Restoring The Leather Seats On My 409,000 Mile BMW M5 For $15. Easy DIY Seat Restoration. 

I need engine work on my 6.2 amg. Ported heads, hotter cam and other stuff. What Chicago area mechanic do you recommend for high performance rebuild?

@@handyman3320 Alex has a bunch of videos where he goes to www.fluidmotorunion.com/ It's not exactly what I would consider Chicagoland area though

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FBI fuck not again

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@ellie solis

Pelosi is a botox expert.

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I guess you could say you're a crackhead...

Definitely that there is 409,000 miles on a BMW and I haven't even watched the video yet. He must have had to dump a lot of money into it.

The mileage

@@koteletten84 if "by take care of it" you mean constantly have to take it in to get repaired after it's just a few years old then sure. I keep a car maybe 8 years and drive maybe 175,000 miles in that time. I want a car that need nothing more than regular maintenance (oil changes, etc) and things like tires and breaks. You aren't going to get that with any German cars. And when they do start needing repairs they are absurdly expensive. A German car like a BMW is good for maybe 40,000-50,000 miles. Then you are better off getting rid of it. It's just a bottomless pit that sucks in money after that.

@@jimv1983 by modern BMW standard, sure, I wouldn't keep one past the warranty. But you have bought into the stereotype that BMW's are bottomless money pits, which is absolutely false. This era and back BMW are phenomenal cars, and if they were properly maintained they do not constantly need big exspensive repairs as you say. My family bought a 1 owner 94 325is coupe with the M50B25(Inline 6 cylinder motor) with 40,000 miles in 1999. My mother daily drove it 100 miles round trip for work for 6 years, then continued to drive it daily 40 miles round trip until 2009, and I proceeded to drive the car from that point until 2011. When I sold that car, it had over 120,000 miles and only went in to the repairshop once, for a new radiator and hoses. Pretty cheap to keep that car for 12 years. And it is still on the road to this day with the person I sold it to. I currently daily drive a 97 328i with 178,000 miles and a 2003 330i with 158,000 miles, I would without hesitation load up the trunk with luggage and go across the country in either car right now. If you take care of these cars, they will take care of you, and there are plenty of older BMW's that hit 300k-400k miles. In my experience they are extremely easy to work on and that comes from someone with little to no wrenching experience. Usually the inline 6 motors only need a cooling system refresh every 75,000 -100,000 miles and they are good to go. Which is not much, you will pay that to keep any used car on the road. I have owned 4 old BMW's and they have been some of the most reliable cars I've ever owned.

@@letsplayclassicgames5024 the experience is very unusual for BMWs. They are very often bottomless money pits.

crazy box I recently found Leather Love as well; the stuff is amazing! A true restorer and conditioner. No more Leatherique. Going full time with this.

whats it like having that kind of miles on a car? does everything fall apart at a certain point?

@@h7pubg Everythings still good.👍

@@Jonc25 nice, we have 2 jags, fortunately made during the ford period, done preventative maintenance, but i really want to keep especially the xk8 forever, i would be willing to redo engine and trans and suspension down the line when it has a ton of miles (84k rn) just bc it has personal value , but idk if at a certain level everything else just fails like wiring and stuff you can’t really get to. hopefully i can keep it on the road for a long time.

@@h7pubg Still got the Merc, now showing 415 thousand miles, i won't be letting it go anytime soon. XK8 is a nice one to keep.

What if it’s not evenly distributed

Alex Polishchuk in my case its never fully dry. It doesnt give it a shine so if you miss spots just go over those.

does any of it come off onto your clothes?

Btw, 3 years ago and still looking fine.

colourlock? schöne grüsse aus schaffhausen ;)

Awesome!! Enjoy!

And I on my E39. Thankfully rear seats are mint.

I didn't for this video because i wanted to show an inexpensive method anyone can do without any special tools. But, that's a great idea.

how much does a steamer cost?

@@gregh7457 Look it up on Amazon. You can get a decent one (not vacuum combined - only steamer) for ~60$.

Thanks brother! Appreciate that

No not me but someone will.

It's already been sold back to the previous owner.

Douglas Owens ah gotcha. Thanks for letting us know

@@douglasowens4248 You know this? How much did he sell it back to the prior owner for?

I totally agree

My dad has a 15 impala that has 250k miles on it

@@casio5658 BMWs are luxury cars with expensive maintenance which is why you'll almost never see one with high mileage. This guy just knows how to take care of it.

@@mohamedbaradji7504 no its because bmws are shitboxes 😂

my E60 got 250k miles

@@casio5658 it’s because it’s a BMW M5, you actually want to drive the car lol

I know, I know. I've been swamped with family stuff. Good family stuff though

@@LegitStreetCars family is always first!

@@LegitStreetCars new baby coming home?