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Originally Posted by BlkGS
The B58 would still be considered unreliable in the domestic world. Failing oil pumps, water pump failures, leaks, all of these things are unheard of in the domestic world.
Admittedly, the newer LT motors aren't as robust as earlier LS motors, but LS motors are like, put gas and oil in them and that's it forever. If the car they're in gets wrecked or something, the motor gets transplanted into another car.
BMW has definitely made strides in their reliability, but they're not even playing the same game as an LS motor. They're still a laughing stock in domestic circles. When I bought my X5 the common consensus was "that's going to be expensive to keep running", and you know what? They were right, lol. Stuff like having to exchange the (lifetime per BMW) transfer case every 30k miles simply does not exist in the domestic world. Fluid intervals are typically shorter than necessary, because if it's "due" at 60k, you might get to it at 65k or something, so really it can last 80k.
Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of BMWs reputation as unreliable is a little outdated, but for someone with soft hands who can't work on their car, a BMW will financially break them. Transfer Case fluid exchange was quoted at $900 for me, I did it in like an hour at home. BMW also makes their cars VERY serviceable, like they put engineering money into making it easy to service the car. You don't get that in the domestic world, stuff is just wherever it lands and sometimes doing a fluid service for example is a huge pain in the ass.
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Domestic fluid intervals are a joke. They were stretched as part of planned obsolescence and were designed to get you to day 1 after the warranty period before shit breaks. There is a ton of documentation and discourse on this from former engineers from GM. It's why the transmissions are exploding right now in all their trucks.