[W126 Coupe] Off Topic BMW

[Demetre at Eurospec]

hey david is it a sport package 740 or a regular one
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Fatovic" <coloradocroat at yahoo.com>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:32 PM
Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Off Topic BMW


> He has just had the radiator replaced 2K ago due to a
> crack in the top neck. (sound familiar to our MBs?) 
> The computer readout is starting to go, he said there
> is an 800 number to call that many times it can be
> replaced for free due to some suit filed a while ago.
> 
> David
> 
> --- "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> The dash computer readouts are like that. Even if
>> you buy a new one from
>> BMW (I want to say they're like $500), it'll just go
>> out in 4 years.
>> I've heard that www.vdorepair.com fixes these so
>> that they don't go bad
>> again. Apparently VDO just uses shoddy wiring. I'll
>> be sending them the
>> one out of my parents' 540 this summer. Something to
>> keep in mind about
>> BMW's is that you have to be prepared to replace the
>> cooling system
>> hoses and radiator every 6 years or so. There are
>> some aftermarket
>> radiators with metal in the necks, but according to
>> the tech my parents
>> use those leak from other places so you might as
>> well get the BMW one
>> (they aren't very expensive, around $200). IIRC the
>> 540i and 740iL are
>> largely similar as far as under the hood stuff. If
>> the tranny fluid
>> hasn't been changed (i.e. he really believed BMW
>> when they said the
>> tranny fluid is lifetime) I don't think it has more
>> than 50k mile left
>> in it. Cats also may go within the next 50k.
>> Richard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
>> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of
>> David Fatovic
>> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 4:52 PM
>> To: MBCOUPES
>> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Off Topic BMW
>> 
>> Does anybody on the list have any experience with
>> late 90's BMW 740iL?
>> I am looking at a 1997 740iL.  It has 129K on the
>> clock.  I did notice a
>> couple things off the bat.  It needs to have the
>> valve cover gaskets
>> replaced. The computer readout on the dash is kind
>> of in and out.  Other
>> than that, it handles great, drives great, no
>> shortage of power and the
>> AC and all windows etc work.  
>> 
>> Just wondering if there is any experience with these
>> cars on the list.
>> Good or bad.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> David
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