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Never in all my years of owning performance cars have I seen a more "obstructionist" stance taken by a manufacturer to the consumer gaining information about maintenance specifics than the one taken by BMW. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE my M. That said, from the "no manual/redundant" dipstick, to the intentional omission of specific capacity information in the owner's manual, to even the silly repackaging of oils (yes, I know many/most auto manufacturers actually do this)... BMW more stridently recommends that you use "their" oil than others, and it seems the BMW consumer is more prone to do so, largely due to the fact that the BMW consumer is vastly less inclined to know how/want to do his/her own maintenance... I guess it is a demographic of the typical buyer. As a NASCAR fan who does his own maintenance, it appears that I probably don't fit the demographic... To each his/her own-I guess...
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