@edyvw , I cannot even wrap my head around putting a starter under an intake manifold. Bring your wrenches and lend a hand, please.Are you saying you are not changing starter once a year?
@edyvw , I cannot even wrap my head around putting a starter under an intake manifold. Bring your wrenches and lend a hand, please.Are you saying you are not changing starter once a year?
I am just saying, this discussion is on par: “everything went downhill after they abandoned hydramatic.”@edyvw , I cannot even wrap my head around putting a starter under an intake manifold. Bring your wrenches and lend a hand, please.
@edyvw , I cannot even wrap my head around putting a starter under an intake manifold. Bring your wrenches and lend a hand, please.
BMW= Bring My Wallet.
about 3/4 of that type of car are leased , so the 1st "owner" is a leasee. gets it all for the price of renting a new car.
it is the 2nd and especially the 3rd owner who gets to pay the accrued hidden interest on those type of automobiles.
Well, I'm at about 220K and this thing is perfect. Borrowed time, perhaps?Realistically, the original starter might make it to 150k then you get a good quality replacement and make it another 100k.
Pulling off the intake twice in a 300k ownership period is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
I prefer vanilla in my ice cream cone, rather than on my car.I like white cars and trucks.
Its been a long time since any van was easy to work on. maybe a 1965 Econoline with the 200 six wasn't too bad.. but its went steadily downhill ever since then.Still, easier job than spark plugs on my Toyota minivan
2 objections..white is an actually color, titanium grey or any grey or silver is not a color.I prefer vanilla in my ice cream cone, rather than on my car.
There are some nice whites out there in the automotive world, but not with my money.
I like my cars to actually have a color on them.
Rosso Etna on the Stelvio.
Dark Blue Metallic on the Cayman.
Nero Metallic on the Abarth.
Ducati Red for the 848, while the SuperSport is Titanium Grey, and my wife's Scrambler is Silver.
For me, white gets shamefully filthy driving in the winter.
Had a white patrol car many decades ago, and promised myself that I would never subject myself to that willingly, ever.
woman I know loves em, leases a new Bimmer every couple years... drops it off for the "free service",, they give her a loaner... picks her car up and drives it,, then gets another... that buying method suits people who understand they will have a car payment the rest of their life..Yep, I agree with you.
I was thinking about leasing an M3 or M4 Competition, beautiful cars that are basically throw away vehicles after 50K miles when they start breaking down and big $$$ repairs.
Are you saying you are not changing starter once a year?
I cannot even wrap my head around putting a starter under an intake manifold. Bring your wrenches and lend a hand, please.
Yep, I agree with you.
I was thinking about leasing an M3 or M4 Competition, beautiful cars that are basically throw away vehicles after 50K miles when they start breaking down and big $$$ repairs.
Me too.I like white cars and trucks.
Hmm, since when? M3 are after Miata most popular vehicles on the track. They ain’t there bcs. they break down.Yep, I agree with you.
I was thinking about leasing an M3 or M4 Competition, beautiful cars that are basically throw away vehicles after 50K miles when they start breaking down and big $$$ repairs.
I always tell people, if you want to know how tough vehicle is, go to your local track and check what people drive.Not saying you are wrong, but if you just google “high mileage M3” and click on “images”, you’ll see that that there are plenty of M3s with large odometer readings
Late model BMWs has become to high mileage what Dan Quayle was to the Vice-Presidency.
Come to think of it. Do Yuppies still buy BMWs?
That’s better than the Land Cruiser that has it near the passenger exhaust manifoldOur trusty 2001 Tundra V8 has the starter under the intake. Why? A possible failure keeps me up at night.
Not saying you are wrong, but if you just google “high mileage M3” and click on “images”, you’ll see that that there are plenty of M3s with large odometer readings