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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dzuljazz2001" data-source="post: 376585" data-attributes="member: 18107">Well put Astroboy ... but there are still avenues and room for improvement. Though 160K km is considered to be the expected life of BMW engine there are other responsibility of manufacturer to inform consumer of such issue so that earlier preventive maintenance or replacement of parts can be done to avoid major damages that requires high corrective maintenence cost!. If it was a first time case, yes nothing much it can be done, but these are recurrance that BMW should be obligated to inform owners of such problems. By the way ...Lifetime means lifetime, period. If BMW says lifetime means 160K, put it in writing in the manual or somewhere car owners can view and understand. I once called BMW hotline and made enquiries with regards to transmission oil and was told that its not required to changes as it is using a 'long-life' recommended oil. Long-life is Long-life and Life-time is Life-time.......but as an argument sake, it is still subjective to argue about it. However, would you pay so much knowing the car can give you only 200K km of Sheer Driving Pleasure????  After that? ... Shivers, Driving with Problems!!!</blockquote>