3 Worst Used Cars Only Stupid People Buy
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- 3 Worst Cars Only Stupid People Buy, DIY and car review with Scotty Kilmer. Top 3 least reliable cars dumb people buy. Bad cars that have only gotten worse over time. Worst used cars to buy. Worst cars to own. Used cars you should stay away from. Car manufacturers that have gone downhill in the past few years. Car brands to stay away from. Car Advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 53 years.
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I 💘 when you work on Beemers. Why because I used to be a such a fanboy of BMWs but now that I'm older and realize the crap they are and stop being bias. You tell it how it is please do a few more BMWs haha
EDIT*
I Owned a 2010 328i xdrive. The rad. Blew at 100k cuz its plastic:) and the sunroof opened one night, and never closed:).. other than that it was a good car.. but both expensive repairs..
Hello Scotty. Can you please give some advise regarding the diesel car which is better to buy specially in North of Morocco
Please Mr. Kilmer. Can you give the ability to show subtitles in the dialogues for people who do not control English well? THANK YOU
@@Okello_kev I would love to see a video about the Lexus LS line of sedans. I wonder if Scotty would approve of such a vehicle?
I've had both a bmw and mercedes in my family. Scotty is so right. Both cars after 80k miles had non stop problems. Never buying either one again. My 15 mazda 6 has 160k. Ive yet to have a single problem.
It's to bad because the Germans used to make great engineered mechanical products. Now we can finally say that Germany produces crap..
Did you buy them both new?. If not you cannot be talking about two cars you didn’t do maintenance on them as they were required too.
That means you’re the typical guy who’s used car breaks down because others where too cheap or lazy to do simple maintenance and now are just talking shtt about them.
@@fel1xxfel1xx60 just admit they suck bro
I have a 02 325ci, 167,000 miles and it runs grrreeeaaattt (Frosted Flakes tiger voice)
You’re situation is much different than mine!
I’m on my 2nd BMW (530i) and now a 335xi I bought new 12 years ago
Best cars (other than my Lexus’s 5 of them over 33 years) I’ve ever owned!
My 2003 Toyota Tacoma hit 500k miles yesterday. Its not the most exciting thing to drive but it's 4wd, does everything I ask of it & has been the least expensive truck to keep maintained that I've ever owned.
I love how Scotty always laughs when he's trolling car companies 😂
I love Scotty, i just do
Actor Dennis Hopper went from doing the movie Easy Rider to fixing cars on TH-cam. Interesting.
Flashback was one of his best movies.
@@ItsMeNanaD71 Holy cow !!! Good call on mentioning Flashback !! Very good call !!!!!!!!
He is still alive?
@@SKA343 Hopper shed his mortal coil a long time ago
@@SKA343 Judging from this video ... yes Dennis is still alive.
thats the cleanest 12 year old engine I've ever seen
I was thinking the same thing!
It's cuz it's always sitting lol an engine can't get dirty if it's always broken /s
@@MrCTruck
Nah..
I've owned vehicles even older with clean engines the trick is to wash them every time you wash your car.
@@hillbillyharvey4605 Maybe you should check out the video where Scotty explains why you shouldn't wash your car under the hood
As my ford was being towed, I asked the tow truck driver what’s the most towed car…he said BMW, overheating
Broke
Man's
Wallet
BMW’s have electric water pumps that allow for better control of the temperature of the engine for efficiency and performance. The flip side is that electric water pumps aren’t as reliable as engine driven ones.
The good thing is for us BMW owners is that they do break on a schedule and that you can get the part with a lifetime warranty on fcpeuro
I own a diesel bmw and never had any problems with it in the 2 years I own it. Do ur maintenance on these car and won't have a problem
Agree with Dashi18n. If you are able to change the electric water pump yourself every 80k miles, you wont have overheating problem. You can get the parts from FCPEURO with lifetime warranty, just one time payment.
I would say, if you are able to DIY, take care of our car, you will most likely be happy with your BMW.
@@JorgieTV01 Bring My Wallet
Man you have to have the patience of Job to be a auto mechanic these days...
I remember my first car
1940 Ford with a flathead 8
Now, that was an easy car to work on
So your 90 to 100 years old huh.
@@jalsr.speak2379 *you're
@@jalsr.speak2379 just because an 18 year old is driving a car from the 90’s, doesnt mean hes 30. So he probably got that car when it was 20 30 years old
cars from the '40s were cool.
'47 chevy good solid well built car.
@@hogridercsgo9639
an 18 year old can't afford a newer / new car. cars from the 90s are too old now.....imo.
I drive a Toyota Corolla.
Wife drives a Toyota Highlander.
My three kids all drive Toyota Matrix.
