Transmission Reliability

[kally]

a friend has a 500 ml merc - his mums car the tranny went at 40k klm ! out of warranty like a 03 model they emailed mercedes benz germany they covered it at no charge found mechanical failure of the trans.

my question is has anyone with a bimmer had that ?

another friend had a 03 m3 they apperently had a chasis problem were it comes apart slightly at the back end (dunno something like that)- $10k repair bmw wanted nothing to do with it- the guy pushed hard and I think they covered half.

my brother had a suburau rs turbo liberty 120k 2 owners making tapet noise from 90k - factory recall - full top end rebuild - thats the sign of a great company (im sure that people have had probs too but thats such a good story wanted to share)

I still love the x5 and if my budget permited would by a new one or rrs but its kinda frustrating that such a large company wouldnt offer some kinda help for this - seems like theres no goodwill when it comes to these probs and they definatley shouldnt happen in cars of this quality - and it doesnt seem like to much of an isolated incedent.