"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
02/28/2016 at 22:55 • Filed to: None
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"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
02/28/2016 at 22:55 • Filed to: None | 1
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We have a crappy ford freestyle, CVT, blahhhhh. There is a wonderful 2000 540i wagon with 108k miles for sale. I want it. My wife doesn’t seem to care. Ughhhhh.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
02/28/2016 at 23:01 |
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Freestyle? Aka the Taurus X? Very odd decision by Ford at the time.
Wobbles the Mind
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
02/28/2016 at 23:03 |
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Is it manual? That might be why she isn’t impressed. That or she would prefer it in brown with a nice diesel. Can’t blame her now, can you?
wafflesnfalafel
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
02/28/2016 at 23:11 |
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that needs to be frozen in liquid nitrogen so that future generations may know the genius of the e39 540 wagon... (has it got the good bbs style wheels?)
iSureWilll
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
02/28/2016 at 23:46 |
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Hopefully it's a manual. Otherwise the transmission will probably blow up soon. Either way those are cool cars. Good luck!
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> Wobbles the Mind
02/29/2016 at 00:00 |
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No, the misses prefers an auto, and thats what it is. And that’s fine because it's the family hauler.
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> iSureWilll
02/29/2016 at 00:02 |
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It sounds like the transmission is more like Russian roulette than a guaranteed 100k changeout. And it's a risk I'm willing to take as it maybe a service I'm willing to tackle.
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/29/2016 at 00:06 |
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Yeah, it’s a weird car that I got before I ever thought much about what I drove. We pretty much looked for the roomiest, most affordable, AWD vehicle. The Taurus X is actually a way better vehicle in two regards. The engine is bigger and it ditches the CVT. It goes to 60 in under 7.5 seconds as I recall. If we had a Taurus X I’d probably just put the money to a Z3 coupe instead of shopping new family haulers. Especially since my wife introduced me to the saying clitaurus. I’m grown but not grown up cause that makes me giggle.
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> wafflesnfalafel
02/29/2016 at 00:08 |
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No, the wheels are nothing special on the one I'm cheering for (not bad, just BMW OEM) but if you think that’s good, there is a 540i wagon with 65k miles also in my area. Just friggen amazing that some of these cars are out there.
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iSureWilll
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
02/29/2016 at 01:09 |
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So true on the Russian roulette. Those transmissions aren't too bad to get out. Especially on a lift. Couple of years ago my shop charged 7-8 hours for a replacment and it took roughly 5 hours.
That's gonna leave a mark!
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
02/29/2016 at 06:32 |
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Bought a 02 with 119K miles no trouble other than the plastic radiator parts needing replaced. Sold it to my nephew with 131K miles last spring.He is enjoying the hell out of it. It’s an automatic but as my nephew says, it wants to go, give it just a little gas and it takes off. Automatics give you no wifey problems.
functionoverfashion
> iSureWilll
02/29/2016 at 08:19 |
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I think the manual 540i was only sedan form, wagons are all auto in the US... I think.
itranthelasttimeiparkedit
> wafflesnfalafel
02/29/2016 at 08:26 |
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the e39 has some weird offset so it can’t use wheels from other bmws for the most part. Which means a nice set of basketweaves typically go for $800+. I am hoping I luck out at the junkyard one day.