Happy Toyota Family.
This dude just cracks me the way he talks (a natural comic). Old school knowledgeable with that old kooky voice
"Kooky voice".
Well said.
My friend has been a BMW mechanic for 30 years. He said you never want to own a modern German car if it is out of warranty as it will cost you an arm and a leg to maintain it. I did own a 1987 325 four door and that was a very reliable car.
I will argue this: I bought a 2008 328i for $4500. Owned it for 3 years. Put probably $4000 into it in repairs but if you take away new tires and brakes and shocks (wear items that you’d pay for on ANY car) it’s like $2500. So for $7000 total I’ve owned a smooth, quiet, attractive, leather appointed sedan. But, including everything, not cherry picking “BMW-Specific” repairs got it for purchase price + about $112 a month
I'm amazed at how clean the damm thing is for being 12yrs old
Well, they washed the engine with a hose and OH HANG ON 🤭
Emissions regulations are stricter in the United States for cars than they are for trucks. So BMW, Volkswagen, Audi etc decided that if you make a car out of plastic, you save weight - and money - to give customers the performance they want while meeting smog laws.
BMW is a huge offender. They have come up with a ridiculous number of plastic clips, latches, caps, belts, straps, buttons and other light-weight fasteners to hold their crappy cars together for three years until the warranty is up. Then the car is DOA.
Sad but true ... 😔
Capitalism
Yeah euro cars are a joke
@@stn7172 Most manufacturers are n't as good as they used to be. The peak was around late 90s and early 2000s.
Yup! We just finished a new oil cooler gasket on a 07 A5....so much plastic junk. People dream of having a Beamer but sadly they are garbage. Volvo, Mercedes, Land Rover also sad for parts.
The coil swap is a nice easy test to check :)
My roommate had a 2009 BMW 3 series. He needed me to jump start his car with my 2005 Honda Civic because his alternator died. And there were other problems, like it being expensive to replace headlights, whereas I could reach in and install mine by hand. Eventually he couldn't make the payments and the car got repossessed, which he was happy about because he was tired of paying for it.
He couldn't maintain it. BMWs are not for students!
It’s an alternator… that can break on any car 😒
@@oshogweikekhai5499 A car is just for transportation that's it. It shouldn't put you in the poor house. 😆💯
@@musclebone7875 yea so let him go get a Kia Picanto, he should have thought about that before getting a BMW
@@oshogweikekhai5499 I guess that he learned his lesson, but it still doesn't make sense for import cars to cost the money that they do. American muscle cars are equal as fast or faster now. I'd buy a hellcat or zl1 before a m5 or AMG.💯 spend way less money and go faster. 😆
A customer of mine came in with what he thought was a small oil leak in his engine, The engine had a 1\2" layers of oil dirt built up, i sprayed it off with a steam cleaner then every gasket leaked even lots worse than before cleaning. The dirt layer on the engine was holding most of the oil in, LOL
can u imagine taking your car to thing guy and it ends up being on youtube and he's ripping on it lmao
😂😂😂😢😭
Id be honored
Scotty you inspired me to start working in vehicles from scratch. Bought a bucket to practice my mechanical skills.. Now I look forward to work on that bucket of a car after my shift.
What project car did you buy bro?
Spill the beans, What kinda Project car did you get. We wanna know :)
We gotta know what car u got brah
What's your project car Buddy ?
Nice, The s2000 is a beautiful vehicle.
8:50 "The beginning of the endless money pit scenario of this Mercedes has already begun" LMFAO
This is the reason why I only drive Honda's and Toyota's. I HATE having consistent issues on cars, it drives me insane.
I don't think Kia's are *THAT* bad for the initial cost, but yeah, basically you're probably right.
I have 2 BMWs and yes they spend more time at the mechanic shop than the road and it's not just about the money you spend in maintenance but about the time you spend taking it to the mechanic shop ,etc
@@carlosgrajales44 I have a 99 Civic. Other than regular maintenance, I've had zero issues.
@@GenX_US_Marine I believe you ,my mechanic hates me btw , not all mechanics like to work on bmw's , when a mechanic don't wanna work on your bmw ,they tell you this , come back next week ,we are very busy right now , or they try to charge you a lot , slot of money to replace your car so they know you'll reduce and leave and never come back to their shop ,
Honda's and Toyata's what?
Mechanic complaining about the gravy train BMW has served for them… 🤣
Amen brother as a former BMW and Jaguar Tech I can say they are junk , thank God. I was a Ford ASSET grad and American cars are poorly engineered and not designed to ever be taken apart again and they want you to pay them to do warranty work. Up to 2008 BMWs were better with no turbos and they paid great labor times.the later cars had tons of problems with piezoelectric Italian fuel injectors and oil leaks and every new model release came with a booklet of recalls and updates. And more special tools that only snappy sold.
