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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
Not sure what tranny fluid has to do with clutch life unless you get a leak that contaminates the clutch. I got 232k miles on the first clutch on my old E30. But they don't build them that way anymore. I'm not saying the car won't last a looooonngg time without regular tranny fluid changes. But if it was something I planned on keeping for a while and was not going to be in warranty, I'd want it maintained properly before I got my hands on it.
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By mentioning the clutch, I was simply trying to point out that high mileage stick shift cars are a safer bet IMO than auto trans high mileage modern euro cars.... I can do a clutch on most cars for under $500 while I shudder to think what a replacement BMW/Mercedes/Audi/Porsche auto trans would cost.
As far as the manual trans oil changes go.... While relatively inexpensive to do, my personal experience has proven it is not necessary.
My E36 325i went 288k before the throwout bearing siezed up and started squealing at which point I put a new clutch in. Suprisingly the original clutch friction disk still had plenty of life left when comparing the thickness to what the Bentley book stated as the wear limit.
