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      11-30-2007, 01:44 PM   #29
larryn
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Originally Posted by mexglx View Post
.... I truly believe that if you drive like miss daisy you can probably do the BMW recommended intervals w/o problems....

That accounts for probably 90% of us 1er purchasers. :wink:

I'm sure the engines you are talking about do not have much more displacement than the 3.0l N54, but have 3 times the amount of oil in them and never reach anywhere near 8k rpm, allowing them to have much longer oil change intervals.
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