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Originally Posted by imcarthur View Post
My E46 reflected this too. Serious rust after 7 years on the bottom B pillar? My 8year old Audi doesn't have a speck. And the interior? Rubber coated plastic. And the rubberized paint will start to wear off . . . yrmv . . .

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I'm tellin' ya'- the older the BMW, the better they are built. The new ones will fall apart before the old ones do. The only caveat is proper maintainance of oil changes and valve adjustments and such. My E21 still uses a timing chain, not a belt like the E30.
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