Luxury cars have become terribly common, potentially expensive

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Originally Posted by SumoDog68

I guess you own an an X5 ? Didn't think so :-)
Reality is generally between the two extremes. Big $$ euros out of warranty can be financial liability . Fault finding complex electronic / mechanical systems cost time , equipment and ultimately money.
Why do you think there are specialist euro brands mechanics if anyone can fix them through Magic of Internet ?
Once geartronic or DSG packs up, there are not many options and they are all costly . Not to mention bmw plastic cooling systems .
Nice cars when they work but upkeep cost more on average than local or Japanese car.

Originally Posted by SumoDog68

First you need to know which part(s) - trouble shooting is the hard part of the equation :-)

Euros aren’t some secret society were only the privileged are in the know.

Ask a question on the Forums like you would here and you’ll get an answer.

The difference is the forums are much bigger than say this one because the Euros have world membership.

A USA forum will have members from all around the globe and many are very knowledgeable people plus employees from the manufacturers hang out there as well.

Most things that go wrong with a Euro are not any different than what goes wrong with other makes.

You can just as easily have a niggling hard to diagnose problem with a Ford as you can with a German car.

Local repairs who look after Euros know the ins and outs, use them if you can’t figure out what repairs your car needs, they can also source the parts and do the fix.

The old Euro mystery comes from the days when the only way to search info was on foot or by a phone directory, the world has moved on and the brands are now global and so is the info for them.