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Thanks, Mr. Luck
If a BMW tech is quite certain that $3000 will fix everything, and if the car is very clean, offer $7500 tops or keep shopping. These are fabulous cars but also Elephanto Blancos, and hard to unload---so it's a buyer's market right now for used 750s.
Can anyone tell me how difficult it is to replace the oxygen sensor on a 735il? The manual is not too clear. Thank You.
Any comments would be appreciated. Really want the car, but don't want to spend $250.00+ a month in added maintenance as I read elsewhere in this forum to expect.
Owning one of these has more to do with the passion of the experience than the budget analysis, but do not buy on impulse.
Good Luck, DAC
I'm sure I'll have to get the number closer to $9K to sell it anytime soon.
Good Day y'all!
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Do you think the dealer might let me take it to a BMW mechanic to have it checked out? Unfortunately I don't know any mechanics to take with me. Any suggestions on how I go about having this car checked out? If it were a BMW dealership I might feel more comfortable purchasing it, but from a Lexus dealer? I don't know....
Look around, these cars are cheap right now.
For service and repairs I use a small independent mechanic who specializes in Bimmers. You might look for someone like that to look over a possible purchase. Otherwise, don't laugh, try looking on Craigslist - there are sometimes ads from guys familiar with BMW's, who will do a basic check and read the computer for error codes etc. Not a guaranteed health check but better than nothing, and you get what you pay for etc etc.
Good luck in your search - it's a great car and worth spending time looking for the right one. At the prices we're talking about, you get a lot of the car for the money.
I have an 03' 745Li and am experiencing the same transmission "bump". The car has been to the dealer twice now and they can't seem to permanently fix the problem. One dealer had mentioned possibly replacing the entire transmission?? My warranty expires in about 30 days (Sept 30 2009) so I want to make sure this is taken care of and I'm not stuck with a faulty product.
I was wondering what happened with yours? Did the dealer fix your problem? If so, how?
Thanks in advance for your time.
As for the 70,000 mile service, you'd best call the dealer and REMEMBER, not everything they list will be MANDATORY---like "fuel injection cleaning", and "check exhaust system" (whatever that means).
If you found a good independent BMW shop, they'd know what you need at 70K. This doesn't sound like a major service interval anyway.
Keep in mind however, that without warranty you are buying a car that will have high maintenance costs. So figure $150 a month on average to keep everything ship-shape.
For instance, you don't "turn" brake rotors on that car. When the rotors show wear, grooves or warpage, you throw them away. 4-wheel complete brake job on that car is not cheap, probably $1200 easy. 4 tires of OEM quality will cost you $1000, if you have tire pressure monitoring system, figure $1200.
This kind of $$$ will only allow me to fish for 2002 models only (not too fond of pre 02 ones) and I am fine with that. Regrettably, that year is considered not the most sought after and has a rather low opinion among those who care. However, it seems that the reality might not be as bleak as it had been painted. Here is why I think 2002 is actually a good year for 7s.
1. Extra long BMW warranty - unlike later years 2002 have been provided an extended factory warranty by BMW to appease and retain those who bought them in the first year production.
2. The car looks is not that much different from the latter years and it should age well.
3. One can find well taken care of examples for 20K +/- making it a great buy.
One example of a well taken care of vehicle:
http://www.biancoautosales.com/carsforsale.aspx
Consequently, I am in a search for one. any advice, opinions, views are more than welcome.
Cheers!
Ideally, for $20K you should be able to find a 2003 model under 80,000 miles. You can bargain hard on these cars, as they suffer pretty harsh depreciation. Remember, in 5 years that $20,000 car is going to be worth $6000, so shoot for the newest year you can stretch that $20K towards.
Miles are very important here. Keep the miles down at all costs, is my two cents.
As for that slide from 20K to 6K in 5years. I could not live with 80K to 20K slide for this machine which is not a small change. 14K in comparison is chump change.
In the case of an aftermarket "warranty" (insurance) policy, my rule of thumb is that two things MUST be done:
1. shop around on price
2. Read the policy line by line, every stinkin' word of it, and especially the EXCLUSIONS---especially when comparing one plan to another.
