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I owned an E46 for 10+ yrs, 2001 330CI 2door, 5sp manual, awesome car, 48k miles, drove it till about 100k miles. I spent most weekends under that beast fixing little crap, mainly plastic, to keep it running, loved the car but it finally wore me down. Everything Scotty said is 10X true, you better be a competent mechanic if you buy a used BMW, and oh yeah, being crazy helps!!
im from Eastern Europe, we got a bunch of 20yo diesel manual transmissions BMWs running like champs... the odometers are all cut by half, and they still run amazing
In the 90's, I had a 1995 BMW 328i coupe from new and I really miss it. Huge fun to drive. That engine was smooth enough to run to a true 150mph back in the day. The one that Scotty was diagnosing was 24 years old and still ran really well.
I'm as surprised as you are Scotty, this thing is amazing. I never expected an old BMW to stand the test of time, the young man definitely got himself a great deal
I have a '94 740iL with 235k miles that's still running strong. Very little plastic under the hood, except for the dress-up cover and the radiator tanks. On modern BMWs, you're not going to convince me they build them out of plastic because it's cheaper to build, no, they build them out of plastic so they break sooner.
Scotty me ol fruitcake, great vid thanks. In my opinion these German cars are great vehicles for us here in Europe cos we can get parts and servicing anywhere and they run well for many years and miles. We purchase mainly diesel cars and NOT the very big engined petrol cars that you guys prefer. Also the service guys in Europe tend to know how to look after these cars, we have loads of independent service places run by former employees of the various factories so they really know their way around these cars. I used to live and work in the UK Midlands for instance and many ex Jaguar and Land Rover guys can look after your car. I own an Audi S4, 2006 with 220k kms on the clock and she runs GREAT, my van is much never Mercedes Vito 2017 with 245k kms. Neither consume any oil and I travel frequently to the UK, Spain, Germany France and Italy and both run great.
Because they can. My brother works for BMW and he tells me all the time how customers just want to drive what they're driving, the hell with the cost. Dealerships are more than happy to oblige. For example, spark plugs available almost everywhere have a markup at BMW dealerships of 300-400%. You need a replacement for that cracked plastic charge pipe? Right over here, pay at the window.
As watching years Scotty's great stuff, we all know most cars can run 200k if their maintenance are done properly from the first owner... All chaos come when things go side ways...😂 But, we got Scotty as the benchmark🎉
I had an 00 328ci coupe back in the day. Great engine and manual transmission. Very smooth. Friend helped me fix a vacuum leak it developed. Mechanically sound other than that $5 fix. Clips in the sunroof kept breaking and a trim piece that went around the top of the drivers window and down the door kept falling down. Dealership couldn’t fix it long term. Really good car
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory had a molten salt reactor that ran for 13000 hours at full power from 1965 to 1969.and used fluoride salts and it became the first reactor ever to run on uranium-233 and thorium . It's design was said to be inherently much safer than the nuclear reactors we have today.
There’s only one problem with thorium reactors: you can’t make weapons with them. And that’s the _ONLY_ damn thing the US government-and therefore the nuclear industry-cares about.
well liquid sodium doesn't sound "save" to me. Somewhere there must be heat exchange with water. Hope there will never be a leak. Sodium and water don't mix well.
@@gargoyle7863 Our nuclear reactors run at high pressure and must circulate water through the reactor even when shut down the liquid fluoride salt reactor is a low pressure reactor and if the circulating pumps stop there is a freeze plug at the bottom of the reactor and cutting power to the freeze plug will cause all of the liquid salt to drain into a storage tank which stops the reaction with NO chance of a melt down. Also most the waste products are a lot less radioactive. If there were a leak the salt would solidify quickly. And you assume wrongly that sodium is involved as there are many types of salts and sodium chloride is just one type , It uses a"fluoride salt" NOT fluoride + salt .
I have a 2001 330xi and have had very few issues. It is an extra vehicle for us now because I can’t part with it. I made the mistake of buying another BMW about ten years ago and it was a total waste of money.
