On a scale of "Honey no buying cheese this month" to "Honey forget about paying the mortgage", how bad an idea is this?

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
02/06/2017 at 01:15 • Filed to: None

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11 year old BMW with almost 200,000kms.

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$13,998cad/$10,751usd

195,198kms/121,290miles

Love the bangle butt.

DISCUSSION (27)

AestheticsInMotion > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 01:19

Let’s be honest, the kids weren’t going to make it to college anyways”

500 Days of Kittens > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 01:19

I have no fucking idea but I hope the consensus is good because I want it in my pants. Damn.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > AestheticsInMotion
02/06/2017 at 01:21

I’ll fix it. “Hey, you won’t be getting the child support payment this month. The BMW needed an oil change.”

gmctavish needs more space > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 01:59

Those are my favourite wheels for the E63, that one looks really great.

Those have the N62B48, which is not the best V8 BMW ever made. It’s complex, but it’s not as bad as the hot vee turbo V8s. Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me can chime in, once the BMW engines go from M to N, I stop knowing much.

pip bip - choose Corrour > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 02:01

who needs a house to live in when you can just drive around in it

garagemonkee > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 02:18

‘member that time Tavarish shocked everyone buy writing a thousand words on how terrible BMW motors are? I ‘member.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 02:18

From what my BMW tech friends have told me these are terrible cars that make a 220 V12 S-class look reliable. Apparently the engines in these eat valve guides and seals and smoke like crazy from all the oil they consume. They also leak from everywhere. And something about ticking a lot? They made it sound like the valve guide problem affects pretty much every single one of these at a certain age. Apparently they’re still much better than the newer turbo engines.

gmctavish needs more space > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
02/06/2017 at 02:32

This explains why like half the X5s I see are blowing blue....

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > gmctavish needs more space
02/06/2017 at 04:00

Yup. Since the other half are I6's!

shop-teacher > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 07:17

This is more like, “Is debtors prison still a thing?” Bad.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 07:59

Truth be told: this is “Honey, we are going to have to sell your wedding ring” territory. Possibly. Likely after the first ridiculous repair.

If it was a 635/640i with a six cylinder, then maybe. If you have any valuation of money, you won’t buy a V8 powered BMW.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
02/06/2017 at 08:07

The valve lifters are also ridiculous on these. Same problem as with the N52 six, where they can slowly lose captured oil back to the sump, so the lifters are almost dry. But it takes running the engine fast to get oil back up to them and quiet them down.

And if you don’t run to redline with any kind of regularity, God help you when you get deposits on the oil lines to the lifters.

At one point, the stated warranty fix (assuming you complained enough to the regional rep that ticking lifters shouldn’t happen on a BMW, even if they are declared “normal operation”) was complete replacement of the head.

Oh and they did make some design tweaks to the replacement heads (at least on the N52).

Tazio, Count Fouroff > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 08:21

Beautiful car! in beautiful shape *plus* that magic 3rd pedal, not the Curse of the SMG

You don’t mind wrenching, right? (to the extent possible on a modern BMW; and assuming no major overhauls lol — I know of N62's approaching 100K miles with just routine maintenance)

*if* it has full maintenance records offer the equivalent of USD $8700

...If you don’t, I might have to! (jk)

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 08:56

Who needs a house anyways? They just cost money to maintain...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
02/06/2017 at 10:10

Ahh yes, that sounds familiar

functionoverfashion > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 10:19

I know, I know, V12 luxury coupe depreciation is a well-documented phenomenon. But still. $10k!? This is pushing $100k new, I’m sure. That’s apocalyptic depreciation. I spent about $10k on my 3-series wagon, and it’s been a great car for the money, but then it’s got a proven N/A I6 instead of this monster V12. And it was probably $35k new?

Imagine the looks I’d get dropping off my kids in this thing, instead of the wagon which has been mistaken by different people to be both a Subaru and a VW jetta. I mean, not exactly car people you might say, but still.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > functionoverfashion
02/06/2017 at 10:39

This has a V8, not a V12...

gawdzillla > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 11:17

wait till that first repair bill hits lol, you’d be right back at the MSRP

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 11:39

It would mean “Honey, we can get rid of the Juke.”

Vicente Esteve > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
02/06/2017 at 11:54

Newer turbo engines are worse??

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Vicente Esteve
02/06/2017 at 11:56

BMW tech friends have said, and I quote “the new turbo engines are garbage”

functionoverfashion > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/06/2017 at 12:49

Right! I stand corrected. Too late to ninja edit...

Vicente Esteve > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
02/06/2017 at 15:12

Did he mean the V8s or the 4 pots? I have heard the V8s are terrible but not much about the N20.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Vicente Esteve
02/06/2017 at 15:38

Oh V8's, my bad. One of them had a F30 320i for a while on lease. Never had anything bad to say about it except that he thought they were underpowered.

Vicente Esteve > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
02/06/2017 at 17:19

I see. It seems BMW still has no clue how to make V8s

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Vicente Esteve
02/06/2017 at 21:18

Or make anything last longer than a piñata at a 7 year old’s birthday party

19JRC99 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
02/07/2017 at 02:52

Honey, you may wanna get some divorce papers.