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Message: <blockquote data-quote="2wenty6" data-source="post: 604911" data-attributes="member: 20205">Good job finding Nick's writeup, its arguably one of the most comprehensive writeup about common failures out there. It was based on the US spec M3 but a good portion of the things mentioned are relevant to the non-M as well.With that being said, it covers the common problems and failures that should be addressed. What it does not tell you are those not so common failures, and small defects here and there that could add up to your maintenance cost. There are definitely more things to be replaced if you seek perfection.Owning an old BMW is not going to be cheap, but I don't think its exorbitant as well. Nobody can tell you how much it will cost because there are many variables and it depends on how the car wants to punish you :biggrin: It is something most of us dive head-first into. When you're in, its probably not that bad and the benefits well outweigh the cost.</blockquote>