1991 5 series BMW

[Koing]

Friend bought this:
http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/classicdd.cfm?Account=AETA83241&VehicleID=AETV972975&Photo=http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/is/remotemanaged/AETA83241/AETV972975_1a.jpg

It has 112'000 miles on it. It is 13yrs old. The dearship said the are is *good* for 300'000 miles. THAT I just do not believe at all. The dearler even said 400'000miles if he puts some money in to it.

I'm no BMW or car pro in general but know a few things. Dad use to work in a garage for 10yrs and I picked up a few things.

I was thinking that for a car to get about 100'000 miles is a pretty dam good feat without any major problems. But 300'000 miles out of a 5 series?!

Koing

 

[CraigRT]

I believe it... it won't be maintenance free that entire time, but...

IIRC the old BMW's are fairly solid cars.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
I believe it... it won't be maintenance free that entire time, but...

IIRC the old BMW's are fairly solid cars.

AFAIK: the mechanical stuff is pretty solid. I've seen plenty of older Bimmers with 200k+ on them. It's all the peripheral stuff that will start crapping out.

 

[Turkish]

BMWs are rock solid but a couple of things will for sure fail and will cost a lot of money to fix. But let me remind you, that's only because it's a BMW. They are not cheap to buy, thus not cheap to fix. A friend of my dad has a 5 series BMW from early '90s and that car has around 270k miles on it.

 

[Gravity]

I had a 1988 535i that is chugging along at 276,000 miles. I sold it to my brother several years ago with 179,000 miles. It doesn't seem to want to quit.

Gravity

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Hahah it has a 2.0L engine.

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: Koing
Friend bought this:
http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/classicdd.cfm?Account=AETA83241&VehicleID=AETV972975&Photo=http://users.autoexposure.co.uk/is/remotemanaged/AETA83241/AETV972975_1a.jpg

It has 112'000 miles on it. It is 13yrs old. The dearship said the are is *good* for 300'000 miles. THAT I just do not believe at all. The dearler even said 400'000miles if he puts some money in to it.

I'm no BMW or car pro in general but know a few things. Dad use to work in a garage for 10yrs and I picked up a few things.

I was thinking that for a car to get about 100'000 miles is a pretty dam good feat without any major problems. But 300'000 miles out of a 5 series?!

Koing

I have a 1985 Mercedes 300SD Turbodiesel...200k miles and no major mechanical problems so far, with one exception. The AC controller failed, which is good b/c that thing was annoying to begin with. The controls were all in metric and I got confused :/ But now it's all automatic (installed a new one). Other than that, some busted fuses, checkups every 50k miles, etc. The car runs beautifully...I expect this car to make it to 300k+, but sadly I won't get to see that day. We're gonna sell it b/c we have too many cars (we=me/parents...i'm only 17)

-Eric

 

[Lithium381]

my toyota has 240k miles on it, small oil leak but nothing else wrong with it...it's an 88 cars will last a long time if you just take care of them and don't drive them like a race car all the time, keep 'em in their 2-3krpm range and don't push it.....you'll enjoy happy driving for a long time, and maintenance all the time is cheaper than repair once ..... in theory

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Lithium381
my toyota has 240k miles on it, small oil leak but nothing else wrong with it...it's an 88 cars will last a long time if you just take care of them and don't drive them like a race car all the time, keep 'em in their 2-3krpm range and don't push it.....you'll enjoy happy driving for a long time, and maintenance all the time is cheaper than repair once ..... in theory

Yours is a Toyota. The others guy had a Disel.

Well I'd say he'll be lucky to get 300k out of his BMW without a costly repair. But either way it was a chea
car to get at £3k. I'd bet him good money that car isn't going to hit 300k miles without a costly repair on that,
as most cars won't hit 300k miles.

I know it is a BMW but still. A dealer telling a customer that the car should hit 300k miles isn't the most
honest thing. Kind of asking a chef if his food is good.

Hopefully the car will last him a few years and make the purchase worth while.

Yeah it is 2litres.

Koing

 

[Haircut]

£3K seems pretty expensive for something that old.

It better be in damn good condition for that price.