2008 BMW 328xi 330xi reliability?

My dad doesn't want to get me a car other than a honda or toyota, MAYBE a subaru.

I've got around 5k, so a wrx is out of the picture unless i get lucky and find one.

But 2008 BMW's are all around for 5k. AWD, v6, stick shift, are these bmw's actually reliable or what? Why are so many people against buying used bmw's?

1st of all, unless you will be doing the maintenance as opposed to a dealer, forget the v6, AWD, and manual transmission! Those vehicles are not cheap to maintain and you do NOT have $ 5000 for a vehicle because you will need $$ for insurance ( VERY expensive for a youngster ) + registration + immediate repairs, and so on… You may have about $ 3500 for the actual vehicle