the 240 if you can. It uses a similar amount of fuel but is much faster, then engine makes a better sound and has more character and the car feels more special as a result. It has the type of motor that could only come in a BMW vs a (admittedly very great) turbo 2.0 that so many cars use these days. I found myself wishing for for more from the 230i whilst with the 240 it feels like you get a lot of car for your money. My car is now stage 1 with over 400hp and despite physically looking much like a 230i they’re just worlds apart.

Personally, I think a 335i would be a great first car as long as you get a 2011+ with the N55 motor. That would be a super fun and reliable motor with plenty of power capabilities for your first car

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I own a e90 N55 bought it with 78k miles it now has about 85k miles after about a year of driving runs good. This isn’t my daily just a toy mostly city and weekend driving. when I first bought it I started a fresh log to track and did basically a tune up oil change did the spark plugs and coil pack and cleaned the Vanos solenoids it’s now full bolt on stage 2+ running great IMO if you can find one for a good price stock with no mods is best if possible. Higher mileage N54 and N55 have mostly the same issues oil leaks from the oil pan gasket, oil filter housing and valve cover. Typical weak points are plastic piping, intercooler radiator. upgrading the charge pipes, boost pipe, intake inlet pipe, radiator and intercooler will help with reliability. Especially these things are a must if tuning the car. On higher mileage ones turbos, water pump, HPFP and LPFP go bad but if you can get service records you can see if any of this has been done already. Every used cars is a risk because you don’t know how the previous owners took care of it but these cars can be reliable and fun if maintenance is taken care of especially if you can do it yourself and save on cost. Hopefully this helps you good luck ✌🏻

If it has the N55, sure. Just expect to fix some things and your good to go. If it has the N54 stay away from it unless it comes with brand new everything, or your planning to do a crazy full rebuild with DI delete.

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There are a lot of factors that go into that. The amount of blown B58’s that were stock tune or running simple OTS tunes is incredibly small and not common at all. A stock B58 motor has proven to be able to handle upwards of 600whp reliably, but that’s also when it’s recommended to start upgrading some possible weak points to maintain reliability

Also, most of the blown B58’s that were running stock internals under 600whp were blown because of mechanical error with meth injection, inaccurate e85 mixes or even poorly designed custom tunes

Complete garbage 🗑️.. the b58 is by a mile more reliable then the n55 and way stronger in every way with forged pistons and rods being a closed deck and a bottom end of diesel b57. So stop making excuses talking nonsense when you obviously don’t know shit

2017 M240i 💪🏼

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Yeah that’s true I did forget to mention the charge pipes, but that’s an easy fix

Depends on a lot of factors, but from my experience and the from those around me they seem to hold up pretty well these days