Scotty loves BMWs, he’s just anti plastics
plastic bad for environment
I hope so!
he sure won't decline a BMW if you handed him the keys to one
He better not come to So Cal then! Lol
@@bendy1808 Yeah, as long as the BMW is FREE.
An honest mechanic who tells it like it is, many of us have learned quite a lot watching Scotty.
Scotty thinks german cars don't need maintenance, who knows why ????
@@federicotorresbordils7624 the first BMW he fixed so quickly, quicker than a Toyota 😅. I don't get Scotty sometimes.
@@federicotorresbordils7624 it was quicker than a Toyota but costs about 4x that Toyota in invoice. Trust me.
and still buy BMWs lol
@@federicotorresbordils7624 They don't need maintenance after hitting the junkyard! Lol
Same thing happened to my Audi. Do not buy coils form autozone and or o’reilly. They will kill your car.
A coil went bad on my Peugeot when the car only had 80K km on it. Peugeot seems to use the same coils as bmw. I did replace all the coils and spark plugs while at it.
Where would you suggest we get coils and car parts from?
What year and model Audi? I have two AZ coils on our 01 A8 and they work fine. I tried a junkyard coil and it lasted about 30 miles. Im pretty sure the newer style Audi coils are reasonably priced from the dealer.
@@roquemacias4616 Rock Auto,1A auto,CarParts.com.More choices than cheap Chinese auto parts at similar prices and better quality.I won't buy auto parts at chain auto stores.The stuff they sell is inferior to online stores.
@@roquemacias4616 fcp euro for all euro needs
Rock auto is good
I love how he talks mad sh%t as he begins to take the beauty covers off lmao...I laugh every time
This beauty cover is marvel of germn engineering
But he never says Toyota plastic covers are crap, though. Go figure.
@@Jowellini69
Easy now. Just be cool and back away nice and easy Yolanda.
@@Jowellini69 that’s cause by default the German are even crappier considering you’re paying a more “premium price” for what the same crap plastic? Nah I’ll stick to my Honda lmao
@Slow ahh boy except sometimes Honda
I was the dummy who bought a used 2011 BMW 335. POS has a turbo and the plastic crap broke due to the heat of engine.
Got rid of the junk and replaced with the 2006 Lexus LS430. From hell to heaven. Thank you Scotty for your review.
I love how you call your customers stupid. 😆
Because it's all about the money 💰
I guess stupid knows stupid
Look how much he wants for a t shirt, talk about being ripped off, just go's to show you everything is about the money 💰everything
Everyone is stupid. Some not-so-stupid ones admit it. The rest don't.
@@diningroomfish5470 In the wise words a scotty “We live in a Capatalist society”
BMWs and Mercedes, we all know they're endless money pits.
Facts all about how u maintain
Most of the European cars available in North America r endless moneypits
@Prime Artemis The old German cars were very reliable. The modern ones, not so much.
@@reidafavela3493 Many made in USA!
He had to use a damm prop to hold the Mercedes hood open. The hood struts on the damm $75,000 Mercedes crapped out and he had to use something to prop the hood open. Hilarious. But sad.
I know huh, I have a 2000 Buick Le Sabre & the hood struts are still working, go figure!
Just give me a hood prop, any car.
@vincent schoenekase what is the difference are they not equally garbage?
A hood prop essentially has a zero failure rate yet companies put the dumb struts on.
Mercedes hood has a service mode that opens it vertically and locks it. Why doesn't he use it?
I’ve always wondered why BMW’s and Mercedes at auctions sell for about twenty to thirty percent of what they originally cost new, now I know.
Oil leaks and PLASTIC!
You'll see them at the neighborhood used car lots at a cheap price..
Now you know what most everyone else does.
I'm very surprised that Scotty was able to get to the number 6 coil and spark plug out without removing the cabin filters and housing covering the back portion of the engine. If you take that section out then it is easy to get to the coils and plugs.
This is very true but if he knew that the rant about plastic covers would be over the roof and into the neighbors kitchen sink.
"You kids get that BMW outta my yard!"
😆😆🤣🤣
Still got my 1999 nissan maxima (manual btw) running at 359,999 miles and I still race it 😂
Yep the Nissan 3.0 was the best V6 Nissan ever made . I was a technician at a Nissan/ Hyundai dealership for 11 years and this was in the late 90s - 09 and as Nissan's quality went down Hyundai's quality went up and in many ways was better than Nissan. I have master certifications in both product lines. Keep up with your maintenance and the only problem you might have is the synchros in your manual transmission.
