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Wow on a 2014? That's a lot of driving
Did you have to do anything with your PTU?
Are you tuned? If so, for how many miles? Any drivetrain work/maintenance (ptu/rdu)? I do about 35k/year and I just hit 73k this week. 93 octane unleashed tune since 50k.
Sounds like you should be able to get 150k out of it without any major issues. Sure, things will need attention as it ages but I had a 740i and it was far from low maintenance. Even when only a couple years old. If it has been a reliable car up to this point the risk of a major failure is low.
The more I learn about these cars the more I would be surprised if one can get 150k miles out of mixed driving w/out replacing at least a turbo. If it's mostly highway, I can see getting that far w/out issues. But with a good mix of city, I don't see that many miles on the turbos. Since it's usually the rear turbo that fails, count on $1500+ to have it replaced. I'll be honest, that's a HUGE expense for a vehicle. My Jeep is running 210k miles and I've never had more than a couple hundred at a time. To think that most of these cars won't get to 150k miles w/out having to drop a couple grand occasionally [on a single repair] says something to me.
I spent over $1000 to get the blend doors fixed on my 2001 Grand Cherokee at ~100k miles. Also replaced the Torque Converter at 95K for $900, but I had an independent shop do that. Dealer would have charged $1500 I bet. Don't even ask what a 2001 740i costs to maintain. I got rid of that right after the warranty expired. But yes, the turbos may need replacing b4 150k. So might the PTU depending on your driving habits.
Have to agree on the Jeep. Nothing but trouble. But they do look nice.
I agree, I own my Jeep and would never own another one in my life. Seriously, it has 210k miles and I've owned it since 60k miles. I change the oil ever 4k-5k miles and I've only ever gone 4 oil changes without having to fix something non-maintenance. That alone says something about how reliable the Jeep is so it should add some emphasis when I say the SHO isn't that cheap of a vehicle to own. I do all my work/maintenance and I've never spent over $200 on a fix for my Jeep and most of them are under $50 in parts. I replaced my rear turbo on my SHO at 70k miles and that cost me almost $1k in parts alone. So when it's common to need to replace turbos and the PTU (both expensive for parts and labor) before 150k miles that's where I make that statement.
