OK.

I guess I considered loss of steering from the rack falling off, loss of brake fluid resulting in no front brakes, the brake pedal becoming detached, loss of steering due to the spindle and/or tie rods becoming disconnected, and loss of power assist to the steering, any of which could cause a serious accident, to be evidence of improvements year over year. All are more important to me than any pixels out in the display from a faulty ribbon connector. And all of these are just the safety recalls, none of the TSBs for various campaigns are listed here. By 2002, all of the above had stopped happening, as both the design and the assembly processes were improved. Recalls were down, until 2004, when the LCI was introduced, with another wave of first-year issues. Your point was that BMW doesn't improve things throughout a model run. I just disagree, that's all.

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2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White

Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue