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Originally Posted by Cattivo
Big brother and little sister are both gone(good riddance)...my wife's 50i has been pretty reliable for the past 4 years. Recently she's been complaining about the smell of oil while driving so I took it into the stealership and was told the valve stem seals need to be replaced along with other numerous parts. BMW quoted me $10,965 to repair everything 
The 50i has 95k miles and book value is listed around $11k...keep dreaming BMW! In the past week I noticed that it's been slowly bleeding to death, there's oil all over my garage floor and all over the under carriage...time to go!
I decided to get my wife another truck with similar power numbers and looks so I traded the 50i in for a 2018 Dodge Durango SRT before the 50i shit the bed...long story short, they gave me $8k for a fully loaded POS 
Big brother and little sisters final destination...I sold it with the 298 winter wheels so if anyone wants the 333's let me know |
It must feel great getting out from under that thing, good luck w/ the new Durango!
Did the Dodge dealer know the extent of issues w/ your 50i? They must have seen/smelt the oil? Either way they just send it to auction anyway, I don't imagine they care.
I was fortunate to have BMW cover my valve guide seals just outta warranty, otherwise I would have been trading it in too just like you did, no way was I gonna pay to replace those!