The basic car is very strong, and will last well. Many of the common wear items can be found on the net for cheap, like brake rotors etc. There are expensive parts on the car, and they can break, but that can be said of any car. I had an old Pontiac Sunbird. Car was cheap as chips to buy new and run, but had a few parts that were priced crazy, when taking the value of the car into account. A coil pack for most similar cars can be for for $40, but on this model, for two years only, it was almost $400!
The big 7 series was made to run up and down the autobahn all day at high speed, so most of the mechanical bits are build to take it. There are lots of electrical bits on the car, but again, for the expensive stuff, there are enough of these cars made, that you shouldn't have any problems finding the stuff used in a bone yard. I'm sure if you look around, there are places that deal in just parting out older BMWs, just as there are for Mercedes and Porsche. Like most cars, if you drop if off at the dealer for everything, it will soon bankrupt you. A friend of mine had an old '76 300D, which when to the dealer for every little thing. I could have run a small fleet of Ferraris for what he spent on it! Once a year or so, I'll go over a car, and check every electrical connection, make sure its clean, and give it a dab of dielectric grease for good measure. Also check that all the grounds are clean and in good shape. I've never had an electrical failure from a bad connection yet. Running a complicated car can be fun too, not just a burden. All depends on how you look at it. Ed 300E 2009/8/21 Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> > Ed wrote: "If the first time you write out a cheque for $1000 puts you off, > just remind yourself what a new one would cost you, and how cheaply you're > getting to enjoy a top of the range BMW. They're great cars, hope you > enjoy it." > > Good advice and well said, Ed. But, I plan to do small things $200 at a > time and hope to avoid the $1000 repair. > > Donald H. Snook > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090821/f3c9f085/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090821/33e90bb6/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
