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Old 03-11-2010, 05:38 PM
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I fully understand your logic. It makes perfect sense.

The only thing that may catch owners is the following line in the document you linked:

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A factory-recommended maintenance service item interval is determined either by the model-specific BMW Maintenance System (Service Interval Display or Condition Based Service...
Does your vehicle maintenance system indicate a 12 month oil and filter change on the service interval display? If so, you are set. If not, this may still leave it open to interpretation, or at worse, confirm that they will not do annual DEF flushes (whether or not those are really necessary is a whole separate discussion....)

BMW in Canada has been emphasizing that covered oil changes are as per the dash display, which is mileage and condition based on many models (except for brake fluid, on my vehicle, which is time based)

I am not clear on whether the E70 utilizes both time and mileage to call for the oil service.
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