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Originally Posted by Wild Blue
There's what the manual says about it. That's all that's required.
Now, I went a step further, as I do extra in an attempt to set up my cars for long-term ownership. I believe if you take care of your cars, they take care of you.
So for the first 1,200 miles, I also used continuously varying RPM's and speeds. Absolutely no cruise control.
Then at 1,200 miles, I followed what BMW does for true M vehicles and did an additional discretionary oil and filter change, and change rear differential fluid. This is not required, and not included in BMW service, so I had to pay for it.
Was this extra required? No. Will it result in more long-term smooth vehicle operation down the road? Unknown, but I hope so. Certainly can't hurt, and absolute worst case, I'm out the cost of the 1,200 changes and patience up to that point. A price I'm willing to pay. |
Not to mention how trivial and cheap a fluid change is in the grand scheme of how expensive these vehicles are, especially if you are buying them outright and keeping it long term.
