[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by F30lolz

If you were ever to sell this OP, I would be interested. But if I were you, I would keep it till the next ice age. Waiting on the 500k mile thread.

Really strange you posted this yesterday. I literally had pretty much the same thought yesterday too. I may be cutting my commute by 130 miles/day down to just 45 miles/day. I've got too many cars now with a new one on the way, arriving sometime mid next year.

I'll never get rid of the Z4 Coupe, nor the Z3. I really like the E46 Cabrio I picked up in 2019. The E90 would make sense to sell, but at 400K+, trying to convince someone to buy it would be a really tall ask. I had the thought that someone on E90 Post who has followed along on my trip might want to take over stewardship of it and see how far she'll go. If I go through with the commute change and rotate cars on a daily basis, 45 miles per week would take 40 years more to hit 500,000. I'll be way past dead by then. LOL.

I was probably never going to hit 500,000 anyway, since the E90 splits the daily duties with the E46 along with once a week for the Z4, add in twice a month for the Z3 too, it sees only 10K/year now, and I'm hanging up the cleats in about 5 years anyway.

And I still get depressed for selling the E30 in 2006; so getting rid of the last of the breed and probably BMW's finest iteration of the classic rear-drive 4-door sports sedan (sans TV screen) in manual trim/hydraulic steering with a historic N/A in-line 6. I grimace at the thought.

[F30lolz]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

And I still get depressed for selling the E30 in 2006; so getting rid of the last of the breed and probably BMW's finest iteration of the classic rear-drive 4-door sports sedan (sans TV screen) in manual trim/hydraulic steering with a historic N/A in-line 6. I grimace at the thought.

We all have that one or two we regret letting go. For example, I let go of a e39 M5 back in 2013 and a e34 M50TU/5 speed in 2007. However, you’ll get a bidding war on this forum in today’s market for your e90 with all of the documentation/dedication you’ve put into this car.

I wonder what dealerships/Carmax would offer for your car? $750? $1k?

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by F30lolz

We all have that one or two we regret letting go. For example, I let go of a e39 M5 back in 2013 and a e34 M50TU/5 speed in 2007. However, you’ll get a bidding war on this forum in today’s market for your e90 with all of the documentation/dedication you’ve put into this car.

I wonder what dealerships/Carmax would offer for your car? $750? $1k?

I'd think just $500. I'd hate to sell it to a fellow E90 Post member and then have the engine or transmission grenade soon after (I doubt it will though). I last changed the oil at 410,000. It used a quart/liter in just over 3,130 miles, which I think for the age and miles on the engine, that's pretty damned good IMO. It's been at that level of oil consumption for well over 100,000 miles, which seems to indicate it has reached a level of stasis regarding oil consumption. If my commute changes, I'll go over to the 12-month OCI; I'd bet the N52 would go "WTF?" - LOL

Keeping track of the fuel consumption since day one, it's barely dropped a few tenths of a MPG over 400,000 miles, and the engine still pulls seemingly as strong as it ever has. Occasionally the trans will be difficult to find 1st gear; I usually need to just declutch and let the cogs move a bit.

The HVAC auto mode has been acting a bit strange lately. The rear level sensor has been inactive since 274,000 and I replaced it once to no avail. The radio faceplate dims once heated up, which is a common issue. CDs get stuck in the radio if I don't use CD player much. I need to reupholster the driver's seat foam (I've had the parts for like two years now - LOL). The engine remains leak free for now. The trans shift shaft seal leaks, but really it has most of time after 200,000 miles. I replaced it when I had the trans out for the clutch at 293K and it started leaking again somewhere around 360K IIRC. It's a 400,000 BMW, what would anyone expect; it's old and used, but it does have the Turner Motorsport aluminum belly pan (a must-have for any E9X)

Impromptu 413,000 mile update...

[bmwx32015]

500K is a must now

[2one3E90]

Becayse of you i have 3 e90s now. And love them dearly. They all are fun fast and exciting. Also having friends at bmw helped me so much but i still use the forums for questions. I have tracked and use my e90s for daily commute. I have different itirations of them and the most expensive fix was disa valves. ALL MY E90s have DISA VALVES. 2 Sulev 328i and one 330i. My 328i are both Lci. I have two manuals and one auto. I love my auto dearly. Since i got it i have shifted it at redline everyday 7000rpm and tracked it in manual mode countless times. All e90s have seen super hot weather and cold climates. Theres not a better car that can go racing at the track in the morning. Then go fishing in evening. and out to dinner or hookah bar late at night with. Its so comfy and fun to drive. Everyone loves my interior and speaker quality. E90 for me is the best car ever. As a student. I can do most Diys and its good on gas.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by bmwx32015

500K is a must now

It will never reach 500,000 miles in my lifetime. I do not commute 175 miles per day anymore.