@Bobby Jackal yeah now nissan is garbage old nissan is the best
@@amaterasu0929 actual partly right, nissan is on a come back from 2018 since they got rid of Ghosn, but you are right, that quality tank from around 2003 and got worst around 2010 region. Now they are putting out products that are much better.
It seems with all this plastic parts it's Planned obsolescence depending on age/mileage at this point. Buy new, drive X amount, buy another one and another one...
Yes they’re leasing machines
Hey scotty you are my role model I'm in school in Houston to become a mechanic
~ You will do well 👍
@@jamescalifornia2964 Thank you
I love it, Scotty starts ranting (entirely justified ranting) at only 34 seconds in and keeps up a steady stream from there, that takes some practice.
Don’t Toyota’s have plastic crap too. 🤦♂️
Scotty, on the BMW: the plastic tray above the back of the engine is removable giving you easy access to cylinder #6. Yes more plastic crap to take off, but once you get it all off its easy to access to everything.
Exactly
Greenhorn
My son's 2003 BMW X5 has 213k miles on it and has been relatively trouble free. Only small things have gone wrong, particularly with the doors, including handles, latching mechanism, window regulator, etc.
Plastic parts?
Were I am, It's typically 20 something guys that buy used BMW's so they can impress they're friends. Then it breaks down and sits in the driveway for 3 months while they save up the money for the repair.
Over engineered.
They're is short for "they are"
@@TwenOalley What about "Were"?
@@TwenOalley While others come to youtube to try and impress strangers.
Expensive European luxury cars are not for fixed income folks. Car dealers are usually highway robbers but rich customers don't complain about expensive parts and service.
I love how he wears the yellow glasses over his dark glasses, Scotty should never be seen without those! They're iconic.
He wears the glasses so you don’t notice that he’s reading cue cards
@@kenhoyer9405 why would he need cue cards?
@@ccjohncc1 whoosh
He wears those stupid dark glasses probably because he has cataract in his eyes and he can't see when the sun light shines.
This is the reason why so many old people use big black glasses.
He should get his eyes fix
He has an eye problem. I forget what it was. He's discussed it before. He needs the dark glasses, and now they're his trademark
lol, Scotty calls everything "crap" or "stupid thing", and most of the times, I agree
Unless he is talking Toyota or Honda, then he never complains about the engine covers
@@johnkaltinger3922 well, he is right, idc about engine covers, but I care about crap design and anti-repair design
@@johnkaltinger3922 even with the engine covers Honda’s and Toyota’s are still workable lol. On that BMW he couldn’t even get to that back ignition coil but on a Honda that job would have been no sweat
@@johnkaltinger3922 Or any other engine since carbs were ousted.
@@g2jxGhF5G8z1gL7S Nissan?? Nissan is nice, sometimes, like we had a Nissan pickup truck, it was sitting for 2 years and it started up like nothing, but some models are junk.
PLASTIC everyone uses it to build vehicles. I have been a Diesel Mechanic for over 30 years and EVERY engine has plastic inside and out. YES it sucks but it is not just a BMW thing.
Have you worked on a 10yr old bmw?
@@rokitman5753 As matter of fact YES I was stationed in Germany for three years and every GI who owned a BMW spent their free time trying to fix them, unless they were top brass and drove a new one. I went a different route and bought an Opel Ascona for 800 bucks ran great lasted me the whole time
My 2006 BMW 3 series has 315,000 trouble free miles.
Owned it from new, amazed at the amazing reliability.
Does not even rattle inside.
It all depends how you take care of it in the years.
Car is still junk..
@yougotservedyo im sorry bmw dont hold up like toyota lexus honda thus i feel this way..
@@gallardowilliam You've never owned one so stfu.
@@gallardowilliam lexus is garbage. No wonder they are behind audi bmw and mb in terms of sale
@@gallardowilliam
No...junk is American Cars.
Ah. A Kilmer BMW money pit video. Never gets old. Got a couple of these clunkers in the neighborhood no longer running. Why people don’t park in their driveways but on the road I don’t know?
They leak oil on the driveways
I had to replace the spark plugs 2 years after I bought my MINI and had to replace each coil pack each year, lol. Ridiculous
yup, more modern bmw technology.. NOT designed for US drivers..
What gets on my nerves are kids who buy used BMWs and think they're driving around in a Rolls-Royce. They double park and think everyone is going to move out of their way on the road for their used piece of shiny junk. I had a coworker once who always doubled parked his used BMW that he paid $10K for. I told him that my used Toyota was worth thousands more than his BMW. I proceeded to ask him, "Should I also take up 2 parking spots, considering my car is worth more than yours?" 😂😂😂 Don't get me wrong, I ain't hating on BMW lovers, but we all know someone like this.
That BMW was completely fine lol. The only issue with the brand in North America is that people treat these cars like status symbols and dealerships keep ripping people off with insane service and part prices.
That's everywhere mate, the parts for BMW are ridiculous in Australia, the cars are all pieces of sht now, I forgot when the last good one was made, maybe 2004, once they started making them in South Africa instead of Germany, the quality disappeared
@@captinbeyond is that it? 130 lol, if you owned a euro you will see that 130 as a blessing
@@captinbeyond A high quality NGK coil for this BMW is $25 lol. The car would have cost Scotty next to nothing to fix, he's just fishing for views.
@@captinbeyond The price I looked up is for a 2009 335i which is what this looks like. Why didn't he replace all spark plugs and coils? The answer is quite simple. Scotty is a shoddy mechanic and his videos have shown that many times.
@@AlDim000 yes lmao, all cars get sparkplug coils bad not just bmw .
I will NEVER buy a Nissan with a CVT
I think the fact that the Mercedes needed a hood prop rod would have been enough to deter me from buying one.
@Mike Betancourt how do you know that lmfaooooo
This brings up an interesting question. When looking to buy a used vehicle, what are your thoughts about putting some of that UV oil in the engine of the vehicle you're wanting to buy? Seems like if would be a great way to keep from purchasing one that's leaking from the head gaskets. And since it does no damage to the engine in question, the owner "shouldn't" have a problem with it, UNLESS they've got something to hide. So Scotty, what are your thoughts on this?
Love this guy! We all know that we inevitably need to provide maintenance, or repair it. Why not make it easier to do this, which will pass savings in terms of $$$ along to consumers. He is right on target!
I have a 7 year old 5 series. Runs like a top. Only thing I've ever done other than fluid changes is a new battery. The stock battery lasted 7 years. The new battery was $500 though. My experience is all that plastic crap starts failing about the 10 year mark. Even BMW mechanics hate working on older cars because they break 5 plastic parts just to fix one thing.
Hey if you got the money to buy $60,000 a car every 10 years, keep swapping out the beamers.
You got lucky
VERY LUCKY
Usual story is:
About 100K roblems that cost a lot to fix start to pop up. Guy with money just gets another one.
Car ends up in the hands of a guy for at a good price but guy can't afford the fix - only likes to think he can. Car quickly gets worse.
Ends up in the hands of another guy for cheap cause of very obvious problems. Guy literally drives it till it stops. Car sits somewhere for a couple of years and rots.
At this point most BMW are at about 120-140K miles. Still look good and you can have it for $500-1000 (7 series). It is pure junk.
@@GreatWhiteNiko you just got to put in the work yourself and bingo cheap for me I own a 5 series 140k runs great
In New York. Alot of young idiots are buying used BMW and putting paper plates on them .
nothing but the truth! alot of my friends from high school almost all of them drive BMWs
Like Scotty said, the germans don't know how to make plastic, glad I own 22 year old Acura TL, a run forever, still running great, best car I have ever owned, 233,000 miles!!!😃
I own a 21 year old Buick Le Sabre with 120K & still runs as smooth as a Cadillac!
What about Hyundai?
So you have a 99 TL? Cuz so do I and it’s got 217,000 miles.
"these ignition coils are very expensive"
Bosch BMW ignition coil for an X1/3 series : 18 dollars
Denso Toyota ignition coil for a Corolla: 60 dollars
Im no mechanic. But i have friend who love bmw. He told me he done oil change service which cost him 1000$....that's so freaking expensive even he said service done every 15-20k miles.
Economy of scale - so many BMW coils fail they have to manufacture millions of replacements - hence cheap. Toyota Denso coils very rarely ever ever go wrong - they gather dust on the shelves - but being of superior quality and of far less demand they are more expensive.
Denso > Bosch... Toyota > BMW
@@Eirocina it costs me about 35 bucks to change the oil in my BMW N55 motor. It costs me about 30 bucks to do it on my Corolla.
@@byronmills5952 My 120k mile 4 cylinder corolla has gone through 2 coils. My 95k mile 6 cyl BMW has gone through 0 coils.
That Nissan got off easy. Scotty usually rips them apart.
Try replacing the PCV system on a BMW. Had a 325I it ran good for a while. Vacuum system is a nightmare. Nickle and dimed me for 4 years. Ran ok for one of the 4. Plastic junk. BMW - Big Major Work By the way I did the work. Been a mechanic for 35 years. Retired now.
I don’t know about bmw but many cars with plastic intake manifolds also use plastic coolant crossovers and when they fail (and they often do) it’ll dump your coolant out. That’ll result in a tow.
