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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by Jupe on Friday June 10, 2016 @06:19PM (#11880564)
Who's down-voting me for stating facts? The 328i is certainly on the lower-end of the BMW price spectrum...

https://www.google.com/#q=bwm+model+prices

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by seszett on Friday June 10, 2016 @06:34PM (#11880668)
You misunderstood the post you were answering.

Your answer doesn't help understanding how the article finds the average BMW maintenance cost to be higher than that of the BMW model with the highest maintenance cost. Unless brand costs are not calculated as a mean but something else very different, which is not explained.

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Re:The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain by Jupe on Friday June 10, 2016 @06:47PM (#11880755)
Yes, I see now. I was confused.

Apparently, the 328i has a relatively common oil-leakage problem. http://repairpal.com/bmw/328i

Don't have the labor costs for a valve cover gasket, but they could be sizable. Scrolling down on repairpal web page above, apparently they can cost up to $1000?

No wonder BMW 328i is in the higher range for maint. costs!

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