Originally Posted by Bitsobrits
The roller tappets in the M3W mitigate the need for high zinc (ZDDP) oil, and the effective life of the exhaust cats is diminished with high zinc oils, if that's a concern.

I would not worry about the life of the cats. At 7 years & around 16K miles my R/H exhaust was rattling. I took it off & the cat fell out. I removed the LH & knocked the cat out. In UK there is no emission test at MOT & mine has been tested since & passed so any noise increase not a concern.