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Old 05-09-2015, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by d-ray657 View Post
Besides a prestigious name, what else goes in to making an older vehicle one that will catch a premium price?


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For me, I had never owned a BMW or thought much about them until I bought the '84 533i pictured above from a friend who had babied it.

I liked the style and after prob. putting my mechanic's kid through college the first year of ownership, learned to do maintenance and repair on it myself.

In the course of replacing worn parts and puttering around I discovered these old BMWs were over engineered for their time and are safe. When you want it stop, it STOPS - turn, it turns immediately.

The M30 motors are bulletproof - change the oil and adjust the valves when you are supposed to and they will go 300,000 easily.
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