Ditto.
I just got new copper-nickel brake line tubing to re-do the lines in our 1966 Mercedes Benz Unimog.
Popped a line a couple of years ago.
Mercedes, BMW, etc., from what I've been told, have gone to copper-nickel lines as they last a lot longer and are easier to work with.
These dopes with 10 year old vehicles need to get real and realize they have to maintain them.
Replace the brake lines and change the fluid often.
Listen to yourself , your unimog had plain steel lines and they lasted almost half a century... and unimogs are filth encrusted off-road beasts and that dirt collects moisture and your lines still lasted 50 years.
We’re hearing reports of 6 year old cars/trucks with lines bursting from uncontrolled corrosion ... THAT’S A MANUFACTURING DEFECT pure and simple... Should it be caught in an inspection ,, YUP ... Should GM fix safety items like this for a reasonable amount of time for free ,, YUP.
The “copper/nickel” BMW brake lines you mentioned are stainless steel ,, those are the two ingredients you add to steel to make stainless.
I didn't know that copper lines were used on vehicles until the 30s.
Where did you get that copper nickel stuff? Expensive?