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      04-05-2012, 11:10 PM   #18
Stuart@BMRAutowerkes
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if your doing 100k/Day on gravel roads, I'd be avoiding a 3er personally and opting towards an X3/X5. BMW Sedans are not built for that sort of terrain/vibrations (as highlighted in the F01 7 Series test done a year or two back where they did 5-600k on gravel tracks and broke down! (cant remember what failed)
They hit the transmission sump on a rock and it started leaking oil. Nothing to do with vibrations, more a ground clearance, road obstacle thing.
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