Would a 2012 BMW 1 Series be a maintenance queen?

I can share some painful stories from my 08 335I if you care to hear of them. Tons of fun to drive and really a fast beast on the road. Flappy padels are super fun and with all nanny modes off will hold shifts as long as you can.

Negatives... Almost all major engine seals needed replacing by 80K miles. Crazy expensive waterpump and thermostat. Barely any clearance on the front of the motor to the subframe which means the second the subframe bushings/motormounts get any wear then bang the polymer pulleys on the subframe causing expensive and exciting problems. In my case it took five miles to have the serp belts destroy itself, wind around the crank pulley and get sucked into the crank pulley race destroying it. Chek Bimmerforums or E90 post for more service issues. Mine was a 60K dealer maintained car. In the end it cost me 13.5K to drive it 35K miles making it simultaneously the worst and most expensive vehice I have ever owned.

Holy Christ. @_@ Stories like that make me want to get the C30 and hedge my sanity/money a bit.

Picked up my 2010 135i with 29k miles about 3 years ago for $23k. It was under the factory warranty till 50k. While I owned it under warranty, it had 3 fuel injectors and one coil. Dealer also said it had a fuel pump at some point before I got it. At 55k I had to replace the other 3 injectors ($380 with tuning cable) and spark plugs ($80 including special socket). I'm now at 65k and might need brakes by next spring. So far cost of ownership has been good but the miles are still low.

Wives 2008 328I has already have over 6k in service and it was a 17K miles garage queen when we bought it that only has 30K miles on it now. It drives nice but it's not that much better than my G37. I'll have a heck of a lot less money in the G by the time we sell and the G is faster, handles as well IMHO, and to me is much more comfortable.

This will be my first and last german car. My wife agrees. If it wasn't the convertible she always wanted, it would have already been sold.

Yea. My dream shattered. I'll buy a 2 series new when I make more money.

I'm gonna decide between the c30, g37, or an accord/corolla s.