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      02-07-2017, 04:07 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Flying Ace View Post
I would agree if that was actually true. My 2012 has 65k miles on it, that's not exactly low mileage, and I have records of failures when car was driven about almost 18k miles a year. Based on this and other owner experiences on bimmerfest (and not just X5 owners, but also E90 335d owners), they also have the same issues with more usage. BMW just recently extended warranty on a few of the parts, but not other key parts.
Sorry, when I say low mileage, I should have been more clear

Short trips are not diesels forte

I have friends with BMW diesels that do 50 mile each way commutes with few issues with them

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