[QUOTE=Turbowned;204091]Ehh, you never know. I've known plenty of people who've never complained about maintaining their German cars, and plenty who do. It's always the complainers that speak up louder than everybody else, though. I know several people who've taken BMW's, Audis, Mercedes Benzes and even *gasp* Land Rovers (yes, British cars!) past 200k without too much issue. It makes a big difference if you're proactive about maintenance and not reactive (hence why my mother's E320 is sitting broken down in our driveway - she didn't maintain it for $#!T). QUOTE]
Lies! No way a Land Rover goes 200K without spending months in a repair shop or costing thousands of dollars to repair
But on a serious note, my old MB CLK 430 was rock solid, but the maintenance was expensive. My stepmom's BMW X5/uncle's M3 have been service/repair nightmares!