Come back to R3V:)

[MrBurgundy]

hahaha I have an N18 Mini and it's almost as bad, but I haven't had any catastrophic engine issues, just the annoying turbo BMW things like worn wastegates/OFH gaskets/chassis stuff.
I think there are two huge factors with these: Super long oil change intervals, and a dipstick that is impossible to read.
Small/Light car + turbo + 6speed is a fun combo, so it's been ok so far.


Varg is really not selling me on the E34 touring life though...

I recommend getting a knife and cutting slits in the dipstick so you can read it.

Worst dipstick ever made lol.

[2mAn]

P.S. Facebook is cancer. I just use it for the marketplace since forums and craigslist are dead, but 90%+ of my interactions with people have been horrible.

The ONE interaction EVERYONE on Facebook needs to have is to send Mr James Crivellone a message urging him to improve R3V... the errors are so annoying...

[4tDX]

I bought a high-mileage E39 wagon a few years back as my DD while I do a refresh on my E30. It's had a quite a few issues, but nothing that has left me stranded. Nothing really unexpected with a car over 200k.

I can't stand these automatics either. The only thing that makes it tolerable is the sport and manual modes. I'd love to put a 3L MT drivetrain in it in the future.

P.S. Facebook is cancer. I just use it for the marketplace since forums and craigslist are dead, but 90%+ of my interactions with people have been horrible.

[Northern]

oh, it's all downhill from there. And dear GOD, do NOT even enter the same zip code as an N14 MINI.

hahaha I have an N18 Mini and it's almost as bad, but I haven't had any catastrophic engine issues, just the annoying turbo BMW things like worn wastegates/OFH gaskets/chassis stuff.
I think there are two huge factors with these: Super long oil change intervals, and a dipstick that is impossible to read.
Small/Light car + turbo + 6speed is a fun combo, so it's been ok so far.


Varg is really not selling me on the E34 touring life though...

[TobyB]

E34s are the beginning of the end

oh, it's all downhill from there. And dear GOD, do NOT even enter the same zip code as an N14 MINI.

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chasing E83 current draws and leaks and some rather disgusting interior... smellls...

[varg]

If anything, if an FD owner tells you a car is flawed you should take it more seriously. That's a person willing to put up with some serious flaws.

[MrBurgundy]

I'm never sure if we can take the word of any rotary owner seriously.

Dirty Dorito lovers

[roguetoaster]

LOL... anything else?

I'm never sure if we can take the word of any rotary owner seriously.

[2mAn]

LOL... anything else?

[varg]

E34's and E39's are great cars when they have been maintained their whole life, but when they haven't, they're just endless pits of despair. 95% of the ones still somehow on the roads are mechanically totaled by the amount of work they need

E34s are the beginning of the end for my relationship with BMWs. Maintenance be damned, the HVAC controls in the E34 are a mess to diagnose with a number of revisions so it's difficult to find any good information, and the board is epoxy coated so it's basically impossible to repair. Maintenance isn't going to stop them from failing each one is a time bomb. The fact that there's no base model manual unit like what is in the E30 that you can upgrade to to get rid of the malfunctioning junk has caused me a lot of frustration. Then there's the hatch wiring, the door brakes ripping out of the doors, the crappiest possible door cards, the internal door mechanism failure mode that leaves the door stuck shut inside and out so you have to pray you don't wreck said crappiest possible door card trying to get the door to open, window regulator clamps pulling off the window glass, dealing with the window trim to get the glass in and out, the total dogshit quality wiper mechanism, the cars burning down because the HVAC box design funnels debris into the blower resistor...

[Northern]

(5) Nobody posts in their own threads


...

Bro I don't even work on my own car. I can't physically post any more word-vomit non updates in my build thread or it'll burst.

[MrBurgundy]

E34's and E39's are great cars when they have been maintained their whole life, but when they haven't, they're just endless pits of despair. 95% of the ones still somehow on the roads are mechanically totaled by the amount of work they need

Facts

Also can be said about most cars..

Luckily I bought mine from the original owner and I was the mechanic for part of its life so that shit purrrrs

[E30SPDFRK]

E34's and E39's are great cars when they have been maintained their whole life, but when they haven't, they're just endless pits of despair. 95% of the ones still somehow on the roads are mechanically totaled by the amount of work they need

[Northern]

Facebook is only good for buying/selling. Reddit is just karma farming to an extent. Not many good conversations there.

Sometimes there's an obscure facebook post/group for some things that I'd never find out otherwise. I used to care more about that, but can't be fucked now.

Reddit I comment on some stuff, usually recurring topics. I try not to be mean, but I try to be honest about how dumb some shit is.

[TobyB]

My experience has not been like that....

Greatest sedan ever made

And see? that's why there are all sorts of different cars for different people!

But of course, since it's R3V we call each other #waffles and vow to race if we ever meet.
Your E39 will slaughter my E46, anyway, but I can out- slalom your V8 piggee...

....which I freely admit is a far better car for a road trip than just about anything else
BMW ever made, even though I would trade the E39 wagon for an E34 wagon in a heartbeat.
And Dear God, WHY did they put such slushy automatics in the things?

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social media is inherently anti- social