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Originally Posted by cn90
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Every time there is a thread like this, there are armchair generals coming out saying:
- You must use new bolts.
- You must drive with the plate.
Or the sky will be falling....These are the people that believe the BMW engineers like a Bible. ...
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I never said you must use new bolts (and I don't).
I did say you should never drive without the plate installed. Guilty as charged. Was quoting BMW on that...
I never said anything about the sky or the bible... or believing everything BMW say. Which I don't.
What I WAS trying to say (and I didn't make the point very well) - just because we don't understand the reason for a design consideration doesn't make it wrong.
Again, wild guess on my part - the X5 was marketed as an all-road vehicle (unlike the e46 for example) so BMW probably added a bunch of extra design considerations because of this.
In normal use, I also doubt that having the reinforcing plate off will cause any issues - I was just trying to point out that stating it has zero structural effect is just plain incorrect.
And you don't need to be an engineer to see that...
