A lot of this thread is covering ground members here have debated before (as J.Belknap very correctly notes). One of the better threads was here:

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...intenance.html

Readers may want to revisit it for fun. Unless they can't stand to read more about transmission maintenance.

Within that thread, post 29 included a link to a maintenance strategy document that challenged the paradigm that equipment is always more likely to fail as it ages. It is worth reading if anyone is interested in preventative maintenance approaches and how they are changing. The direct link is here:

http://www.thealadonnetwork.com/PDFs/parUK.pdf


srmmmm: With that experience, it would be fun to have a beer sometime.

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