[W126 Coupe] Off Topic BMW

[David Fatovic]

regular package 740iL.

--- Demetre at Eurospec <demetreandreou at rogers.com>
wrote:

> 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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