what is the life of the engine

Maintenance the the keyword in your question, past and present and future, a BMW 528i will take you 250,000 easy, probably far, far more

no wait a minute here H25,....more, well okay, but yer timing chain is supposed to stretch...I suppose this one has a double-decker chain to extend the life of the valve train, but should change that one at 200,000....honestly do not see how you could duck this fact~

Point taken. I looked at some forums before posting, didn't arbitrarily pick that number. Some guys were saying they had trouble begin at about that mileage.

Just trying to get a grip on reality myself....that one sexy mathematician said she wanted NO other car then her Camry...the same one...NO other----started takin oil and gas at the same ratio....what a turn on~

i have BMW 5 series 2004 in screen in front of me to be sold and the car has run already over 200.000 km. but car looks in a very good shape, is that still good to think getting it ? thx

my 2003 530i is still running strong and she has over 300,000 miles on her all I've had to do so far is replace one of the coils the guibo center support bracket it wasn't too hard though for this "old gal" me lol