Dear owners,

I have been attracted to BMW car since a teenager.
Now as an adult I thought to myself, it is now or never.

I have seen many people whom are just a normal employee, but driving a bmw.

having said that, Need your advice on the following as i cant seem to find a thread on the F30.

Car:
1. How is your experience having the car?
2. What are the problems that you have faced with the car?
3. How many time did you send your car for maintenance?
4. What is the cost of maintenance?
5. What is the cost of petrol full tank?
6. Do you normally send it to the authorised service center or normal mechanics outside?

Individual:
1. I saw on mudah, the going price is averaging aroun 160k. is this standard or could be cheaper?
2. my nett earning is 7k, should i even consider the car?
I know i might be asking the wrong questions, appreciate if someone could guide me and advice me so i don't make a mistake i will regret.

honestly no, not at 7k nett. at that level, i would go for 150k-160k new conti with full warranty and FOC service. Then you dont have to worry about running costs for the next few years. The fact that you are worrying about petrol and the cost of a full tank says alot about your financial status. ...

At RM 7k nett salary, his gross salary is already around RM 9k.

TS, as I mentioned earlier you won't get any sound technical advice here on the car but half-baked financial advice.

PM me if you are really interested on the car, will give you a tips or two personally

To be honest, after reading all the replies, I went down to mamak to smoke.

As i was sitting down, i asked the mamak guy to give me a pack of ciggarates.

when he told me the price, in my heart i was cursing it was expensive and irritated.

Then i stopped and it hit me....

The realisation that I would probably would never be able to own or experience driving a well renowned car due to my financial standing.

It took me 23 year to reach where I am now financially and i realised that i have always been and will always been an average mediocre person in this world.

The truth hurts. it does. heartbreaking.

With my 8K of earnings, logically speaking i should not and must not be even considering a car with a price tag above 100K.

with the 1/10th rule of thumb....i guess i will always be stuck with proton.

I might be wrong but sometimes i have to be grounded to the ground. reality hits.

Thank you for the replies I have received here.

a Final thought given by my friend while having the mamak session:

"Bro, I understand how you feel and what you want. But think about it for one second, Can a peasant be a king?"

I replied "yes, why not??"

His answer: "Nope, a peasant will always be a peasant no matter how much you clean, teach and mask him with the kings clothing's, he is still a peasant."

"strive and work harder. put more effort. this is what people normally say. what people dont tell you is not all gets to make it in this world. There are some whom no matter what would just be .... . Thats life"

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