Thanks for the thorough response.

I didn't know oil starvation was such a prevalent failure mechanism for the n55. I did think it was odd that BMW went away from providing a coolant temperature on the gauge cluster. It's hard to know if/when the engine has warmed up properly with out it. I prefer more information rather than less but I digress. Lucky I don't have the start/stop feature.
I'll have to look into the oil pressure issue... Might be above my pay grade. ?

I like the bimmerlink and bimmercode recommendation... It would be nice to personalize some of these settings like you've mentioned.

Is there anyway to add a dipstick to the engine? I find that somewhat obtuse for BMW to just rely on the digital level gauge, given the significance of getting the oil level wrong.

Do most owners keep the run flat tires or move back to the traditional ones and just roll the dice on tire leaks? I was thinking of replacing with traditional ones and just keep afix-a-flat kit in the trunk if I pickup a nail or screw. Not ideal but considering it. I wish I had the spare my e53 had.

I'll go try the e brake. Curious how that'll play out. I'm pretty old-school so a cable a lever would have been just fine here but I can't stop progress!

Thanks again!