Buying a 10+ year old car what could go wrong?

[fatnslow]

If you get there and it's got an AMG shift knob and a trunk full of dirty gyro wrappers, please take a picture for us.

It might be a rebadged Hyundai shown by a plump lady.

[riser4]

Haha. Even a SCUD's too rich for my blood. I'm more in the category of third world RPG.

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Don't overlook the unreliability of the Scud.

[BmillsSkier]

It might be a rebadged Hyundai shown by a plump lady.

Hey, that’s somebody’s mother.

[basinbeater]

I'll be on the lookout for DD's old sled.

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[basinbeater]

Hey montucky,. I'll sell you my bmw 540i with a v8 and a 6spd manual. Only has 190k on it. Has 8 series brakes, m5 transmission. Sport seats yo.


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[BmillsSkier]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much preventative maintenance done on that sled for Austin’s tastes.

[basinbeater]

It needs more. Actually runs pretty well. Does leak oil. He could have fun resealing the timing chain guides. Also developed a vac leak the other day. I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet. Maybe tonight. [emoji6]
It has been generally reliable though, so...

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[Jong Lafitte]

Hey montucky,. I'll sell you my bmw 540i with a v8 and a 6spd manual. Only has 190k on it. Has 8 series brakes, m5 transmission. Sport seats yo.


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Braaaaaap


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[Jong Lafitte]

GAZ-21 in slightly used condition:

https://youtu.be/W3q8Od5qJio


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[BmillsSkier]

Timely.

[alpinevibes]

Austin - you want my WHIP???

Subaru - check
Questionable reliability - check
Right price - Check
Mountain West cred - check

[MontuckyFried]

Austin - you want my WHIP???

Subaru - check
Questionable reliability - check
Right price - Check
Mountain West cred - check

Haha. Not for the price that you can seriously command selling locally. I'm not joking. People are pay silly money for examples no better than yours. Pawn it off on some naive new transplant fresh off the train from Californy for $$$.

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[alpinevibes]

Haha. Not for the price that you can seriously command selling locally. I'm not joking. People are pay silly money for examples no better than yours. Pawn it off on some naive new transplant fresh off the train from Californy for $$$.

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I'll leave my 'core' ski stickers on it and they'll blend right in!

[bfree]

Not in the market but I've got a soft spot for these.

[basinbeater]

^^^ the v8 in that car was indicative of BMWs slow decline. Nice car, and nice engine, but... The m62b44 in that car is very similar to the outgoing m60b40 4.0l v8 of the e34. Key differences are the introduction of variable valve timing (vanos) and timing chain changes to accommodate the vanos system. This gives the car a flatter torque curve than the outgoing 4.0l.
To save money, they switched out the metal pulley and bearing at the bottom of the v for the timing chain and use a large u shaped plastic chain guide. They also switched from a dual width timing chain to a single width chain. The results of these changes are timing chain guides that break at less than 100k miles. To have a shop do the work it is a $3000+ job. And that is last time I checked like 5 years ago now, so probably more today. If the work is not completed, engine failure is in the future...
Otherwise, e39 540 are very nice cars. But those changes to the engine were representative of the shift of bmw to cheaper poorer build quality and it bums me out.

[MontuckyFried]

Engine issues aside, those earlier generations of BMW looked SSOOOOOO much better than the garbage they're pooping out these days. I miss 80s-early 00s BMWs.

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[skaredshtles]

Engine issues aside, those earlier generations of BMW looked SSOOOOOO much better than the garbage they're pooping out these days. I miss 80s-early 00s BMWs.

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HAWT:

[BmillsSkier]

But those changes to the engine were representative of the shift of bmw to cheaper poorer build quality and it bums me out.

I don't know how the team in Munich thought that engineering decision, combined with the Bangle experiment, followed up with a doubling down of whatever this design language is, was a recipe for success.

[gravitylover]

That 635 CSi was the last great looking BMW.

[fatnslow]

I don't know how the team in Munich thought that engineering decision, combined with the Bangle experiment, followed up with a doubling down of whatever this design language is, was a recipe for success.

Is that the new BMW FUGLY series ? Does it come in Fugly-E series as well ?

[basinbeater]

That 6 up there is gorgeous.

This car sold on bat for $55k today. Was an exciting auction. Supercharged 95 540i.

[jm2e]

I don't have the time to keep checking in here. Can someone tell me if MF bought a car yet?

[riser4]

I don't know how the team in Munich thought that engineering decision, combined with the Bangle experiment, followed up with a doubling down of whatever this design language is, was a recipe for success.

"You look like your barber and your tailor are fucking!"

[MontuckyFried]

I don't have the time to keep checking in here. Can someone tell me if MF bought a car yet?

Sadly no. Some of these recent 5 series posts are making me wanna cry tho cuz I missed out on a white 1995 525 with a 5-speed manual. Looked super clean and in perfect shape but had what may have been a bad fuel pump going off the sellers description. Was asking $1500 obo. Of course the car sold in like 30 minutes. Every. Frikkin. Time...

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[El Chupacabra]

I thought you'd decided on a RX-8?