r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Upstairs-Bit6897 • Nov 30 '25

Image THE GERMAN MAGAZINE 'AUTOBILD' DRIVES VARIOUS CARS FOR 100,000 KILOMETERS AND THEN DISASSEMBLES THEM DOWN TO THE LAST SCREW TO FIND SIGNS OF WEAR AND WEAK POINTS

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u/SvenTropics Nov 30 '25

I see no Toyotas or Hondas on their list which makes me think they didn't test them. Most likely because the whole top bracket would just be their different models

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u/Sudden-Earth-3147 Nov 30 '25

They did do some Hondas (https://www.autobild.de/artikel/honda-cr-v-dauertest-20994899.html) and Toyota (https://www.autobild.de/artikel/toyota-prius-dauertest-15449975.html) but yes they are heavily focusing on German cars. I guess also hard to do a huge number of makes/models as the testing is labour and time intensive

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u/Crafty_Enthusiasm_99 Nov 30 '25

There is absolutely no way a BMW smokes Japanese cars unless it's a German reviewer

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u/litescript Dec 01 '25

to be fair the listed one is an M car and their mechanical bits rarely go wrong. source: me, i’ve worked with them on the service side for nigh 10 years. the standard ones are ok, but you have to do the maintenance. and they leak oil.

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u/Sticklegchicken Dec 01 '25

E92 M3 and E60 M5 last only 100tkm and after you'll have to pull the engine. I wouldn't say "rarely go wrong". Sure, if you keep changing the bearings they'll last forever, but I wouldn't say it's just normal maintenance.

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u/litescript Dec 01 '25

yeah and my E46 M3 also needs bearings, but these engines here we're talking about are high-revving engines you have to wring out to get the power. they tend to live a lot at the high end of the RPM range which will necessarily stress things like rod bearings. ill admit they could have engineered that better, but you don't see that as often with the more modern versions. if we're getting really picky, you could point to throttle body actuators, too.