# Long Term Reliability: Pre-Owned BMW 328i vs. Pre-Owned Audi A4

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-term-reliability-pre-owned-bmw-328i-vs-pre-owned-audi-a4/54111>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** m, infiniti\
**Created:** [August 24, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-term-reliability-pre-owned-bmw-328i-vs-pre-owned-audi-a4/54111 "2010-08-24T23:24:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-term-reliability-pre-owned-bmw-328i-vs-pre-owned-audi-a4/54111/21 "2010-09-22T21:32:03Z")

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You were wise when you “swore I’d never own another VW/Audi product.” Take your own advice.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-term-reliability-pre-owned-bmw-328i-vs-pre-owned-audi-a4/54111/22 "2010-09-23T11:32:10Z")

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Long term reliability = constantly performing the recommended maintenance as listed in the owner’s manual.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-term-reliability-pre-owned-bmw-328i-vs-pre-owned-audi-a4/54111/23 "2010-09-24T01:21:07Z")

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Neither one of these cars had “long term reliability” when they were NEW. Reliability does NOT improve with age…

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-term-reliability-pre-owned-bmw-328i-vs-pre-owned-audi-a4/54111/24 "2010-09-24T13:09:45Z")

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The problem with either of those cars is that the people who own them tend to drive them very hard…That alone will drastically reduce the long term reliability no matter how well they’re made or maintained.

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