The REAL Cost Of Owning A BMW X3 M40i! *Shocking*
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2024
- Today we break down ALL the costs of owning a BMW X3 M40i. We discuss maintenance costs, modification costs, and costs of running the car like insurance and gas usage.
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I hope my wife doesn't see this video
Mods are an optional cost. Should not be factored into cost of ownership.
This is a great video. I wish more people did this.
I appreciate that! I’m all about transparency here 👊🏻
I agree they are expensive. However, there hasn’t been major costs to repair here, the mods are by choice and the windscreen is pot luck. MPG is down to driving style. Ect you don’t buy a 45k car thinking it will be cheap to run, equally I don’t own mine to smash it with loads of miles
I am thinking of purchasing a 19 bmw x3 m40i with 82k miles. It is a 1 owner and used to be a lease, which the owner then purchased. You are the first one that has praised it for reliability past 100K! I have been having cold feet. All maintenance record has been done at bmw. Should I pull the trigger?? (No warranty...)
Don’t if you can’t they warranty BMW NEED WARRANTY NO MATTER WHAT JUST IN CASE ALTHOUGH THE B58 is a beast
Yup, never cheap out on insurance! Thanks for sharing
Couldn’t your insurance just replace windshield under glass coverage?
Any additional maintenance required for your tuned m40i over stock? Came from the vw/audi world and it’s usually, more oil and spark plug changes.
The tube hasn’t changed a thing about the maintenance so far! I’ve had it on for about 50k miles and it’s not caused any extra wear or anything.
So you haven't had to do brakes and rotors?
First of all, thanks for the video, it always surprises me how little interest/understanding there is in vehicle ownership costs despite it being one of the most expensive things people buy.
Second, I’m not sure what people are expecting but that seems like a very LOW ownership cost to me. 27cents per mile excluding depreciation. Assume you’ve lost half of the car’s value due to high mileage and the deer incident, that would put it at around 50cents per mile which is still great. Especially for such a nice car! I would say, anyone looking to buy one, go right ahead!
I don't think the gas cost is fair. You should have measured the cost DIFFERENCE between getting higher octane and lower octane. Because you didn't post a true cost. You would have paid some amount in gas no matter what car you had.
I’m thinking of getting a 18’ x3 m40i has 46k miles , you think that’s high enough for me to run into a lot of issues ?
My car has 147k miles with no issues, so I think you’re safe! If it’s been maintained thoroughly, it’ll run forever
Be happy u live in the US - i own one in Europe, Austria - and the Insurance alone is 4,4k Euros ( 4,7k USD today ) a year, and if i drove 100k miles ( what i luckily dont do ) it would have cost me 29k Euros ( 31k USD ) with our gas prices :-D Maintence is quite the same about 600 USD a year
Where did you get the front splitter?
I got it on eBay! If you look up a 4 piece front splitter for an X3 M40i on there, it should come up
I'm surprised the tires were so "cheap"
I hope you had the transmission serviced and differentials and transfer case fluid
I did every service BMW recommended at the time they were due! These transmissions, I was told by them, don’t need to be serviced. So, they never once had me do it. I always told them to do whatever service they thought the car needed anytime I brought it in.
@@ZachEgbert yeah that’s because it’s considered lifetime fluid basically when the warranty is over, that’s the lifetime. do your research sometimes you can’t trust the deal that fluid needs replaced along with the filter when the pans dropped.. been a mechanic for 40 years. If you’re planning on keeping it, I would definitely change the transmission fluid.
@@davewallace9048 go check my latest video, I already sold the car 👍🏻 but I just did any service bmw recommended. So if they never recommended it and tried to get that money from me for it, then it must not need it too much. I don’t think they’d ever shy away from making money on a transmission service if they felt it needed it, even slightly.
The car needs the oil changes every 5K not 10
I just follow what BMW recommends. If you buy their oil change package (which is oil changes for 3 years for $199) you’re only allowed to do the oil change when the service light comes on. And that only comes on at ~9k miles after each service. So if that’s what they recommend, that’s what I did 🤷🏻♂️
What year is your car ?
It’s a 2019!
This looks like utah/idaho.
Dude, hold the camera still 🥴