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Originally Posted by lacrosse
For what it's worth: I traded in a 2000 BMW M5 for my 2006 BMW 4.4i X5. My M5 would need a quart of oil every 500 miles or so. My X5, thankfully, requires NO oil between oil changes. I love not having to think about it.
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I haven't owned an M5, but I have read a lot about oil consumption with M5 engines. I think the different manufacturing process, and use of break-in oil, make break-in more critical for long-term oil consumption. The 10w-60 oil is a difference as well. All of the above makes the M5 less comparable to the 4.4.
Adding oil every 800 km would drive me crazy.
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