You betta!
Same with Volvo. Stupid design.
The CCV system isn't something I want to do yearly but its not the worst. That bottom drain tube rots on ALL of them. There's a lot of maintenance with these cars and typically you PO has done none of it.
@@robertcoyle9071 great German engineering, eh?
Cheers
I may not even have a car to work on but his videos are always so interesting
LoL I don't even have a driving permit
You should buy a 13
year old bmw tbh
Bro I watch this dude so much for a reason I can’t put my finger on. He’s just a g I guess
Always good to learn
What I like about this is that you already know so much more then the average teenager who hasn't done "research" on cars so now you know so much more then them so you can make a better decision then the average teenager while someone thinks they are flexing with a high mileage bmw you know that a Toyota with that same mileage would be in a lot better shape then the bmw and I'm just using bmw as in example it could be any car company
I love how scotty is always ripping on these peoples high milage cars 😂😂😂 what a savage
Back in 2009 I bought a '98 Saturn with a tad over 164K miles on it. It's still running like a top. [Wink.] JMO.
Because he knows if he breaks them, he can fix them
Because they sound greaaaat, unlike the Toyotas he likes 🙄🤪
150k is not high mileage by today's standards. There is no excuse for a modern car to not go 200k miles without major issues. Its kinda sad that the automotive industry still cant make a vehicle as reliable as any 90s toyota product.
That's NOT high mileage.
I just discovered scotty 🤣 It's ironic me and my son had a conversation around tax time driving on the highway and the paper tag mafia was out (aka just got their cars and must drive 90 mph everywhere) and sure enough we started seeing BMW 3 series with paper tags on the side of the road abandoned or on the back of tow trucks 😂
Scotty should teach school teachers on how to teach. Hes so easy to follow and explains everything well.
Poor Kids!
I love it. Scotty is trashing the BMW as he's looking at it. 😆
This guy has no filter, but he speaks the truth.
He’s complaining about no working room when he did the job incorrect. That cowel that covers #5 & #6 can be removed. Scotty is an old hag that doesn’t know shi
@@michaelnikprelaj6679 its probably 4 Torx bolts across the front just like my E46. You need 3 tools for the whole job on mine and can have #6 out in 15 minutes.
@@robertcoyle9071 on this gen it's 4 bolts and a clip, easy as hell. Kinda thoughtful of BMW to leave enough room for incompetent people to service it without removing the cowl though.
im from britain - I live in usa, i wouldnt touch any jag mini or landrover, bmw audi and merc are about the same nowadays. dont need a moneypit. weve got only scion/toyota in our family mostly. save $$$$ that way.
Yes some people are Ok with Boring cars.. some people like how BMW drives.. 😂😂 Toyota will not come close. Btw the one toyota that drives good. The Supra is a BMW 😂😂
@@isserdigan2835 Even Ford drive better than BMW ..BMW are very firm
@@action963 ok grand pa.. 😂.
Rather a boring car thats doing its job like its supposed to to. I take that boring car any day over a shitty BMW.
@@thomasteigen2793 lmao.. yes toyota is for you. Nobody is forcing you bud..
Scotty I got 4 words for this owner “ sell it for parts”
you are overreacting. If honda had a missfire you would never know it.
also if Scotty was a real mechanic, he would replace all spark plugs. Replacing just 1 is like just adding new oil instead of replacing it.
@@korencek you're ideal customer of auto shops. I bet you always buy four tires, four struts etc and keep the land fill full. Plugs work independently, one crappy plug = worse fuel consumption, that's it. Stop whining.
@@donniebunkerboi9975 yes I always buy all 4 tyres and change them every 3 to 4 years. Not because I need to but because I want to. Safety is number 1 priority. And 500€ for new tyres is not much. I don't buy struts because my car doesn't rust. I always wash and wax even underneath the car.
BMW'S are incredible cars if you maintain them properly. In exchange you get incredible performance. Not hard to work on if you know what you are doing. I have two and this particular model is one of them. Scotty should have removed cabin filter housing for easier access to plug 6. All plugs and coils should have been replaced after 12 years. Then Scotty rev's the crap out of the engine before warmed up. Not good for turbos. Most people should drive Honda or Toyota vehicles- basic transport appliances. Personally, the maintenance for German engineering is a small price to pay for a true driving experience.
I love how Scotty has 4.3 million subscribers making some money, but his garage still looks a mess like my garage does, Scotty is an OG for sure.
That's his "youtube office"
He actualy lives in a rich folks neighborhood.
@@dan_6915 Wow!
Scotty, You 'da man! You are right on the tremendous German Engineering. Complex design that does nothing to make the car reliable.
engineering gimmick and useless..
