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Originally Posted by jparnes1
Nick, my point was that DCT isn't new technology. But I certainly agree that there's more potential for problems with newer BMW's than older. Nonetheless, my 2006 525 Steptronic is just shy of 100K and I've had no major issues at all and there's plenty of computerized stuff in there.
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FWIW for the OP, my personal estimates of the long term problem level with the 35i cars is very high because I had a friend who lemoned a 335 and a 535 for turbo issues and an acquaintance who lemoned a 335 from a variety of minor issues which cumulatively put it in the shop for a while
@jparnes1 those 25i cars were pretty low on power (i used to have a 328i so I know all about having to rev it like a honda to get it to move forward
) so that probably helps durability as well