[eljay]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

It will never reach 500,000 miles in my lifetime. I do not commute 175 miles per day anymore.

It's time to put it on a roller and let it run at highway speeds and see how far it will go. LOL Some BMW R&D department should buy it for that purpose.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

I'd think just $500. I'd hate to sell it to a fellow E90 Post member and then have the engine or transmission grenade soon after (I doubt it will though). I last changed the oil at 310,000. It used a quart/liter in just over 3,130 miles, which I think for the age and miles on the engine, that's pretty damned good IMO. It's been at that level of oil consumption for well over 100,000 miles, which seems to indicate it has reached a level of stasis regarding oil consumption. If my commute changes, I'll go over to the 12-month OCI; I'd bet the N52 would go "WTF?" - LOL

Keeping track of the fuel consumption since day one, it's barely dropped a few tenths of a MPG over 400,000 miles, and the engine still pulls seemingly as strong as it ever has. Occasionally the trans will be difficult to find 1st gear; I usually need to just declutch and let the cogs move a bit.

The HVAC auto mode has been acting a bit strange lately. The rear level sensor has been inactive since 274,000 and I replaced it once to no avail. The radio faceplate dims once heated up, which is a common issue. CDs get stuck in the radio if I don't use CD player much. I need to reupholster the driver's seat foam (I've had the parts for like two years now - LOL). The engine remains leak free for now. The trans shift shaft seal leaks, but really it has most of time after 200,000 miles. I replaced it when I had the trans out for the clutch at 293K and it started leaking again somewhere around 360K IIRC. It's a 400,000 BMW, what would anyone expect; it's old and used, but it does have the Turner Motorsport aluminum belly pan (a must-have for any E9X)

Impromptu 413,000 mile update...

I just saw a YouTube and I thought it made sense.

When I was a kid my buddy said I could buy his top of the line Volvo for $1,000. It was literally the flagship like 6 years old. I was so excited it would be my 2nd car. His mom said we don't sell used cars to friends or family, this type of transaction has destroyed relationships. I probably begged hahahahahahaha and she made me sign something hahahahahahaha and I got the car. I drove it 8 years.

Anyway on YouTube, something similar with kid's Christian school, and YouTuber was also a mobile mechanic. The guy sued the YouTuber, lost, but YouTuber spent nearly 3 grand in attorneys fees, and was stressed out having to defend himself when he was trying to be a nice guy.

Sometimes, imho you don't want to be a nice guy and get burned. Also, you don't want to put a nice guy in a weird position either. imho best to sell cars to total strangers and keep it business....my .02

[jadams161]

That is amazing. I am surprised by some of the oil change intervals. I try not to go over 5,000 miles on my 335i and 7500 on my honda and nissan (synthetic oils)

[The Nightman]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

314,000 - New M3 Thrust Arms (2nd set) ball-joint on left side failed

Very impressive and thanks for sharing your maintenance history. How long did the M3 thrust arms last? Curious what kind of life to expect from the balljoints.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Guy Fieri

Very impressive and thanks for sharing your maintenance history. How long did the M3 thrust arms last? Curious what kind of life to expect from the balljoints.

I replaced the original factory thrust arms at 182K because the fluid had leaked from the bushings and I was getting brake chatter, the ball joints in the original arms were still good. The 1st set of M3 thrust arms lost the left ball joint at 131,000 miles of use. I installed the 2nd set at 314,000 miles. The E90 now sits at 414,000, so the 2nd set of M3 thrust arms have seen just 100,000 miles. I've not checked the ball joints recently, but last I did at 404,000 when I redid the suspension, the ball joints in the thrust arms were solid; I broke them down out of the knuckle because it makes it easier to pull the front strut out.

[Bengineer330]

I agree, the N52 is a tank. I was thinking about my old 330i today and decided to search for high mileage e90's. Found your post and it brought back all the memories. The stories, good and bad, I have with this car would consume a full night of drinking. Its crazy how attached I was to that car, she was the best purchase I ever made. This picture was just before I let her go, May 28th 2020, she had some issues at the end and I decided to move on. I donated it to a local High School kid who loves BMW's and I give him knowledge when needed. Maybe he'll beat you too 500k...

In the end, the car didn't give up on me, I gave up on the car.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Bengineer330

I agree, the N52 is a tank. I was thinking about my old 330i today and decided to search for high mileage e90's. Found your post and it brought back all the memories. The stories, good and bad, I have with this car would consume a full night of drinking. Its crazy how attached I was to that car, she was the best purchase I ever made. This picture was just before I let her go, May 28th 2020, she had some issues at the end and I decided to move on. I donated it to a local High School kid who loves BMW's and I give him knowledge when needed. Maybe he'll beat you too 500k...

