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Originally Posted by Purplefade
Oh come on.... I had a Ford F-150 that I ran in everything but good weather and the brake lines never failed on that beast... over 260,000 miles of sand, mud, snow and crap on that truck.
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I have to agree with CN90. Judging from the OP's first pics... that car seldom gets an under carriage cleaning. Don't have to remove wheels or unclip the lines to get water on them, if done before dirt/grime has already built up that is. I was worried about my front lines under the cover after all the horror stories here, but they still look great at 120,000 miles. I clean the wheel wells regularly and the undercarriage at least a couple of times a year. We rarely see salted roads so I'm sure that helps but the few times we have I clean the undercarriage immediately.
My undercarriage is not quite as clean as CN90's... but not far behind it either. Even seldom cleanings a couple of times a year makes a big difference it seems.
^None of that is saying that it's the best design from BMW either. But it is not a horrible or unsafe one if everything is kept from getting caked in garbage.
Edit: This is part of my twice a year under carriage cleaning:
