Originally Posted By HJP


The most difficult thing for me to understand is why they kept (keep?) building cars with parts that are not fit for purpose , maybe they hope most mileages will be low enough for things to last through the warranty period .



I am sure that there are a lot of owners who do very few miles in their M3W's, and have less chance for them to break. There seem to be several cars advertised for sale that are a couple of years old with only hundreds of miles on them rather than thousands. Maybe they have been stuck at the dealers getting warranty work done for much of that time?

It surprises me how few owners look on this forum and are quite unaware of several well documented M3W problems. One owner at the MTWC meeting at Combe Mill recently had his cracked chassis pointed out to him (the usual front suspension place), something I would think all TM readers would be aware of and check occasionally. With a car like this you cannot trust that everything will run well for a year or be picked up on an annual service, can you?