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Originally Posted by thebmw
Subaru drivers seem to live in their own weird world. It's like a cult where they all profess love but are always angry and complaining. What you're describing is called life. This is what we all go through. Welcome to the real world, seriously.
Did you really expect your 200,000 mile car to not have problems?! I think you drank way too much of the Subaru Kool-Aid thinking that they're going to stay on the road forever and you're going to be passing it down to your kids and they're going to be loving and kissing it because it's full of love and little doggies and puppies and unicorns and rainbows. One of the criteria I have for my kids is that they never marry a Subaru driver because they're all batshit crazy.
And now you're buying a BMW? Do you think that it will not have issues at some point? Regardless of the car, it's a machine like an appliance. It needs to be maintained and will break down like a washer and dryer.
Anyway, I'm just happy you're getting away from Subaru and I hope that it'll make you a happier person.
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I think you failed to understand the point.
No, I don't expect all cars to last forever. And I was OK with Subaru until failed CVT's and oil leaks. I fully expect and anticipate that the new Bimmer will break and it will cost a lot of $$$ to fix.
I just dropped $10K cash on my X4M order. All of these other purchases were cash as well. It's just been a bad 6 weeks.
Truthfully, I could have fixed the Tribeca for a grand out of pocket. But I'm too busy to borrow a buddy's lift and put three days in it. I'm on the road installing 2 assembly lines for Toyota and Honda simultaneously. So no time to do that.
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I went back and reflected on your post. I think it's a little insulting - and I don't have thin skin.
I've been turning a wrench since I was about 10. That's 50 years of maintenance, whether it was lawn mowers, or musclecars, or race cars (SCCA, 1980's), or USAF F-4's/F-16's, or robots, industrial controls, and machines as big as your frickin' house.
Subaru's are not bulletproof, I don't have a dog, and I hate rainbows and unicorns, painted or otherwise. I liked Subaru because of their WRC heritage. The BMW purchase beat out a new Lexus F-Sport by a razor-thin margin.
I'm one of those pricks that hates leaks, loose fasteners, and sudden odd noises, be it from a piece of equipment or a vehicle, and so I fix everything when it breaks - house, cars, machinery, etc. So yeah, I know about maintenance.
I figured the Forester was at the end of it's life and would be a good safe car for my teenage daughter - free, runs, and I don't give two shits if she wraps it up as long as no one else is hurt and she survives the crash in one piece.