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Originally Posted by Mike_L
Build quality as definitely gone to hell. My E39 went 6 years before it started rattling. Sure the cooling system was garbage, the interior door handles were cheap, but at least it didn't rattle. My F34 rattles with under 200 miles on it.
Mechanical issues I can deal with. Stuff is gonna fail when it gets used. Squeaks and rattles I cannot deal with, especially on a new car. That just shows blatant cost cutting and not giving a damn.
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You were really lucky if you had a E39 for 6 years with no problems. While generally considered a great car, the E39 had many, well documented issues. I had two E39s and have about 200,000 miles of driving in them. I loved the cars but my experience with quality issues matched all the complaints on the E39 forums. If you didn't have issues, consider yourself lucky.
I'm must be lucky with my F30. 18,000 miles so far and not a single issue of any kind.
I hope you can get your rattle resolved and you can enjoy your new car.