Yea, make the engine and big parts last forever and make the small expensive things break all the time and make more money by the fools who bought the drivetrain warranty, as the small parts are not covered by that warranty.
I'm at the moment day dreaming abit about a used BMW E92 coupe, but the horror stories about the running cost of owning it are so scary, but shame as the BMW E92 is the best BMW body style imo., and no doubt a future classic, and the get the F**K out the way road pressens make it worth it imo.. And the E92's have dropped in value so hard so you can get a very good full spec leather sports seats and auto gear etc. for just 11K Euros in Germany.
But i think i would want the 320D (2.0 4 cylinder) as it can do 17 km a liter, and still do 0-100 in about 7 sec with a small chip tune.
This is my dream spec for it, but adding the M3 sideskirt, maybe the M3 power dome hood too.
But going to be a long time before i got the money to buy one sadly.
And no, i don't normally like BMW, but i love the E92 body style.