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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: BMW owners
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Sat, 22 January 2005 23:31
 
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Yes thanks B1 for doping me in
Well after owning a e28 , you could say that if your are after a medium size early german car there are way cheaper to maintain than mercs . I have had lots of early European cars and there very reliable looked after well . The one atm has never let me down in three years .
Items to watch on those models are :
cam and rocker arm wear , even at low k's {walk away}
timing chain rattle with high k's {walk away}
fuel pumps noisy on it way out {L jetronic easy system}
ball joint ends in steering system worn
in later 1985> rear trailing arm passive toe bushes
Parts are relatively cheap with lots of general parts like brake pads , fuel system , service parts fitting lots of European cars like volvo etc as well . There was about five importers of these parts in Australia say three years ago .Here now there are maybe three left and there stocks are not as good , so for some items you have to go to the dealer which aren't that bad .
Ie : complete set of brakes / discs / pads etc should cost $350
Really looking at it you wouldn't bother with a early model unless it was really well maintained . The 1985> model has lots of changes and is a much better handling car . But as the market prices have crashed badly this year 1989> e34 are really cheap and will continue to drop . And the e34 was rated as the best medium size four door sedan for many years , handles like a small car , and even smaller sized engine models still leave most domestic falcons and commodores for dead on a country road .
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Satoshi | Thu, 20 January 2005 10:09 |
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Youngy | Thu, 20 January 2005 10:44 |
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ST162GT-R | Thu, 20 January 2005 21:21 |
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HouseofAl | Thu, 20 January 2005 23:00 |
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Satoshi | Thu, 20 January 2005 23:40 |
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ST162GT-R | Fri, 21 January 2005 01:25 |
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Satoshi | Fri, 21 January 2005 04:03 |
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4agte | Sun, 23 January 2005 01:55 |
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b1gb3n | Sat, 22 January 2005 19:50 |
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improvedae86 | Sat, 22 January 2005 23:31 |
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Satoshi | Sun, 23 January 2005 09:54 |
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Nolan | Sun, 23 January 2005 10:09 |
