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Originally Posted by willgabriel
I am openly laughing at the naivety/willful ignorance that has you believing a "performance" SAV can't have a transmission that SHOULD last at least 150k miles, AND that BMW didn't expect their transmission to last that long from the beginning at the $60k+ price point. BMW transmission are not put under that much stress when compared to other similarly-priced SUV/SAV's that they need to be built more cheaply or lighter to preserve price and/or performance. You go on drinking that Kool-aide if it makes you feel better though ... you and Quicksilver can share a gallon of it as you both have been duped.
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I am very glad you are laughing, because I am rolling on the floor. It is very entertaining here.
I never said that a performance SUV can't have a transmission that WILL last at least 150,000 miles. I said that you didn't buy one that was guaranteed to that point, so I don't want to pay for your error.
My current performance SUV has a transmission that will last 500,000 km without trouble. I won't keep it that long, but that is besides the point.
I noted in a post above (purely opinion) that the transmission probably will last 150,000 miles, or more, on average. They won't all last that long due to the nature of the failure. It won't be worn out when it fails, it will have a random failure involving consequential damage from a minor subcomponent, IMO. I knew that going in though, so I won't be joining any class action suits to make BMW pay for my naivete.
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