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I'm not going to beat a dead horse but I'll add some real world numbers.
At 40, with a clean record, I pay $1200/year for insurance for my M. My Acura MDX and RSX are 2/3 the cost.
I had a KL30 relay go bad and it took several trips to the dealership and over 2 weeks of their time to find it. A friend had a similar situation, which involved changing a little part and doing some reprogramming. Mine was in warranty and free. His was over $3k.
Gas. lol. I average a little over 11 mpg. I have had that number go under 9. At $4/gallon that gets very expensive, very fast. Average fill up is over $50 and even with my short commute it's a pretty frequent event.
I'm fortunate to make enough money that I really don't bother to look at the numbers since it doesn't change anything. I have no intent on driving conservatively to increase my mpg numbers. I like to have fun. Fun is expensive. I honestly didn't feel comfortable buying the M until my income exceeded $300k. But I am probably more financially conservative than most here.
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