Both X5 and X3 are great to drive. Fun vehicles and real road tactile feedback. However, the maintenance is like cutting of your right arm. Would never buy a BMW or Mercedes for these factors, new or not. Built into the cost or not. Whether it's Lone Star or Calgary BMW the whole thing runs off getting a new vehicle every 3 years. Which means the cost of depreciation is close to the cost of repairs of how they build the machines.
If I could have it my way a luxury auto brand would focus less on the innovation and a little more on the reliability, serviceability and ultimately on reduced cost of ownership for the end customer.
Instead these brands come to represent something for the people that have money to burn, love spending time at dealerships with their muffins, and forget what the premium they paid to own the vehicle.
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