[mjposner]

To those that sympathize, thanks
To those that have a fleet of cars, can take off from work at will, and have multiple homes they can run to in bad weather, please count your blessings and I apologize for possibly ruing my 4 year old convertible, that based on many posts here is not a real M anyway.

For those who care, they have run two oil changes and cleaned the spark plugs, but the service rep seemed unclear on the status of the engine other than they need more time.

Geico has instructed them to remove the seats, remove and clean the carpets and replace the pad. Not sure why they would do that unless they felt the engine could be saved.

Since I Idolize the car (but obviously not enough) even she gets repaired, I'll just keep her for a few years so that resale value will not be an issue.

Will be interesting to run a carfax in six months and see what is reported.