Hi Guys.
Sorry for barging in, I had 3 bmw's 2 E30's and one E36 316i, all of them had problems, both of the E30's wiring packed up and the E36 was the slowest car i'd ever drivin, but I still love bmw's unfortunitly with my bmw's the previous owners had buggerd them up.
on the other side, I have a 1986 mercedes benz 420se, wich probably has 400 - 500 000 km's on it, the engine is fine, gearbox is fine exept for it giving me 3km per litre, it's faster than an E36 325i { one of my co-workers with a 325 can attest to that }, but the brakes have packed up, the ABS system only works when it wants to, 2 window switches has also packed up as well as the fuel pump,
So I have had less problems with the merc, but I would still buy a BMW.
in my books Mercedes is luxury and BMW is a sports car and if you buy a used BMW it is good value for money.
my point is that you can't call a make of car sh!t just because you have had a bad xperience with one or two.