Hi, I'm a newbie here on the forum. My young wife is still trying to get her drivers licence. 3rd time lucky I hope
We are in Australia and once she gets her licence, she needs a car. I'm a luxury car fanatic and own a Holden Caprice [top of the range].
When my wife gets her licence to drive she wont be allowed to drive my car due to state laws. First two years, no one is allowed to drive a V8 vehicle.
So I'm thinking of buying her a brand new small car like an hyandai etc or a pre-owned BMW 3 series. In our price range is the 318i-320i/2000-2003 models with about 100,000km on the odometer.
(I looked at Merc C class but reliability they are shocking. Took one for a test drive when I was looking for a car myself and the interior was falling apart... that was at a Merc dealer).
I'd like to have your advice please. Would a BMW with 100,000km KM's be a bad choice? The reason I'm thinking BMW is because its something my wife and I can both enjoy (when I'm not driving the Caprice). Of course the argument is that a new small car for the same price has a 3-5 year warranty and the pre-owned BMW would have no or at best a used car warranty.
How reliable are these older BMWs?
What are you opinions on this please?