2000 328i here. Had it for 5 years since 2013 to 2018. It was fun to drive and the engine was flawless. In line 6 was just so good. I would say the automatic transmission was build very solid too. But it was an endless money pit. Leaking oil here and there every 6 months or so, cracked plastic parts everywhere. However parts were readily available and there were a lot of aftermarket quality parts as well as tons of DIY tutorials videos etc. This car got me into many DIYs and blessed me we fun+frustrating memories.
I have had 2 BMWs, 3 Merc’s , 4 Audi’s , 3 Porsches, and 4 VWs. Most have been great. The worst was a Merc GL 320 FIng nightmare. Best were the Audi’s. Currently have a 2015 A6 Biturbo diesel SLine. Fantastic car. So much power and excellent fuel economy. The trick is to be fanatical about maintenance. Very important.
Hi. I owned this rig for 9 yrs. 2L 4 Cyl petrol. It was great. But then bought E91 and this was the end with BMW. Now I am with Toyota (Avensis) and not going to change at all.
i love your UV dye leak detection method. I can't find any mechanic here who use this method. My car loses coolant over time, which require to top up 200-300mL every month (roughly so).
The older BMWs built in Germany are miles ahead of what they're putting out today in terms of build quality. I've got a '97 Z3 with the same engine and trans as this, and it runs silky smooth after 120k miles. The mostly plastic cooling systems are the Achilles heels of these cars though. One of the few parts I've had to replace on the car is the radiator because one of the plastic tanks on the side cracked. Other than all the stupid plastic they put on these things, I don't have any real gripes with the BMWs from this generation.
My '87 325i has 250k miles, my '01 330ci has 234k, and my '01 X5 has 151k. All online 6-cylinder, all 5-speed manual. All run great! Yes, the plastic crap can be annoying but the cars are FUN to drive!
I’m betting the plastic intake manifold is where it’s leaking antifreeze especially if it uses dexcool which is notorious for rotting your cooling system, I use nothing but traditional green in my 02 Chevrolet with 199K, that bmw is an excellent vehicle especially being a standard shift trans
One of the best German cars EVER made is the Mk4 (4th gen) Volkswagen GTI VR6 with the 24v naturally aspirated engine. This car is a panzer tank! I've had mine as my daily driver for 21 years now, and it's been more reliable than a Toyota! The only problems all these years were a broken cooling fan and a replaced MAF sensor. I still have the original timing chains too. The engine purrs like it's still new, and the 6-speed manual transmission shifts cleanly and crisply, even after all these years, and never changing the manual tranny oil! I'm not kidding. TWENTY-ONE YEARS!
2/3 of Washington's electrical energy is from 1 dam that also provides Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming as well. We pay 11 cents not 30-45 like in California. WA is the ONLY 0 emissions state. I am surrounded my Tesla's as a results. 1/3 of my neighbors have one. I just have 2 Camry's. Solar is best distributed (and on-grid) not centralized, unlike wind and tidal which should use farms. Solar has a 10 - 15 year lifespan for panels but the rest can last decades as long as you avoid batteries.
Thank you so much Scotty. Your videos are always so informative and with a little research the average person can figure out what's wrong with their car and save thousands of dollars. Keep up the great job. God bless you and happy Fourth of July!
BMW 6 cylinder petrol or diesel engines are the reason to buy them, the 4 cylinders are nothing special and expensive for what they are. My favourite Spanish mechanic said that a known weak point was the plastic butterflies inside the plastic intake manifolds, these break and can do horrible things like fall in the cylinder.
We have an american Ford Focus 1, very old and the dashboard does not start up 8 times of 10 with the turn of the key. Apart from that the car runs smoothly. It does however bother us that we can't see speed and the fuel gauge doesn't work. In damp weather the probability of dashboard starting drops almost to 0. We are planing to unmount the dashboard, but is it realy what we think, faulty connector?
These are great cars with the stick shift and now are worth money. I think the 1980's models were even better built. Not as much plastic. The new BMW's forget about it.
What do you think about new BMW's? I have an eye on a brand new 218 Series (2022) for 38k, i don't make more than 6k miles per year, there reason i'm on this car is that i want something flashier than a Hybrid Corolla Sedan, do you think that it will be worth to buy ?
