E38 Replacement advice

[georgebest]

[QUOTE=kouks;30241056 I hear the newer cars with the 4 cyl turbos are not doing well. Too much pressure for the little engine to handle long term.[/QUOTE]

They are terrible to drive too, to the point that I thought something was wrong with the engine.

[Sabreslight]

My 98 740iL broke the engine block and its still sitting in the driveway broke.

Replaced it with an 01' DINAN 7. Now my commute (about once a week) is 74 miles one way in LA traffic. The old girl won't last long like that. May get an older VW Rabbit or Golf as a go-kart runaround for commuting to LAX.

The DINAN is a fun car, but still want more power, so maybe an e39 M5 next. I got my son an e39 540i Sport, nice kick in the pants, so the M5 is even better.

The newer BMWs are more plastic, but I can attest to the N55 engine (Inline 6 twin-turbo) is a great motor (in my X5). The predecessor, the N54 twin turbo is also a great motor, but the turbos tend to explode at about 120k miles, and cost about $1.5k in parts to replace (the N54 version of guides). I just bought my daughter a 2010 328i with an inline 6, no turbos, last of the great engines (M54 I think).

I hear the newer cars with the 4 cyl turbos are not doing well. Too much pressure for the little engine to handle long term.

As far as getting something else or continue to fix the old cars, that depends on your emotional attachment to the machine. My e34 was a POS, and worth less than $1k, if that. Paint was gone, HG blown, seats were torn. But it was my first BMW, and in the family for over 20 yrs. I was going to get rid of it, but my wife, who is not at all a car person said no, she said it was a part of our family and she wanted me to save it. So I rebuilt the engine, replaced the trans, got newer seats, lowered and replaced all the suspension and got a cheap paint job, all for about $7k, but the car looks great now, and all my four kids have learned to drive in it. Its part of the family and 24 yrs old. If it ever gets destroyed, I will cry.

Just wanted to hop in here, for the fact I have the same attachment on my 98 IL, this will be 10 years I've had the car and considering everything I've done to it I couldn't let it go. It's become family to me.

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