several-hundred dollar repair cost range before anything is done That's the key. Whenever I read about all these new features I just think it's one more thing

several-hundred dollar repair cost range before anything is done That's the key. Whenever I read about all these new features I just think it's one more thing that will inevitably break. And then when it breaks, it's more expensive to fix. E.g. the alternator on my BMW X5 went out. Fine, shit happens. But when I had it replaced I found out its water cooled. Which simply makes the repair that much more expensive. It seems that all luxury cars are like that. They're engineered more for the repair business than for anything else.