I’m not a bmw owner. But bmw is plastic ok. What’s better metal ? Metal rusts, you end up with a rust bucket. I’d rather have pieces of plastic to replace here and there which I always know I can order, rather than a pile of rusty metal replaced by another rusty piece that was sitting in a junk yard.
The second reason that I would not buy a German car is that they are unnecessarily over-engineered (it means money to fix), the killer for me was when I saw an adjustable air control grill...
The only solution for fuel efficiency is the regular cars with manual transmission. The extra cost of an EV is more than the fuel cost of the life of a gasoline car. And you can drive coast to coast.
I haven’t let a mechanic touch my car since 2019 since done brakes power steering pump/high pressure line, alternator, wheel bearings drive axles, rear shocks, installed a stereo system and didn’t just replace the head unit😠 installed proper trans cooler…sad to say it’s still a 2012 Altima 2.5…but I will admit besides the known cvt issues…I have not been able to kill the engine…just need to change the oil…there’s more I’ve done…give me the proper lift and tools I could fix anything on it
I miss my 97 328is. My 2010 expedition has stupid plastic rad hose connections. One cracked the other day and filled my sparkplug with antifreeze. I'll take an old BMW over a Ford any day.
Wow, learned a lot. I always find Scotty so fun... he's always hyped up and does look like those advertising blowup advertising armwaving dolls (?) ... they must have a name.
Liquid Sodium cooled nuclear plants are not new. That dates into the late 60s at least. IDK what Bill's problem is. BTW, Japan is looking at turning out new nuclear plants in 3yrs.
Scotty i wish you where my mechanic. I have a 2012 Mercedes c250 turbo. And im having AC problems. Plastic crappy cooling hoses have been replaced, temperature sensor, fan works and engages. Pressure switch sensor was replace. Cabin filter replaced. Freon was put in twice. And supposedly the compressor works. It work perfect for a couple of weeks every time the freon was replaced. But it stop working. But the dam thing shows no codes. I need your help.
I think you'll find most experts in energy will say it will take a variety of solutions to guide us into our more electric future. It won't be all solar, it won't be all wind, it won't be all wave action or geothermal, and it won't be all 'nuke. Our energy will come from a variety of sources. Plus, wind generators are currently expected of having lifespans of 20-25 years. Additionally, solar panel arrays are good for about 25-30 years. That's almost an eternity in time considering how fast technology is changing today.
I got this from car’s website: In addition to the Easy Fuel system on Ford’s lineup, there’s only other vehicles we’re aware of with a capless fuel filler are the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Cadillac XTS. The article was from 2012 and I couldn’t find any numbers or percentages for the cars making them in that way. I thought it was still pretty rare but I drive an 07 Focus and the 2 bosses in the house have 2016s, both with the caps. I do my best to keep them away from new cars.
Mercedes Benz is the best german car..my 2014 sprinter got 257000 miles and it hauls day in and out..fully loaded..never let me down..but i maintain it myself..oils,..brakes,clutch..🤔🇩🇪👍
The last of the really good BMWs and Mercedes were the early 1990s. Everything was made out of metal. My dad had a 1985 325e that was a tank. 300k miles and you know what killed it, a huge deer ran into it at 60mph…totaled it. My father was heartbroken. I purchased a 2003 530i sport in 2006 with 28k miles. It was great car until 130k miles and then I started having oil leaks, cooling issues, electrical issues. But I will say that interior looked brand new when I finally got rid of it at 185k miles.
I have 4 BMW's and they are all automatic transmissions and I had to rebuild one at 213,000 plus miles because I listened to a person who knows about cars but not about bmw and caused my transmission to fail. I went to Absolute where I live in Denver and Dan told me to change the transmission fluid every 40 to 50,000 miles. My other transmissions have lasted over 260,000 plus, since Dan has recommended me to change it. BMW's are good cars but many mechanics indicate that lots of new cars have lots of plastic parts in them not just bmw. Dan has told me that his friend has a BMW 325I with over 1,287,000 plus miles. You just have to take care of your vehicle.
Bury it underground. But first you’ll have to get past the millions of Karens who couldn’t pass a math or science class but are damn sure they know exactly how everything in the world works.
