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Old June 5th 13, 02:58 PM posted to alt.autos.bmw
Scott Dorsey
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dizzy > wrote:
>
>I'm kind of wondering if this isn't a sign that it's time to get a new
>vehicle. While there's some appeal of driving a vehicle into the
>ground, and getting all that value from it, I guess it wouldn't kill
>me to get a new car, every 12 years.


Don't look at me, I'm still driving the 2002 to work every day.
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Old June 6th 13, 12:26 AM posted to alt.autos.bmw
dizzy[_2_]
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"R. Mark Clayton" > wrote:

>"dizzy" > wrote:
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>> You mean because the ZF doesn't last that long? I've got 140,000
>> miles.

>
>No exactly the opposite - I would not expect a ZF tranny to fail other than
>through abuse, whereas the GM one failing early was only to be expected...


Apparently you have not heard of the fragile ZF trannies made around
that time. Google "BMW no reverse". The ZF's broke much more
catastrophically and much earlier. I'm lucky to have the GM in my
car.

I really don't consider a solenoid going bad after 140,000 such a
terrible thing. I'd prefer it didn't, of course, but things on cars
do break, from time to time.

 




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