molly7608,

Your assertions are interesting, because you made an assumption of how everyone who drives a BMW thinks, and you're acting like this is a massive recall.  This recall is for less than 10,000 vehicles, which is tiny as far as recalls are concerned. Compare this recall to the recalls of Toyota, Ford, or GM for example in recent years.  I've known several people who have owned BMWs for years with very few problems, or at least not any more problems than most vehicles. It depends on the model, some are more problematic than others.  I just laugh at people who make generalized claims like yours, and have no idea what they're talking about. 

In addition, BMW covers pretty much all of the repairs and maintenance for several years at NO cost to the customer.  No vehicle or automobile manufacturer on the planet is perfect.  ALL vehicles have problems or will have problems at one point in time or another. 

Although the cars are made here it doesn't mean the money stays here.. Remember that payroll in most of auto makers is only 12 percent of total profits. The rest goes out to international banks. What we see is that manufacturing is still bigger outside the US. To those countries is a huge income comparing to the nothing they were making without US technology. Yes the one our students pay for in expensive colleges and get out and find no jobs here.

OOh and about the Europeans cars.. stupidly overated. The Europeans have no concept of electronics. MB was one of the vehicles with most electronics problems in the world and yet one of the most expensive. Love the ergonomics though. Seems they know comfort but don't know how to make it work well. There's a Lamborghini video of how it burns also. BMW oooh hooo... too many problems to list.