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      05-21-2011, 11:57 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Saintor View Post
IIRC, E46 (introduced in 1998 as MY1999) has been the first to require long oil change intervals and it probably came with the synthetic oil requirement.
Correct. I recall buying Mobil 1 which my dealer installed during the free maintenance period on my '97 Z3. As of late 1998 (after the 1999 models had come out with OEM synthetic), my dealer began stocking BMW full synthetic.

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