I totally agree that we have gotten full value for our money from our Bimmer. My goal is 1 million miles. I was inspired to this goal buy the Volvo High Mileage Club -- I had a Volvo 145 with 450,000+ miles on it when my ex-wife totalled it. The Volvo club actually had mileage honor badges you could purchase for the grill of your car. When I got my first BMW (84 318i) I realized how much better built the BMW was than the Volvo and decided that if I got a 5 series I could easily take it to 1 million miles. My wife is even asking when we are going to get it back on the road and "piling on the mileage"
Mike