Used Audi Q5 Purchase--need your opinion please :)

[jtsanders]

Edmunds estimates that you will spend $11,500 or so on maintenance and repairs on a 2011 RDX, over $23,000 on an X3, and $18,000 on an ML350 Benz over the first 5 years of ownership. The expected cost is substantially different. I picked 2011 because it is tithe first year without warranty and gives you a better idea do cost a few years out. The differences are mostly repairs. But the Lincoln MKX comes in at just $8000 and the RX350 at $9000. The Infiniti FX35 is also $8000, Cadillac SRX $15,000, and the Buick Enclave is $9000. Clearly, the European vehicles are more expensive to keep.