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      02-29-2008, 03:29 AM   #1
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most miles on a bmw?

My buddy has a completely original e36 325i with over 250k miles on it...still runs like a champ. I even had it up to the speed limiter :thumbup:
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I put 220k miles on my old 86 325es, that I traded in for my first e36. It had the the original clutch in it when I traded it in, which was still functioning perfectly. Wish I still had that car.

A father bought it for his daughter, and she totalled it a month later.
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My wife's 1995 325is has 190,000 miles and runs like a champ.
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My wife's 1995 325is has 190,000 miles and runs like a champ.
I've got a 95 325is with 156K that has spent thousands of that on the track. It also spent three years with my sister commuting from Worcester to boston. I think it runs like a champ but I got it half apart right now doing an M3 brake and suspension conversion. and full exhaust.

edit: oh ya original clutch
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A father bought it for his daughter, and she totalled it a month later.
Jeebus, I bet that hurt...I'm mad just reading about it.
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I put 220k miles on my old 86 325es, that I traded in for my first e36. It had the the original clutch in it when I traded it in, which was still functioning perfectly. Wish I still had that car.

A father bought it for his daughter, and she totalled it a month later.
that is the worst feeling.

Happened in two ways to me... swapped my sti interior with some wrx owner who paid me 1200....but then totalled his car with the interior...and parents bought him a new 06 sti the next week

then i sold the entire car to a dealer who marked it up 15% what i sold it to him and then the new owners blew up the engine trying to put a FP red turbo in without any more Engine mgmt.

sad. 8(


nice to hear all the bimmers are still running!
i see a couple in nyc from the 80's and early 90's like an old m6 and even a 318 and from what i can see on the dash looks like about 100-120k in miles
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I put 220k miles on my old 86 325es, that I traded in for my first e36. It had the the original clutch in it when I traded it in, which was still functioning perfectly. Wish I still had that car.

A father bought it for his daughter, and she totalled it a month later.
sold my e34 to my boss at the time...who was an alcoholic...within a month he'd taken out an escalade and wrapped it around a lamp post
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I guess the moral of the story is that you can take care of these cars, and they will take care of you for a long time. However, they can't overcome stupidity and the laws of physics. :wink:
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      03-01-2008, 02:37 PM   #9
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I have 147K miles on my '99 E46 328i. Original clutch. I've taken it to over 20 autocrosses. If only the control arms didn't need replacing so often...
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