"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
06/27/2015 at 17:12 • Filed to: None
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"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
06/27/2015 at 17:12 • Filed to: None | 1
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Well, because the small, cheap part that would fix the problem on my Honda won’t be delivered before next week, I had to borrow this to go on a 2000 Km job-hunting round trip. 300k kms on the clock and still as tight as a drum.
The only thing that sucked is that I got diesel on my left hand (forgot that it’s on the other side compared to Japanese cars, had to pull the hose with my left hand, it was soaking wet). Thoroughly scrubbed it twice, still smelt like diesel. Sprayed it with deodorant, still smelt like diesel...
Oh, and before you ask, yes I went to see the comic sans people.
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LongbowMkII
> Klaus Schmoll
06/27/2015 at 17:17 |
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I’m sure that BMW parts are cheaper over there as well.
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Klaus Schmoll
> LongbowMkII
06/27/2015 at 17:26 |
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€ 500 for one E39 headlight? Don’t think so.
Cé hé sin
> Klaus Schmoll
06/27/2015 at 17:39 |
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I’ve just priced, out of curiosity, a headlight for my FTO.
£504.26.
It’s not just BMW...
MultiplaOrgasms
> Klaus Schmoll
06/27/2015 at 17:51 |
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So, a 12-15 year old BMW 5-series with 300k kms, between 20-25k km per year. Car has probably been well maintained. My dads 2006 Renault Espace, bought in ‘09 with 28k km is now at 280k, so 42k km each year, including yearly holiday trips to france with three children, dog and half a ton of luggage. Still going strong, if in pretty poor visual condition. Aside from the fact that both Renault and BMW are not known for exceptional reliability, what does this tell us?
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MultiplaOrgasms
> Cé hé sin
06/27/2015 at 17:54 |
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Might have something to do with the fact that FTOs were never sold in Europe making spare parts decidedly more difficult to obtain.
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Klaus Schmoll
> Cé hé sin
06/27/2015 at 18:04 |
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FTO?
M54B30
> Klaus Schmoll
06/27/2015 at 18:05 |
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Fellow E39 - 170,000 miles and all I’ve replaced (I’ve owned it since 70,000 miles) is a thermostat, alternator, and a window motor. E39s are reliable, contrary to what people hear from their dad’s uncle’s coudon’s neighbor.
After the end of the reliable era (when the E38/39/46 were replaced) is a different story. That’s why I stick with my 5 and haven’t replaced it with a newer one.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> MultiplaOrgasms
06/27/2015 at 18:07 |
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Maintenance trumps all. The problem is that early BMW owners tend to take abysmal care of their cars and sell them when that deferred maintenance adds up. Hondas also have crazy expensive parts, but they somehow got a specific subset of the market that takes good care of their cars, so they are rarely time bombs.
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Klaus Schmoll
> M54B30
06/27/2015 at 18:11 |
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It may also help to have one of the last ones of the production run. This one is a 2002 (as in produced/first registered in 2002, Europeans don’t do model years) so it’s the last year.
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Cé hé sin
> Klaus Schmoll
06/27/2015 at 18:17 |
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FTO
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Klaus Schmoll
> Cé hé sin
06/27/2015 at 18:44 |
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Interesting! I know nothing. Off to the googles.........
Marcus
> M54B30
06/27/2015 at 20:53 |
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180k NYC miles and still going strong
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Klaus Schmoll
06/28/2015 at 04:11 |
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Nah, Hondas are dumb. E39’s aren’t as bad as people make them out to be. Mostly just cooling system stuff worst of which would be radiators and water pumps. Unless we’re talking M5, that’s a different story entirely.
michael bleggi
> M54B30
06/30/2015 at 16:56 |
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e39s were reliable, the m6x engine family was not.....
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M54B30
> michael bleggi
07/01/2015 at 00:16 |
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M54B30 or bust(ed)