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Originally Posted by FC

I have heard about the N63, but people swear that over the years it has gone from being a nightmare to downright reliable.

https://bmwtuning.co/bmw-n63-vs-n63t...tu2-vs-n63tu3/

EDIT: Just ran into this post as well. Lots of them like this. https://g30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...2&postcount=13

There is a reason why BMW sells N63s for less than $5k. They tend to sell a lot of them. A friend that is a former BMW tech turned Porsche tech in the past year absolutely despises the N63. He has replaced his fair share of them including its sibling, the S63

I had the E39 540 (M62) serviced at my local dealer about a month ago. One of the techs that has been there since the E39s were new informed me after servicing it that he has disliked every BMW V8 produced as per him they cannot produce one that does not have issues.

Edit: I do want to state that generally N63s tend not to exhibit any issues until 60-75,000 miles. Obviously YMMV.

Originally Posted by Alan

I definitely agree you need a warranty, owning any of the German cars without it is a bit scary, How many months and miles on the warranty did they purchase and what is their current mileage ?

I’m about to purchase an extended fidelity platinum warranty on the Q7 and I am in the low $4k range but we are talking about another 5 years and ours has 28k miles

It added an additional 3 years/75k miles. It currently has 12k. BMW’s platinum warranty is basically a bumper to bumper warranty, similar to the factory coverage.

[FC]

Originally Posted by SCA

There is a reason why BMW sells N63s for less than $5k. They tend sell a lot of them. A friend that is a former BMW tech turned Porsche tech in the past year absolutely despises the N63. He has replaced his fair share of them including its sibling, the S63

I had the E39 540 (M62) serviced at my local dealer about a month ago. One of the techs that has been there since the E39s were new informed me after serving it that he has disliked every BMW V8 produced as per him they cannot produce one that does not have issues.

Edit: I do want to state that generally N63s tend not to exhibit any issues until 60-75,000 miles. Obviously YMMV.





It added an additional 3 years/75k miles. It currently has 12k. BMW’s platinum warranty is basically a bumper to bumper warranty, similar to the factory coverage.

Well, that’s disappointing. If the engine is so bad why are V8 BMWs not basically free?

I’m not doubting what your tech is saying, I am only curious if those comments and experiences are calibrated to post 2018 or even post 2015 V8s, when massive improvements were allegedly made.

I still have not made a decision and by all accounts I’ve heard that the 540 is pretty darn good. I still need to drive them both.

All that said, I’m not against getting the extended warranty.