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I do think the oil leak problems are pretty absurd. But if you buy cars used, like I do, fortunately all that info is already out there. And I was comfortable with the price (they depreciate like crazy!) and knowing I will have to address a bunch of gaskets/O-rings every ~8 years. We had the oil cooler gasket leak soon after we purchased it so don't need to worry about that for a while. Valve stem seals I don't think are bad at 147k so they've probably been done but may be coming around for round 2. But oh well, I'll spend a long long weekend doing that and not worry about it again until I'm well over 200k.
But I also DIY, I've gone through two E36s that I buy pretty abused and basically need to rebuild. So spending a couple weekends a year doing preventative maintenance and repairs is something I'm already used to. We also have a backup car and fairly short commutes so if a car is down for a while it's no biggie.
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'08 X5 4.8i - 196k
'15 i3 REX - 95k - Blown AC compressor
'98 323is - 170k - Garaged
'94 325i - 208k - Sold
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04-09-2018, 09:15 AM
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