About to purchase 1st 2002

[Ottomo]

I am think of buying a 2002. Curious to maintenance on these. I have other classic cars . 72 Chevy . Multiple scouts 61.62.69 and 78-79. The one I’m buying seems to have been well maintained and I have already located a few few places in Los angels that work on them but wanted to know other people experiences before I take the dive

Thanks in advance

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Also can someone tell me a little about the differences in years or point me to right directions about model changes or are certain years better to buy for first one

[shogun]

I had a 2002 1975 for 5 years, nice car, easy to service then. Here some info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_02_Series
Classified section for all BMW 2002 https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/forum/2-classifieds/
tech articles etc here https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/
parts from Germany https://cahsel.de/en/spares/
https://www.wallothnesch.com/en/?___store=eng&___from_store=ger
https://www.bmw-oldtimerteile.de/
parts catalog http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog
repair manual on CD from BMW BMW ETN 01 56 0 036 109
http://www.2002tii.org/kb/246
51 MB for download repair manual
Reparaturanleitung BMW 1500 1600 1800 1800 2000 2002
https://www.bmw2002faq.com/articles.html/technical-articles/history-and-reference/bmw-2002-service-repair-manual-r247/
http://bmw2002.terraweb.com.pt/Imagens%20Conteudo/servicos_downloads/Manual_de_reparaciones_BMW_1500-1600-1800-2000-2002.pdf