My Toyota has 180K miles on it and the transmission is good as new (auto).
I'm sorry to beat a dead horse.
I just can't understand why BMW in SOME of their cars used an inferior POS GM transmission which breaks down on a lot of people after a few years. At least on late 90s early 2000s 3 series. Maybe it's better now, they smartened up and redesigned the thing or changed their supplier.
I'll just buy a manual I figure, but there aren't many manuals out there.
I would guess 90% are autos, at least where I live.
I mean a transmission (auto) should last pretty much forever, I'd think. At least 250K miles.