Whenever we start a discussion on cars everyone who is 40-45 years says that there were times when cars were made by engineers and not marketing guys and this made cars quality to drop.

Well I am not at that age and do not have long time experience with new older cars like E34 or E46 (even I owned used BMW’s) however my question is still there: can automakers make a car that will work with no issues (ok no major issues) for 200 or even 500.000km?

Why there are companies which give 5 years guarantee and others just 2 or 3?

Do you think they can do better but dont want?

I see for example KIA is giving 5 years while BMW 2 or 3 (in some cases) I always had the impression that if I buy German car it must work longer, last longer since it is German and since it costs more?

What do you think and which car in your experience lasted longer with no major issues?

How would you rate interior car quality of BMW E39 vs E60 and F10 vs G30?

Can you name all cars from this photo? 🙂

If you like BMW’s Lifestyle Collections here is a new one.

I will post here the things I like.

BMW Collection Active Sports Bag (04/2019)

BMW Golfsport Collection Golfsport Jacket Men (04/2019).

BMW M Collection Polo Shirt Men (04/2019)

BMW Bikes Urban Hybrid E Bike (04/2019).

What is official name of the BMW T-shirt from the last picture I have no idea, it was just listed in their gallery as the first picture.

If you want to see full collection click here.

This year BMW presented its new feature BMW Reversing Assistant and we saw it on new BMW 3 seres X5, 7 series LCI and I guess step by step it will appear on rest of its models.

What is BMW Reversing Assistant? – it is a function which helps you drive back exactly the same way you drove car forward.

Car remembers its last 50 meters and can drive in reverse exactly the same way you drove it straight for last 50 meters unless the speed of driving forward did not exceed 36 km/h (22 mph).

Here is more official explanation: automated reversing in confined spaces or situations where the driver does not have a clear view, such as multi-story car parks or entrances to courtyards.

Here is what I think BMW must re-think regarding this function: auto-stop in case an obstacle appears.

According to a video I watched yesterday where a guy tested this on new BMW X5 (G05) the car won’t stop if a person suddenly appears out of nowhere.

Now we know that the driver is the one who keeps his foot on pedals but what if a person appears suddenly?

Watch the video and let me know what you think?

If for some reason video starts from beginning then scroll it to minute 25:23.

Now it is even easier to charge your BMW.
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