This is actually the difference between someone who knows how to look after their car vs someone who replaces anti-freeze with water from his lunchbox flask.
Well depends, if you buy 50/50 then you don’t need water but if you are like me and your first time buying anti freeze you buy pure anti freeze and not the other than you will need to add in 50% water yourself
@@Bruh-xi6su Probably because it's the stuff I grew up around in the late 2000s-early 2010s but I for some reason don't think anything ~1990 and newer is "old"
Maintenance, know how, be your own experienced mechanic, on any car. Don't rely on anyone you can't trust. Be smart and learn your menu. Most self made mechanics are experts in their field. When you want to learn, you will..! The expert was once a beginner..self taught technician for over 45 years. And hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings, just do it yourself.
This video definitely shows the problem. Rather than fix the coolant leak, he simply opens the hood every single day and pours water into it. He also needs to get the car not starting fixed as well. There are a lot of people on the Internet who can’t grasp the concept that if you don’t fix something that’s broken, it stays broken.
Had an e46 330ci for 16 years, was my dads and then my first car. It was incredibly reliable, did not drink much oil, did not overheat, did not ever have a serious engine problem. You know why? Because we looked after it. Sadly most people that own these drive them like shit, look after them like shit, and then they sell them. It was also built like a tank, one of the strongest built cars I’ve felt.
You can't say the same for modern BMWs. With a modern BMW you can drive it well, service it well, and generallylook after it, and it will still give you repair bills.
All the random check engine lights and crap going on for no reason. Took mine to the mechanic left it there for the whole day and night. We tested everything and nothing was wrong. 😂
😂😂yeah the previous owner didn’t really take too much good care but now that I own it, I’ve replaced many parts with OEM parts and I’ve had no problems since
@@gsgcarreviews So how much profit is there in one flip? And what if some broken item pops up after you bought it and now there's no way to get out of fixing it?
Well, with those old BMWs my experience is: Everything brakes except the things you need to move. So, even when the car has technical difficulties, you can somehow make it - or you can improvise some repairs that can carry you to the next workshop, or 4,000 km away to Istanbul.
You get out of em what you put in. When things go wrong it is more expensive but you can work on it yourself or know someone that can they fire up like a plane engine. Its honestly majestic.
You say you have an old Beamer I don’t even have automatic lights on my e46😂. Still love mine even tho it hurts my everything when I have to fix it. Currently my Vanos is going so that’s that’s my mood. 😢
As a driver of a 205k 2004 e46 I can confirm you forgot a couple things: fill up 3 other fluids, accidentally pop the grill out, pop the under-headlight trim out by closing the hood, and as others have mentioned you are missing a pedal my friend
In switzerland, allmost no one drives a car older than 10 years. But I still love my 20 years old E46. Way bether than a boaring new VW Golf or so. And by how often it breaks down, it even teaches me how to work on cars.
Yes, for all the non-car people, you do have to give your car a drink. Feed the car with lots of water, doing it to your engine is also really good and keeps your car extra hydrated!
@@screamteamswedenv2234 "Please fetch the blinker fluid from the warehouse" is one of the many jokes that every budding car mechanic in Germany has to endure. There are also many other jokes such as "gearbox sand" or "V-belt grease". That is completely normal. At christmas there is the joke where you immediately have to drink a brandy whenever you tell someone he/she has a nice christmas tree 😂
My N52 still kicks hard and it's a 2008. Maintenance is really important for a BMW. Easy to work on and very reliable when they're in proper working condition.
i just got my e46 from an older gentleman, he’s had it for 23 years and it only has 112k miles.. he did maintenance, and everything has been amazing so far. maintenance is key!
In 1995 I was 16 and bought a Mercedes 300se from an auction. Learned a lot about cost of ownership, as well as the phrase "If you cant afford to buy it, you can't afford to drive it.". I still miss that car.
As an ‘06 bmw 325i owner, this is quite relatable. Problem is that my car doesn’t have a dip stick to check the oil💀it has an electronic oil checker 😭 Still love my bmw tho. BMW’s may have their issues but there’s no doubt that they look aesthetically pleasing and are reliable. Reliability depends on the year certain BMW’s are made however
Bro, we own a BMW, you know darn well it's a BMW. THE WORD Is maintenance. Done by YOU . Not the dealer to expensive. Or your other, those people give good cars a bad name. Good luck. Only BMW owners know it's the ultimate driving machine..OUT.
I know this is a meme but it's simply not true for BMW until 2005. E46 shown here are last generation of 3 series BMW that was actually good. I own an E38 7 series, that thing rarely breaks anywhere, it's built like a tank. Key is good maintenance and replacing broken parts ASAP. Still, I gotta agree, they are not as reliable as 90's Audi and Mercedes IMO but still far more reliable than literally any car made in this day.
Yup. BMW and Audi are amazing performers but you HAVE to do the routine maitnence and get them serviced on a regular basis. Overengineered to the point of being a fault. If one thing goes wrong, 3 others are effected as well.
Italian reliability issues got copied to germans as well 😂 That is why I am a proud Lexus driver and all the family for 3decades is driving just high quality Japanese tech 😎
Ive already owned 6 old BMW's and thats really not the case. If you treat them properly, as you should with every car, they are the best and most reliable for little money
Too bad the plastic parts brake so easily and cost so much. We just did timing chain job on 528i xdrive and it isn't fun. The guides, plastic of course, with it's pieces at the bottom of the oil pan. Make sure to change oil chain as well. I think they are never ending money pits.
@@giolascala7 Glad to hear you got it fixed. Old luxury vehicles like that are fun, but you just never know how extensive a repair will be. I got a 98' Cadillac DeVille with free winter tires for $1000 usd. The car will be a money pit one day, but it's like I bought tires that came with a free car. Sometimes you find a crazy good deal that makes it worth it.
@@giolascala7 I also find it funny that the CCV system prevented the startup. It's kinda related to fuel (recycling fuel vapors), but not a fuel pressure issue like I thought. Glad you got it fixed, it would have been a pain to diagnose unless you have someone that knows their BMW's.
I think these cars are designed to fall apart because the main market for them don't own them for more than a few years. No need to invest in longevity when they'll just buy the newest model.
Got 4 , yes, 4 E46 here, 99 328i 4dr, 237k, 03 325xit, 198k, 03 325ci, 139k, and the pre zhp 02 330i, only one that is a standard trans, with 49k. All run great, but I did swap the coupe zf transmission, reverse was gone.
I’ve never understood this. I daily a 2000 323I wagon and have never had to refill my radiator or had starting issues lol. My windshield washer doesn’t work tho
