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I toggled between oil level and temp and no change - oil temp 0 F. Did you change the oil level sensor or is it factory?

Consider an important distinction. I bought mine new. After the warranty expired I have done all the regular and do preemptive maintenance. As an example I change the oil and filter every 5-6,000 miles. I did a complete overhaul of the suspension at 75,000. I change the transmission fluid and filter every 50,000 miles. IMO, ones experience purchasing any vehicle with say over 75,000 miles is heavily weighted by how that vehicle was been maintained.

I have not had to replace power steering hoses, alternator gasket, upper timing cover gaskets or had an oil pan leak. I am suggesting there is a rest of the story out there of experiences better than yours.

Got the comfort windshield installed!


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Comfort windshield..what’s that? Heated?

Nice. I need a new winshield, again. Huge rock divot at eye level.

Does the comfort glass interfere with GPS signals?

Kind of the opposite: blocks IR light keeping the car cooler.

https://bmwglass.com/details/f/bmw-c...t-75529cbb9434

I'm not really clear on what impact maintenance has on gasket leaks.

Same question here.

I bought my car from the original owner at 93k miles -- it was always promptly and properly dealer maintained, and I have ten thousand dollars worth of dealership receipts from the original owner (just from the out-of-warranty period from 60k to 93k miles). They didn't maintain it themselves, but they paid a huge sum of money to keep it maintained at the dealership about as good as it could be.

Yet I still have had massive amounts of failures in my ownership (only six years and 30k miles). Five window regulators, one door handle, continuous issues with failing bulb sockets, broken sunroof, all of the power steering hoses, the entire CCV system and all vacuum hoses, failed OFHG, failed VCG, and I am still working on the pan leaks.

I don't know how any maintenance routine would have prevented any of that.

When I hit about 16 years on the X, it became very clear that I was going to have to invest some time and money into my E53. If I had not, serious failures could have arisen.

Rod bearings, and a flywheel failure were not planned. These repairs were costly, and time consuming.

Now at 20 years, and almost 99,000 on the clock, and a total refresh, she is running great! Of course minor, or even major repairs that arise, will still have to be addressed.