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The one BMW I had was in the shop for a week to fix the rear brake lights, at only 12 or 15 months old.

The idea that luxury brands do not have problems is not something I have ever seen evidenced by owners. Some luxury brands are know for needing continual repairs.

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That's an anecdote you're comparing to a statistic. Of course anything can have manufacturing defects, but a 10% failure rate is not that.

The opinion of luxury equaling low repair rate is simply not anything I've ever heard before. Are you staying that it is? I added an anecdote with my personal experience, but an anecdote neither proves a point nor refutes it.

Anecdotes of appaling BMW reliability are so prevalent in the online enthusiast car communities, and shade tree mechanic workarounds are so well doumented, that I would question any statistics measuring otherwise. Lies, damned lies, and statistics...

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