In the end, the car didn't give up on me, I gave up on the car.

He definitely will and hope he does; my commute now is 23 miles round trip a day, split between 4 BMWs. High miles on my E90 was never a goal; it was just a necessity. Gaining miles at 3 times the rate of most people let me find the E90 flaws earlier. Repair documentation in the early years was limited. I thought posting about specifics at 100,000 mile intervals would help the E9X community, which from PMs over the years indicates so.

It's good to see a few other owners hit high mileage events because it just proves my car is not an anomaly. With yours, there are now 3 E90s that have seen 400,000 miles recorded here on E90 post. Had I not bought the Z4 in 2014 and the E46 in 2019, my E90 would have hit 500,000 sometime in early 2019. Like I said 500K was never a goal, nor was 400, or 300. I was going to stop at 250,000 TBH, but as we agree, the E90 is a tank.

[mecheng77]

Originally Posted by Bengineer330

I agree, the N52 is a tank. I was thinking about my old 330i today and decided to search for high mileage e90's. Found your post and it brought back all the memories. The stories, good and bad, I have with this car would consume a full night of drinking. Its crazy how attached I was to that car, she was the best purchase I ever made. This picture was just before I let her go, May 28th 2020, she had some issues at the end and I decided to move on. I donated it to a local High School kid who loves BMW's and I give him knowledge when needed. Maybe he'll beat you too 500k...

In the end, the car didn't give up on me, I gave up on the car.

Originally Posted by Bengineer330

I agree, the N52 is a tank. I was thinking about my old 330i today and decided to search for high mileage e90's. Found your post and it brought back all the memories. The stories, good and bad, I have with this car would consume a full night of drinking. Its crazy how attached I was to that car, she was the best purchase I ever made. This picture was just before I let her go, May 28th 2020, she had some issues at the end and I decided to move on. I donated it to a local High School kid who loves BMW's and I give him knowledge when needed. Maybe he'll beat you too 500k...

In the end, the car didn't give up on me, I gave up on the car.

Impressive, was it a 2006?

[Bengineer330]

It was a 2006 E90 330i Manual transmission, no navigation. I avoid buying old cars with Nav because they are so dated looking.

What truly is an anomaly is the clutch that was in that car, you wont believe it but I hit that mileage with the ORIGINAL clutch! I could go WOT at 400k miles and it wouldn't slip and still had the same passing power as always. Just a great car.

Reading your post makes me wish I had taken better notes of all the things but realistically I didn't do that much to the car outside of regular maintenance like Oil changes every 5k, tires, brakes and that car saw 12 Wisconsin winters, 6 winters it lived outside full time.

The one repair that sticks out is the starter motor, I did it once at 300k and while I was waiting for the new starter to be delivered I just Bump Started it anytime I needed to go places. Got ALOT of weird looks at gas stations, grocery stores ect. as I'd be pushing it and quickly jump in and pop the clutch. Couple old guys would give me the thumbs up. Few people thought I was stealing it, no seriously they yelled that I was stealing the car.

The Starter went out again at 410k and that's the reason I got rid of it, just ran out of motivation to work on her.

I could go on and on, but really glad I found your post. Makes me happy someone else got the same love out of their BMW.

[The Nightman]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

I replaced the original factory thrust arms at 182K because the fluid had leaked from the bushings and I was getting brake chatter, the ball joints in the original arms were still good. The 1st set of M3 thrust arms lost the left ball joint at 131,000 miles of use. I installed the 2nd set at 314,000 miles. The E90 now sits at 414,000, so the 2nd set of M3 thrust arms have seen just 100,000 miles. I've not checked the ball joints recently, but last I did at 404,000 when I redid the suspension, the ball joints in the thrust arms were solid; I broke them down out of the knuckle because it makes it easier to pull the front strut out.

Thanks for the details. My factory thrust arm bushings failed at 60k miles so I hope the M3 arms last longer.

[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by Guy Fieri

Thanks for the details. My factory thrust arm bushings failed at 60k miles so I hope the M3 arms last longer.

I replaced mine at 45k because of a noticeable shaking. The bushings were shot, but the car was also driven in NYC which is the equivalent of 100k miles elsewhere haha. I used M3 arms and the front end is still tight at 83k.

[mrjimyjohn]

Originally Posted by Bengineer330

The one repair that sticks out is the starter motor, I did it once at 300k and while I was waiting for the new starter to be delivered I just Bump Started it anytime I needed to go places. Got ALOT of weird looks at gas stations, grocery stores ect. as I'd be pushing it and quickly jump in and pop the clutch. Couple old guys would give me the thumbs up. Few people thought I was stealing it, no seriously they yelled that I was stealing the car.

