<prompt> Human: Hello all. New college grad looking to buy his first car. Found a nice 2010 BMW 80k miles for 15,000. My jobs signing bonus was 8k so going to use that as my down payment. Now looking to spend around 300 a month for rest of payment, but I know there are more fees with buying Tags, paying yearly taxes on it, and etc. how much are these usually per month for my sort of car ?  <response>: BMW guy here. Unfortunately, you are getting close to the most expensive point in the life of BMW. Between 75,000 and 125,000 miles, you should expect to replace most of the suspension, cooling system, change all fluids, belts, ignition coils and spark plugs, and several engine gaskets. 300 a month sounds nice but you will want to budget another 3-4k a year for repairs. BMW says that the differential and transmission fluids are last a lifetime; DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!! Call Bavarian auto sport or turner Motorsport and get some redline synthetic fluids in the differential and transmission ASAP. I have had a clutch slave cylinder die on me at 120k miles and have seen automatic transmissions require a rebuild as young as 150k miles. Be ready for those lovely expenses. The goods news: if you still have money in the bank after 125k and have replaced all the above, you are golden again usually until 150k-175k before you need to do it again. Good luck! 