Originally Posted by trader4

The many reported problems, including the many oil leaks, the valve
seals, from so many others here are not negated by your experience.
And many of those repairs are not $300, they are $3000+ I just
think someone thinking about paying a premium price for a 13
year old car with those kinds of problems at under 100K miles,
should think about it. I've seen threads with folks needing valve
stem jobs at 60K. He was asking for opinions, wasn't he?
Do you ever wonder why some people just keep saluting the BMW
flag and making excuses instead of demanding that BMW fix some
serious flaws that few other cars have?