Quote Originally Posted by NovceGuru
Change your oil! How did your previous bimmer go out? I'm about to hit 200k and love my car...I hope I get more than 50 more k out of it
The transmission started slipping a little. Then more, then more, then it stopped going forward. This happened over 2 - 3 months. Perhaps if I had added fluid or changed ATF it would have prevented it. I was at a point where I was not able to - I know it's not much but sometimes you face life this way.

The one I have now says the transmission has lifetime fluid. It drives SO much better than the old one. I did not realize what they are supposed to drive like - wow.

I could have fixed the old one up given enough money and time to replace and gotten it back in original shape but at 243k miles, it just didn't make financial sense. This decision took a while to come to since I REALLY!! liked the car.