Scotty should review diesel locomotives
GE VS EMD OR ES44AC OR SD70AH? 😅😅🤣
Powerstroke and Cummins
How about semi tractor, the worse one is the International LT it just sits at RWC for months.
My favorite diesel locomotive is the BMW 335D
That would be awesome
Keys hanging from a front belt loop is not really a good idea when working on cars... Tends to be hard on the paint job!
He only wears that when working on stupid cars
my boss almost sacked me for doing so 😊
Tends to be hard-on the paint that make sense
That's because he isn't a professional
Watch out for those car wash guys or mechanics with exposed belt buckles to. These guys will damage your cars paint.
Dumb ones are the ones that bought em new🤷♂️
Ive been buying BMW's for about 15 years, had about 6 and never had any major issue with any of them 🤷♂️
Lmfao you barley put miles on any of them 🤣🤣 no wonder 💀
You've gone through 6 or only owned them for 2 years each and you call them reliable?
@@user-wh2zb5cm1f i do call them reliable as ive had no major issues with any of them so i can't really call them unreliable given that fact regardless of how long I own each of them. They generally have been fantastic 🤷♂️
That BMW sounds and drives so much better than a Toyota ;-O
That BMW was clean af
@LUCKY JOE probably lol, but for the year gotta admit thats clean
"The transmission still works pretty good". Awesome that the Nissan CVT hasn't failed yet. That would be a major worry on any Nissan with a CVT.
That is one of the reasons I got rid of mine
because you believe everything you hear would out checking the years that had the problems. Toyota Avalon have problems too, depending on the year.
He is fantastic…I laugh and learn a lot with his tuitions…a really experienced man…
4:18 Only time other humans have ever seen Scotty Kilmer's eye
🤣🤣😂
Doing the lord's work
Woah! Lol.
Dude all you gotta do is take out 4 bolts from the back cover and you can get to #6 as easy as #1
Dude.. all we gotta do is GO ELECTRIC. 😄
No plastic on my 1978 and I can climb up in NY fender wells to work on it.
@@agustinguzman1428 Have fun having your EV catch on fire 🤣🤣🤣
@@yg78t76t7 isn't that the same as saying have fun whrn your gasoline car catches on fire?
@@crazycupckake4676 gas cars don’t catch on fire for no reason unlike evs which can have a battery pack explode at any given moment
Hey Scott if u remove the windshield cover, it will be so much easier to work on and it only take 5 min
Scotty: Floors it in front of his house.
Scotties neighbours: -.-
You gotta admit one thing. That's a clean BMW engine compartment.
@MrRiggyRiggs yep. Superficial, just like most of the people who own BMWs.
It's not just the terrible engineering of BMW. It's almost as if they purposely engineer it to be difficult. I can't imagine this was an accident.
The real problem here is that Scotty doesn’t know how to take the cowl cover off. These are far easier to get to than a 2JZ, but Scotty makes it look way harder than it is. A Google search would have helped him out a lot… instead he just made himself look incompetent to anyone who has ever taken one of these apart. Other fact, the parts are actually pretty cheap for these, especially compared to Lexus.
@@briantii It may be faster to fix, but nonetheless they require maintenance more often than a Lexus, that's for sure. Also he doesn't need to search anything on Google as he's been working on these cars for well over 50 years and understands them better than you or any of your sources on Google does.
@@jessegamingtv2146 No matter his experience, he clearly doesn’t have the knowledge required to change spark plugs on this one. If he did, he would have been commenting on how easy it is instead of that $41t show of incompetence. No biggie we’ve all done things wrong before, but it’s worth calling out as it’s a gross misrepresentation of what working on these is like.
@@briantii ok, no. He's stating that he's been working on cars for over 50 years, not irrelevant. And out of all cars, these are more difficult than all others for no reason. He makes a good point, just accept it and move on.
This isn't the first time Scotty opted to not remove the cowl and then rant about the tight working room.
Scotty knows that people love to hear him rant on the German makes.
3.5 Nissan V6 is an awesome engine. Lots of them in Infinitis on TH-cam that are going strong with 300,000 miles.
My 08 Altima coupe has 380,000 km and I’m on the original clutch - and truth be told I skimped even on basic maintenance. Last year bought a 370z - hope for good fortune on that one as well.
@@datacipher ...My 07 Infiniti M35X I bought new 15 yrs ago for 40k is the best car we've ever owned. Brakes once, battery once and oil, only maintenance. Only 101,000 km on it.
have an '05 350z w 108K miles. still running strong. but i use a specialty garage precision z in canoga park, ca which helps. highly recommend for nissan if in So Cal.