Any trick to bump starting these cars? 2nd gear, hold start button while clutching out?

[Brian86]

The clutch longevity isn't an anomaly.

I replaced mine at about 285ish. If the DM flywheel held up, the disk would have gone to 400k+.

It was really nice to get a new clutch in to lighten the pedal by about 60%. Those old work-hardened PP springs were tight.

[mecheng77]

Originally Posted by Bengineer330

It was a 2006 E90 330i Manual transmission, no navigation. I avoid buying old cars with Nav because they are so dated looking.

What truly is an anomaly is the clutch that was in that car, you wont believe it but I hit that mileage with the ORIGINAL clutch! I could go WOT at 400k miles and it wouldn't slip and still had the same passing power as always. Just a great car.

Reading your post makes me wish I had taken better notes of all the things but realistically I didn't do that much to the car outside of regular maintenance like Oil changes every 5k, tires, brakes and that car saw 12 Wisconsin winters, 6 winters it lived outside full time.

The one repair that sticks out is the starter motor, I did it once at 300k and while I was waiting for the new starter to be delivered I just Bump Started it anytime I needed to go places. Got ALOT of weird looks at gas stations, grocery stores ect. as I'd be pushing it and quickly jump in and pop the clutch. Couple old guys would give me the thumbs up. Few people thought I was stealing it, no seriously they yelled that I was stealing the car.

The Starter went out again at 410k and that's the reason I got rid of it, just ran out of motivation to work on her.

I could go on and on, but really glad I found your post. Makes me happy someone else got the same love out of their BMW.

Originally Posted by Bengineer330

It was a 2006 E90 330i Manual transmission, no navigation. I avoid buying old cars with Nav because they are so dated looking.

What truly is an anomaly is the clutch that was in that car, you wont believe it but I hit that mileage with the ORIGINAL clutch! I could go WOT at 400k miles and it wouldn't slip and still had the same passing power as always. Just a great car.

Reading your post makes me wish I had taken better notes of all the things but realistically I didn't do that much to the car outside of regular maintenance like Oil changes every 5k, tires, brakes and that car saw 12 Wisconsin winters, 6 winters it lived outside full time.

The one repair that sticks out is the starter motor, I did it once at 300k and while I was waiting for the new starter to be delivered I just Bump Started it anytime I needed to go places. Got ALOT of weird looks at gas stations, grocery stores ect. as I'd be pushing it and quickly jump in and pop the clutch. Couple old guys would give me the thumbs up. Few people thought I was stealing it, no seriously they yelled that I was stealing the car.

The Starter went out again at 410k and that's the reason I got rid of it, just ran out of motivation to work on her.

I could go on and on, but really glad I found your post. Makes me happy someone else got the same love out of their BMW.

Yes the starters are shit on these cars. Mine went bad at only 120,000km! My wife's Volvo has 2x the mileage and is also made by Bosch and it's originAl and spins strongly

Was the replacement starter also Bosch?

[2one3E90]

Originally Posted by Bengineer330

It was a 2006 E90 330i Manual transmission, no navigation. I avoid buying old cars with Nav because they are so dated looking.

What truly is an anomaly is the clutch that was in that car, you wont believe it but I hit that mileage with the ORIGINAL clutch! I could go WOT at 400k miles and it wouldn't slip and still had the same passing power as always. Just a great car.

Reading your post makes me wish I had taken better notes of all the things but realistically I didn't do that much to the car outside of regular maintenance like Oil changes every 5k, tires, brakes and that car saw 12 Wisconsin winters, 6 winters it lived outside full time.

The one repair that sticks out is the starter motor, I did it once at 300k and while I was waiting for the new starter to be delivered I just Bump Started it anytime I needed to go places. Got ALOT of weird looks at gas stations, grocery stores ect. as I'd be pushing it and quickly jump in and pop the clutch. Couple old guys would give me the thumbs up. Few people thought I was stealing it, no seriously they yelled that I was stealing the car.

The Starter went out again at 410k and that's the reason I got rid of it, just ran out of motivation to work on her.

I could go on and on, but really glad I found your post. Makes me happy someone else got the same love out of their BMW.

How did you get rid of it and would u not do it if you had the chance again? What else broke on the car? Speakers? Sensors? Plastic stuff? any leaks?

[John 070]

The real beauty of it is to know the 400k was put on by one person.

The highest I ever reached was 237k on a Nissan.

My mom's Acura, there are examples on YouTube over 500k, and my Lexus 1 mil. But will my mom or myself ever see those numbers, impossible. Time is the enemy to these car's reaching those numbers...

I hope to see this car hit 500 and 600k!