[135Pats]

The only thing that really upsets me about BMWs are the waterpumps...it's pretty close to insulting that they fail with frequency on cars with modest mileage (>60K). They've had problems with these for well over a decade now, and so far as I can tell the failure rate is still alarmingly high. I agree with the whole 'pay to play' concept for engine/fueling/ignition issues, but a water pump has virtually nothing to do with "the ultimate driving machine". Just make one that works, end of story.