well, sort of... ive was in LI the past 2 weeks, and on the way up my car turned 80,000! meant to get a picture of it turning, but i missed it by 2mi lol, oh well theres always 180,000 for another picture ;>
well, sort of... ive was in LI the past 2 weeks, and on the way up my car turned 80,000! meant to get a picture of it turning, but i missed it by 2mi lol, oh well theres always 180,000 for another picture ;>
There'll be plenty more opportunities for that pic!
I've just cracked 180,000 miles on my 240D. The car still runs like a dream, and in fact, the more I drive it the better it runs! [] Not too bad for my massive CDN $3000 investment 3 years ago!
So I have every confidence your car will easily see such an age. It's not uncommon to see 500,000km on these cars if they're looked after. Just keep changing that oil.
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I read up on several posts regarding reasons and have taken following steps:
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