Wouldn't old BMW kill you on maintenance and other costs of ownership compared to cheaper cars? For about 15 years I kept having a hyundai of one sort of anoth

Wouldn't old BMW kill you on maintenance and other costs of ownership compared to cheaper cars? For about 15 years I kept having a hyundai of one sort of another while my friend has Audis. Our regular planned maintenance and our repairs were about 500% different. Anecdata n=1 of course.