General Question on Dealing with BMW as a company

[Grumpy Goat]

My concern was partly driven by the Consumer Reports survey of US riders a few years back.

That explains a lot. I had a rule of thumb that when it came to automotive ratings CR could be misleading. They are great for appliances and household stuff but cars and bikes ... not so much. Best to check the automotive magazines and online fora for a more rounded picture. In my post above I independently linked to a motorcycle.com report on reliability which cited CR ratings, which in turn showed BMW at the bottom only above CanAm. I have no experience with or knowledge of CanAm, but I do not believe that BMW deserves to be at the bottom.