I also buy cars from areas that has emissions testing because you can get them cheep because it needs emissions work I live in a area that doesn't have testing
@@liberals_destroy_everythin2497 Given the scorching temperatures. May be doing something for the environment might not be a bad thing.
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@@hyperspace32 lol 😂 my beater box leaks oil everywhere it goes pretty sure the fish hate me somewhere
That bmw sounded like a lawn mower when it started
lol
I know you hate BMW's, Scotty. But, that BMW looked really nice, for a 12 year old car. Whoever the owner is, takes really good care of it. How many miles on the car? Ignition coils don't last forever, no matter what brand the car is. Just curious.
Miles = 71,871 on the dash at the 5:40 mark
@@pissupehelwan better to buy it under 100k
Yeah - if that's the first coil to go then the car was a good one for a BMW
BMW and Mercedes is known to make garbage cars, people are just dumb to buy them cause of the way they look...
@@cofboy2 Disagree. What you said may apply to Mercs but definitely not BMW. I speak from personal experience. I own one but I also have a Honda. The driving experience is so much more enjoyable and fun in my BMW versus my Honda. It does require more diligent maintenance which I do personally. My car is 10 years old and looks and runs as almost brand new just because of the care I take. Scotty made a big deal about the coils - it is really easy to change them and I have done that as part of standard maintenance. I don't wait for things to break down.
Its two screws to get the cabin filter housing off, and you got access everywhere and no need of wobble extentions. RTFM
Americans
My father was a mechanic and what Scotty is saying is the exact same thing my father always said about European cars and other inferior brands.
That’s the cleanest engine compartment on a broken BMW I’ve seen lol.
Wow, you are really clueless when it comes to BMW's, NEVER change just on coil, change them all, they are NOT expensive. Never just change on spark plug, change them all, they are typically good for 90k miles. Access to #4, 5, and 6 is easy if you know what to remove. Never use that junk scanner on a BMW. The plastic parts are all high temp.
Please go back to Toyota and leave the German cars alone, you will just break them.
Spark plugs for E46 BMW are one of the easiest, cheapest and accessible DYI. Just $60 for Bosh\NGK spark plugs, anti-seize and (regular socket tool) using no more than 2 hours of time.
"Here we got a 12 year old BMW that isn't running right, no surprise there" Lmao Scotty is jokes ! "Typical BMW crap" haha
Damn Scotty, you really floored that BMW on the test drive lol.
That's how they are designed to be driven
@@Heathmcdonald even a shitty non sport version? Doubt it’s healthy
@@heavensplayer non sport isn't different from a sport as far as the motor goes maybe different tune (if that) and no gov and yes they redline at 7g and if you don't get in it, it will tic when it starts up
@@heavensplayer the shitty non sport one is still faster than the Corolla crap Scotty slays for
@@ajbeatz7406 haters who don’t got or drive them be just talkin
Best Used Cars only Smart People Buy: 1994 Celica, 2002 Lexus ES300 and a 2007 Matrix.
all hondas too
His wife's Lexus is an '02 I think. It's an ES300, not 350. Also, apostrophes go before the number. You're abbreviating 1994 so '94. Hope this helps.
Don't forget Sienna minivan and Avalon. Your welcome.
That Matrix is a great car. Same as the Pontiac Vibe which is a sleeper b/c most don't know what it really is but more now know and those went up in price as well. My buddy had 300k on his and was fine until someone sideswiped him and totalled the car.
@Prime Artemis That was 1970... This is 2021. Times change Mr. Autobot Transformer.
BMW - Big Money Waster
Break My Wallet
Buy more warranty
Yeah I made that mistake with the BMW Scotty , i’ve bought one it it ran perfect up to 100,000 soon after 100,000 it never stopped tearing up and was very expensive to fix
haha IDK what you guys do wrong but Ive had 3 BMW that I ran to more than 250,000 miles without issues, my current favorite car is my BMW 2008 Dinan 335 S3 with 320,000 miles on her and she still puts out 472HP.
Man I love your no nonsense commentaries. That’s why I’ve subscribed! 👍🏽
Scotty is a Kung fu master, watch his move,guys.
scotty is a black belt in telling you everything's crap except Toyota witch he owns one of them
That BMW has a clean engine, typical of a Texas car.
>3 worst used cars only stupid people buy
>picture of a BMW sedan
Scotty....is a man after my own heart. When ever I speak to a BMW driver these days I always ask them, "do you want some car with that grill?"
That M113 Mercedes V8 engine is just about the best engine ever made. Reliable, economical, smooth. The only common issue is a leaking valve cover gasket which is easy to repair. That is it.
BMW 0:00
Mercedes 6:47
Nissan 12:15