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Originally Posted by Beartato
I see it kind of the reverse, which before free maintenance BMW would try to squeeze every penny out of its customers with recommended service, and now they're footing the bill so it only makes sense they'd fine tune the maintenance schedule to fit only what is really required. Really think BMW would cheap out on essential maintenance like this? I don't imagine BMW would be stupid enough to, seems careless. Think of all the N55 drivers who don't do all these pre-free scheduled maintenance items (the vast majority of them), are there a rash of failures out there? I suppose there's nothing wrong with being cautious though but I'm just not convinced.
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I think in Europe particularly environmental factors have required extensive drain intervals and the fluids have probably been improved significantly because of this. But in order to get into very high mileage with healthy radiator and minimal metal wear through the drivetrain - for those results...