I am interested in trading my Acura TL, and have narrowed the most likely possible replacements to the Lexus is250 and the BMW 325i, both with manual transmission.I am interested in whatever input anyone might have. I have owned a number of Toyotas over the years, but no Lexus and no BMW.I have heard that Lexus takes Toyota's quality and attention to detail to the next level, and that in the long run BMW is very expensive to maintain. I have friends who own both - and swear they wouldn't drive anything else.Suggestions, pros, cons, all info would be appreciated.Many thanks.Robert

"Robert A. Cibiras" wroteI don't know why people say that BMWs are expensive to maintain.The Camry that I bought my mom has cost about the same as my 330xi.Some parts for my T100 cost *MORE* than the same part for my 330xi -for instance the starter solenoid went out and the entire starter had to bereplaced; the O2 sensor is TWICE as expensive as those on BMWs.My wife's Highlander has more often maintenance intervals; in aggregatethey cost what it does for my 330xi. And the maintenance on the BMWis free for 4yrs/50K.YMMV.FloydR

is250 vs. 325i

Aug 14, 2006 141 Replies

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Elmo P. Shagnasty 18 years ago

Yup.

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hsg 18 years ago

Actually Dave the bulb fittings for US cars is notably different from Euro ones as I have found out when a guy bought a set of LHD headlamps for a Rover 827 from me. They were originally fitted to a Rover 827 for use in France and when the car came back to the UK the original RHD lamp units were fitted back. The LHD units were wanted to replace the crap round lights fitted too the US versions. Oops! the lights fitted Ok but couldn't get the bulbs in the US so I had to export a box of 10 LHD bulbs for him.

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