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Originally Posted by JCL
Many dealers will do it at the first anniversary, but not all according to other posters.
If you have done 15,000 miles in one year a lot of it was likely on the highway anyway, which is a lot easier than city driving.
Still waiting to see a report of a failed engine caused by following the manufacturer's maintenance procedures. They have had this interval since 1999, and oils have improved in that time as well.
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Yeah, but they were still doing 1,200 mile break in oil changes on all M cars up to the e90 M3 and even then apparently some of those owners were able to talk their dealers into performaing this service for free as well.
The 1,200 mile break in oil service is also recommended by BMWCCA's lead technical writer who says he has personally seen many new modern BMW's engine and drive line oils literally full of metals at 1,200 miles.
I have to say that if I spent as much on a car as an X5M costs, I would no doubt cough up the extra change required to do an early break in oil change service if the dealer won't.