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I'm not disagreeing with your overall argument. I fully agree with you on cars as a whole. I just don't think it really applies to this particular part.

You can buy a new OEM one which is still prone to failure, but is rebuildable/repairable yourself. OR you can buy a cheaper one that claims to have fixed the issue, and comes with a lifetime warranty as long as you don't open it up. But, you literally can still open it up and repair it if you wanted to, it would just cost you more money than sending it back unopened.

Plus, it's made by a small performance/engineering company designing and manufacturing new and improved parts for our enthusiast-level cars, something that not a lot of companies seem to do much anymore. The company is small and not perfect, but I'd rather them have my money than send more to BMW.