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[SouthPaw]

A 13 year old BMW with over 100k miles, you're funny thinking you don't have a car payment. My mom had the same car and after 70k miles the continual repair bill quickly exceeded having a car payment.

There is SOME truth behind this. BMW's are no different then any other vehicle make. They leak, they have problems, and they need repairs. The difference comes down to the parts are more expensive, there are more labor hours to fix things and depending on who you go to, the hourly labor rate is more expensive to work on these cars. A lot of shops will say they can work on BMW's but they are a special kind of breed and require more of a specialized shop. I worked at BMW/MINI for a few years and I learned quite at bit about these cars. They are reliable, very luxurious but as stated earlier, they are expensive to maintain. If we you want the best fuel mileage, get some wheels like Kazoo!

[HoneyBadger]

A 13 year old BMW with over 100k miles, you're funny thinking you don't have a car payment. My mom had the same car and after 70k miles the continual repair bill quickly exceeded having a car payment.

And yet I've personally seen several BMWs make it past 250k with just the recommended maintenance and good care. Hopefully you're wrong! I have all the recent maintenance records and over the last 3 years, less than $1000 was put into it (and that was a couple of expensive trips to the stealership for the above mentioned radiator parts and service). Hopefully any necessary repairs won't cost more than $8000/year... because that's how much my current car payment and depreciation is costing me.

Radiator, expansion tank, hoses, thermostat housing, water pump, to be 100% safe. For the e36, kits run $5-700 and only takes a few hours. Pay attention to the temp needle. BMWs are designed to have the needle stay in the middle for a range of temperatures. You won't see it move from dead center until after temps are exceeding 230 degrees or so. If you wait too long to shut it down while over heating, you risk damaging the head/head gasket. The m/s series engines are sensitive to over heating so if that needle moves, shut it down.

Good to know. Thanks.

[newracer]

[Monky]

While I'm not paying for it... I did order it and sign all the paperwork.


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[opie011]

Nice....is the Continental GT gone?

[rondog]

Radiator, expansion tank, hoses, thermostat housing, water pump, to be 100% safe. For the e36, kits run $5-700 and only takes a few hours. Pay attention to the temp needle. BMWs are designed to have the needle stay in the middle for a range of temperatures. You won't see it move from dead center until after temps are exceeding 230 degrees or so. If you wait too long to shut it down while over heating, you risk damaging the head/head gasket. The m/s series engines are sensitive to over heating so if that needle moves, shut it down.

The grandson's steaming turd is in the shop right now for overheating and a head gasket, thank God we bought a service contract with it. The assurance co. is just going to replace the engine rather than risk fixing the boat anchor that's in it.

[gnihcraes]

Then you need one of these.
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I like it, but Needs a scooter logo though.

[Monky]

Nice....is the Continental GT gone?

Nope still got the SuperSport, although it's about 4 years old now... so I'm sure it'll be next.

Just replacing the 2013 Mulsanne w/ a 2016 of a different color.

[gnihcraes]

Bottom rolling box that the top box mates with.

Top box has the solar charge controller and other misc. cables for the camper.

New bottom box will contain the inverter and batteries. replacing my previous project of portable solar/battery.

[Irving]

Good deal.