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      05-08-2025, 12:08 PM   #38
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Quite exaggerated I’d say, more like the interval should be multiplied by 2.5 or 3.
Not at all, just following Mike Miller's "old school" maintenance schedule.

After having my E36M3 radiator neck break at <30K miles while on track (back in the day), I have zero desire to repeat that experience.

You, however, do you!

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PS: I’m in the middle of replacing the cooling system on my wife’s 128i (125kmiles or so). [...]
Suspension is also done, some bushings are weak and even some ball joints too
That's a good one as well - very few folks notice the gradual degradation in strut performance, and assume they last "forever" or until they start leaking.
In reality, struts are all but gone smelling daisies north of 50-60K miles.
They don't need to be leaking to be dead!

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