Quote Originally Posted by BMWCCA1
Depends, on how it's been driven and maintained. Many have gone well over 100k and others see failure at 60k. Maintenance history seems to be critical.

Mine's at almost 190k on the original fluid, I think (can't find evidence in the service records and since it was dealer maintained for 12 years I bet they didn't change it). It runs well and I have no problems what so ever. I'm sure it isn't as crisp as a new tranny, but it runs better and smoother than transmissions on some of the new cars I've test driven.

My approach is to wait for the tranny to grenade and then switch it over. Just start saving.

-ashley