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Da Jia Hao, Following my unfortunate accident, my car has been written off by the insurance company which left me with $30k to buy another car. Below are some options which I am looking at but would like to get some opinion from people who got first hand experience of the car 1) BMW 335i (high ks) http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/BMW-335i-2007/SSE-AD-2715401/?Cr=16&sdmvc=1 http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/BMW-335i-2007/AGC-AD-16361523/?Cr=2&sdmvc=1 http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/BMW-335i-2007/SSE-AD-3070178/?Cr=1&sdmvc=1 2) BMW 525i http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/BMW-525i-2006/SSE-AD-2881388/?Cr=2&sdmvc=1 3) BMW 530d http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/BMW-530d-2006/SSE-AD-2753821/?Cr=1&sdmvc=1 4) Honda Accord Euro Luxury http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Honda-Accord-Euro-2008/SSE-AD-903713/?Cr=0&sdmvc=1 http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Honda-Accord-Euro-2010/SSE-AD-3060143/?Cr=14&sdmvc=1 My previous car was a 1995 R33 Skyline GT-R. Apart from the extensive list of electronics/parts in the BMW, I believe I can cope with the service cost. I would think the the straight 6 engine and whole car is fairly reliable. A close friend also confirm that. He runs a garage and work a lot on Conti so servicing should be ok. However he's still quite young (early 30s) so maybe his experience is limited (which is why I'm posting here). The usual water pump replacement is ok (1k+) and I am after is big cost items like 2k or 3k repair cost from private garage (not dealers). I found some oil leak issue but it seems like a cheap and easy fix by replacing seals and o-rings. I would love the 335i and not fussy with old cars but not sure if thats the right choice at that sort of mileage. Please try not to add to the list because these 4 cars already giving me a headache. Will be test driving them all over this week and hopefully I'll narrow it down to 1 or 2. The Euro Lux is really there for cheap comfort with heaps to pocket. Running cost will be low being 4 cyclinders. Australia car rego (road tax) is based on cyclinders, $900 for 6 cyc and $650 for 4. Insurance will be around $1k for any of the BMW and around $650 for the Honda per year. If the 335 is reliable, I will take that silver m sport for sure at that price. Gam xia.