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Originally Posted by Radioactive
I was thinking a 4DR Auto wouldn't have been abused like a 2DR manual.
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Calling Eric Coffey
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Actually, the irony here is that the manual cars are very easy to change the gear oil on, while the autos are not only difficult and expensive, BMW claims theirs is "lifetime" fluid. So tread carefully here. My 330i was a CPO with warranty to 100k miles. The sucky part was that, since the ATF was "lifetime", if I changed it and it messed things up, warranty coverage would be very iffy. But if I waited until after the warranty expired, it was probably too late and I'd have been better off just running it until it no longer ran. I change the gear oil in my 993 every two yrs. because it's cheap and easy, relatively speaking. Not so on those auto/tiptronic Bimmers. The ATF is something like $17 per qt. from the dealer.