bletchmonster
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Wow!! I thought BMW's were a paragon of fine German auto engineering and turns out they regularly die from something as fundamental as a broken timing chain.
Seems manufacturers are forgetting all the knowledge gained on how to make a vehicle mechanically work whilst concentrating on electric key gizmos.
Reminds me of very the popular John deere tractors, full of electronics now, but suffer faults such as axle bearings failing so the wheel falls off and diffs disintegrating.
They used to have the oily bits sorted.
Seems manufacturers are forgetting all the knowledge gained on how to make a vehicle mechanically work whilst concentrating on electric key gizmos.
Reminds me of very the popular John deere tractors, full of electronics now, but suffer faults such as axle bearings failing so the wheel falls off and diffs disintegrating.
They used to have the oily bits sorted.