To me, an engine should last 200k miles without having to come apart for multi-thousand dollar repairs. And there's no reason a transmission should not last that long either; with many car models, transmission failure prior to 200k is unheard of. With others, it's the norm.

I can live with an occasional gasket failure, but only random events, not if it's every one, (the failure rate of the valve cover gaskets on the BMW V8s is ridiculous).

I can live with water pump failures. Timing belt changes are OK. Valve adjustments are OK on performance engines.

But everything else is an engineering failure that should NOT happen. We always hear that these boards only report failures and not the good.

So lets hear it....Who has a high mileage N62 that has NOT had to come apart???? Or NOT lost a transmission?

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2014 BMW 328i Xdrive
2011 BMW 335i M-Sport
2008 BMW X5 4.8i Sport
2000 BMW 528i 5sp