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Gentlemen - Two Hundred Thousand (200,000 mile) E90
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01-19-2013, 05:37 PM | #221 | |
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01-19-2013, 08:19 PM | #222 |
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Awesome story, thank you for sharing! I don't think my e93 will make it to 200k, but then again my car has a more unstable motor and a retractable roof. This proves the NA I6's are bulletproof.
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01-23-2013, 08:13 PM | #225 |
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01-23-2013, 10:28 PM | #226 |
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I'm at 150,000 miles on my 06 330I. It has held up far better than my Nissan Murano that has less miles and has been driven far easier. I am shooting for 250,000 miles so we shall she in a few years. I drive about 30,000 miles a year these days.
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01-24-2013, 01:58 PM | #227 | |
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01-24-2013, 03:21 PM | #229 |
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"My last BMW was a 1989 E30 that I took to 250,000."
Sorry if this is a repeat post, I didnt read all the pages but the e30 is my favorite BMW... do you have any pics of it? One day I want to get my hands on an E30 M3. |
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01-24-2013, 03:33 PM | #230 | |
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Later on I chatted with the fellow who owned it. Very nice guy. He helped run a BMW racing school or something.
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01-24-2013, 11:30 PM | #233 |
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that is absolutely gorgeous... such a beautiful machine.
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01-25-2013, 05:14 AM | #234 | |
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In hindsight I should have kept it. But the issue is where I live, if you don't drive a car regularly, the varmints move into it and tear it up right quick. After you've owned a car since brand new, even one that is now classic, for 18 years and 250,000 it is nice to have a change. When I got my brand new E90 back in May 2006, I was like a kid with a new toy and just never stopped playing with it, so I knew the E30 was going to sit and rot; and back then I didn’t know I was going to start racking up 33K a year on the E90. I sold the E30 to my neighbor across the street (so it was close by at least), but he let it deteriorate by not taking it to a BMW trained mechanic, so it eventually overheated at 295,000 miles. I bought it back from him in 2009 for a buck with the hopes of making a track car, or just building it, but he had let a kid drive it one day who put it through a fence down the street and messed up the right front. The chassis was just never the same after that. I had put tons of money in that car over the years, like you do any car to get it to that level of mileage, and just decided that since the body was not perfect anymore (it had never been in a major accident during my ownership), and the motor was toast, it was going to be a $10K minimum to restore it and I just didn't see the point since I had my time with it. I traded it to a guy who helped me around the house for a few weeks. He was going to refurb it, but since sold it. From what I know the car is still local, and I could probably get it back for dirt cheap (lately been thinking about it – I don’t think it is in running condition). When I bought it back in 2009 it sat for a long time and mice really tore up the wiring harnesses in the engine bay, so it needed a lot of work just to get the electrics right. If I buy it back a second time I could have the body redone by the shop who rebuilt my driver's seat on the E90, but it's still a money/value issue thing. That shop does mainly VW bugs; with a few that have been featured in magazines, so their quality is excellent. But once you do the body, then the driveline needs to be put up to snuff (i.e. totally redone) to match the new body, then the interior (I had already done the seats once in it), then the suspension (which I already had been through once), then … I’d rather part with my money on something like downpayment on a new C7 Vette. Last edited by Efthreeoh; 01-25-2013 at 05:47 AM.. |
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01-25-2013, 05:50 AM | #235 |
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01-25-2013, 10:31 AM | #236 |
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Congrats, i have a 325xi since 2005 and still love it. I only have 50k miles on it as my commute is only 20-30 miles per day. There're little things to fix but its been a solid ride. Just recently my turn signals blink sound is gone.
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01-27-2013, 12:42 AM | #237 | |
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I have a couple of questions: 1. It looks like many guys here in e9post.com do their cars maintenance by themselves. Unfortunately I can't say that about myself, though I would love to do the basic stuff myself, but I am just not that experienced and wouldn't like to break something in the car like BMW. So I go to to a dealer or indy shop. What would be your estimate of the maintaning cost if you wouldn't have done many things that you've actually done by yourself? 2. About the solenoids. Why would you swap them? Did you use BMW original oil? |
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01-27-2013, 07:18 AM | #238 | |
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2) I recommend swapping the VANOS solenoids because I think it allows them the wear more even and not get clogged up as easy. If you think about it, the intake cam and the exhaust cam are adjusted with different profiles, but the VANOS solenoids are the same part number, so each solenoid runs though the same adjustment profile over and over for the location it is in. When you swap the locations then the solenoids are then running through a different adjustment profile and will wear differently and possibly stay cleaner. This is just my theory. I've decided to swap mine every 50,000 miles. I've only used BMW 5W-30 oil and OEM oil filter. I get my oil change kit from Tischer. Last edited by Efthreeoh; 01-27-2013 at 07:31 AM.. |
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01-27-2013, 11:11 AM | #239 |
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Reminds me of this:
Considering I've felt the same way in regards to "repairs" and being more okay with spending coin on the repair than replacing the car, I can only imagine how OP can relate. |
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01-30-2013, 09:38 PM | #241 |
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Awesome! Wish I could do that, but I know I couldn't keep myself from thinking the grass is greener for more than 20-30K miles.
Keep up the good work!
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03-12-2013, 04:26 AM | #242 |
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oh wow. just hope my 335i vert can handle the same outcome!
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