I feel his pain... When you have to replace almost anything on a BMW you ask yourself if the inherent tight handling is really worth it.
he got rid of the BMW after $5,000 in repairs in 2 months, he has an Infinity Q50S now but he doesn't like the POS so he'll be looking for something else next summer....his wife has a 2016 F150 and they got the 5.0 with it, he won't buy anything with a turbo in it