Some of these policies are so sneaky that they reveal the exclusions only by mentioning what is IN-cluded...and you are supposed to infer from that what is not!
Good Luck!
After having the transmission services about 8 or 9 months ago, the surging went away. Shifted perfectly. Recently it started a "bump" when you slow from around 40 mph. Shifts identically on the way up. I am guessing from 4th to 3rd and visa versa. Etek mentions a bad o ring on the 4th or 5th clutchpack? Any suggestions?
Also, The oil change interval light is always on . Cannot get it to reset. Friend with latest Snapon tool couldn't reset it. Any suggestions?
Also, replaced brake pads front and rear, Check brake linings dash indicator still on. Tried resetting - key in #1 pos for 30 sec. nothing. Any suggestions?
Sorry for the list of issues. For such a pretty car, I wouldn't mind if it got totalled tomorrow. (without wife and kids in it of course)
Thanks for any help in advance.
I know, seems like there's only a couple ways to deal w/ these vehicles. Buy it new and take the depreciation hit, but at least it has a full warranty. Buy a CPO and take a much less depreciation hit but only have a couple "safe" warranty years. But in both cases the cars must be dumped before the warranty expires. These cars are not meant to be kept after the warranty is up unless you've got a very high level of disposable income (and don't mind being left stranded in the middle of nowhere )
Any help with the possiblities of a direction on the transmission would be helpfull.
How in the hell do you get the oil change interval reset? nothing I have tried has worked.
Do I need to replace the sensors for the brake linings to get the light to go off?
Thanks,
Doug
Maintain them correctly and they still have a rather disturbing problem of leaving you stranded. Sure they are great driving machines when everything is working as it should, just seems when they hit 100k it's pretty rare that everything still works.
:sick:
The good news is that the radiator is only $200 for this car, plus about 1.5 hours installation at my local independent shop. So it's one of the more reasonable repairs for this car.
Any way, So the car is driving perfect but its starting to do the same things before the last transmission went out. Its kinda like the car doesn't know what gear to go in. And lets say he push the gas somewhat fast, it goes but in the middle of it doing that it has like a pause then starts to go again.
He thinks it might be the Computer for the car because i believe a mechanic told him so, but We are not trying to spend a whole bunch of money on a new transmission if its just the computer. Do any of y'all might know what it could be?
Once we have some code #s, we might be able to point you somewhere that would prove fruitful.
I just bought a 2007 750li, with 47k miles on it-CPO.
The dealer was after me to add a maintainance package.
I told him to give me 2 days to think.
Any suggestion? Is it worth it?
He told me if i plan to keep the car for 3+ years then it'll pay it off. He told me that the brakes will cost 1500 and the oil changes another 500.00
Is it worth buying it? he is quoting me 2747.00
Thanks
i think i'll go for it.
I am so nervous since i have read about the maintainence and other issues with the 750. My warranty runs out in 2 months and then i have the useless CPO warranty which is bull [non-permissible content removed]. I hate myself for not checking this forum before i bought the car.
The dealer said the CPO will NOT cover only a very few things, but when i checked out it says it wont cover the nav, radio, phone etc. WOW! rip-off. Well i guess i just have to deal with it as things come.
But thanks a lot
I may also look for a extended factory warranty- any thoughts?
Every knows that Bimmer still can't get the 7 Series right. Tech problems abound. Resale is horrible. The only way to really "buy" one is to lease it and turn it back in before the warranty runs out. Unfortunately, from my persective leasing is a bad deal and I'm a buyer not a renter.
Mercedes? The S550 has a much better reputation for build quality and a lack of glitches. Resale is significantly higher. But IMHO it taks a very special person to drive an S550. Someone who wants, for better or worse, to make a statement to the world.
I'm puzzled why Bimmer after all these years can't get their flagship 7 Series closer to the norm. The high end luxo car market is already segmented and I don't think that the category of "fun, expensive, but unreliable" is sustainable. Certainly, "boring for less money and reliable" is doing well for Lexus, "prestiege and reliable" is doing well for MB, and "style with reliability for Lexus money" is going to do well for the new big Jag. Where does this leave the 7 Series??