You know, it's sad but true. I own an indi repair facility so repairs are really of no consequence for me, but on the other hand, the first time my (new to me) 02 E53 3.0i manual trans leaves me stranded, it will be the last time. I've had 2 super reliable Z3s and currently summer travel in a 98 M Roadster and have never had any problems in a combined 50K miles of road trips. I can't for the life of me understand why rear window regulators, seldom used, axles/boots, cooling systems, etc, etc, etc, fail on these cars when the so called garbage domestic equivalent vehicles do not have these problems on higher mileage cars. Like I said, first time will be last time.