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Originally Posted by Fconic
Why do you need a dipstick if the maintenance is included in the new cars for 4yrs/50,000 miles. If the car blows up for lack of oil and the sensor failed to pick it up, wouldn't it be BMW's fault?
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What about if/when the sensor does fail and you are unsure if it actually has oil or not? Do you want to sit around waiting for a tow truck or are you going to just drive it and risk actually not having oil then getting stuck with the rebuild bill because you ignored the warning?
Or do you trust BMW oil change intervals even though the oil might be horribly contaminated. My original 335 said it could go 24,000 miles between changes while running a constant 250 oil temp. At @7500 miles I changed it and it smelled like fuel horribly.
Bottom line is it would probably cost BMW next to nothing to do it and give those of us who would actually use it a nice little piece of mind and those of us who don't want to can still use the sensor and not be bothered with it.