Cheap beater vs swapalease

[Josh (PA)]

Originally Posted by John V

Those are great if you don't have to pay for maintenance or repairs.

Otherwise, NFW

What are the major issues?

I've only mildly researched ownership costs. I read about the ones with the valve stem issue, but haven't seen many re-occurring problems outside of that.

I haven't researched very much as this is all a pipe dream at the moment.

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

What are the major issues?

I've only mildly researched ownership costs. I read about the ones with the valve stem issue, but haven't seen many re-occurring problems outside of that.

I haven't researched very much as this is all a pipe dream at the moment.

overly complicated German car with tons of electronics, what can wrong?: