“If you are unlucky and drive a BMW, you probably put at least $10,000 in repairs over the 8 years or so.”
True words. My 16 year old BMW 128i convertible recently cost me almost $3K to replace rear shocks and wheel-speed sensors for the ABS system. Fortunately it has been fairly reliable in the long term... Except now stuff is starting to wear out.
Things go bad that shouldn't - like steering rack at 110,000 - that's 4k+ and the brake calipers in the 3 series are garbage, all 4 replaced and one that was replaced went bad in 2 years. Not to mention the X3...