Fine handling high performance car buried in engineering madness that nobody wants to touch. My favorite BMW item is the carbon fiber driveshaft in the V-12 that costs a few thousand$$ in parts alone - wears out and must be replaced every 35k miles or so. And then there was friend of mine with 325i (?). Poor bastard carried a hammer more than 2 yrs to start the car on account of sticky solenoid. He never got around to replacing the starter because it was buried inaccessible underneath/behind the manifolds in miserably tight BMW engine bay.

But Vintage BMW motorcycles are superb!! The R65 circa 1979 (if you can find one) handles like a polo pony. An incredibly nimble machine and the R90S from the same era aint no slouch either with boxer opposed twin engine that's work of art for simplicity and longevity. And then ther's the old world classic R69S with earls forks from the 1960's, an unbelievably comfortable and fine handling ride. Legendary motocross bike designer Jack Penton of Ohio set the coast to coast record in somewhere around 35 hrs covering more than 3,000 miles nonstop back in 1965 on an R69S. BMW bikers rightfully think the cars give em a bad name. And many BMW automobile owners will admit the bikes are better then the cars. Its like..... yeah, they also make cars but are known best for their motorcycles.