this is why new cars suck

[InuFaye]

I love how everyone thinks the e30 is the pinnacle of reliability.

[b*saint]

Look how fucking old this article is.

[Edev]

"Warnings from his tire pressure monitor send him to the service station every few days to check his pressure."

Who cannot check their tire pressure?

You'd truly be surprised. I mean, people constantly come to the dealership to have someone else put their "new tabs" sticker on their licenses plates. How ridiculous. Men and women alike.

Does he not know what a trip meter is? Or more to the point, does he ever think to himself "hey, it's been a while since I've filled up, I should probably do something about that!"

I work at a BMW dealership and yeah, there's some pretty stupid stuff that goes wrong. But half the owners are just as bad as the cars.

I'm with this guy.

[R3Z3N]

I quite enjoy my E30, but I keep moving backwards to older cars each purchase I make....
Next I hope to be pre-1974....
I am a computer consultant and abhor car electronics. Though I do like blinkers, windshield wipers and motorized windows.....the simple electronics....

[ieatpeople]

i used to say that new cars suck, till i bought one. love my new chevy, no electrical problems what-so-ever.


i had WAY more problems with my e30 than with my truck. thats why i got rid of the e30 and still have the truck.

my e28 on the other hand, is fantastic. battered and tattered, reliable as hell.

[dinanm3atl]

Typical r3v responses here as expected.

[mrsleeve]

yeah lol. im glad someone else caught that. this article is nearly a decade old!

dose that change the fact that new cars still suck ????? And why they suck ???

[mrmckie]

old article but still relevant..all those bugs are why you see those 7-series, s class, a8's, etc at used car dealerships for $15k when their only like 2-4 years old....

i'll stick with my old buckets thanks

[N2MYE30]

I think you missed the point. Lots of the shit that makes new cars total crap is mandated equipment by the federal govt and some from the state of California

Govt is why new cars suck.

This. My 2002 Supercharged Xterra has been on expired tags for close to a year. I cannot pass NC inspection because the ECU is telling the state inspection shop that has not passed the "readiness code". (I just did the timing belt and tune up/ disconnected the battery) This code is put enforced by the govt on all newer cars so that the ecu cant be tapered with (CEL delete). So I just try to see of the car is ready to get inspected from time to time to see if the car is ready to pass. Legally, Im not suppose to drive it but to clear the code, I need to drive it. A$$ backwards!

[freeride53]

Lol true dat true dat BMW

[bimmerpirate]

cool story bro. tl;dr.

[Kershaw]

did anyone catch that the date of that is from 2003!?

yeah lol. im glad someone else caught that. this article is nearly a decade old!

[ALYKZANDYR]

The fact that at the time of the article the E65 was a still a new model, only having been out for just over a year. never buy a car in its first 1-2 years of being out. it takes time to get the bugs out.

and, the fact that it was an E65, well, that explains it all right there.

Also, There are lots of these E65 running around my area with 24+ chrome rims on them. There real popular with "that crowd"

[mikeedler]

did anyone catch that the date of that is from 2003!?

ohh my, E30s never had problems either?

[trackjunkie21]

Read the title, did not have to read further.