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50,000 miles in 6 years with a 2006 750i - What did it cost??
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Soldato
Valve stem seals killed my Mazda Xedos 9 Miller.
They were a factory fault and there was a recall to have them replaced.
Unfortunately the owner of mine didn't get it done. Also around that time we moved and decided to have one car so Mazda went to scrap car grave yard - I did get about £250 for it not long after I put new discs and pads on it and the brakes were brill.
Always wanted a big BMW but it was all dreaming.
They were a factory fault and there was a recall to have them replaced.
Unfortunately the owner of mine didn't get it done. Also around that time we moved and decided to have one car so Mazda went to scrap car grave yard - I did get about £250 for it not long after I put new discs and pads on it and the brakes were brill.
Always wanted a big BMW but it was all dreaming.
Still driving this today, ticked over 120k now and still driving well.
Had a handbrake error which seems to have been caused by a jammed cable. It's slipped from the actuation lever as it will not move anymore.
However, parts (new cable and fitting kit) are ordered for about £60 and I will get it done when they turn up hopefully, and swapping out the handbrake shoes whilst they are open to the air.
I also had to redo the halo bulbs as the LEDs i stuck in there a few years ago went again. It's a bumper off job..
So i polished the headlights as they were looking a little faded whilst the bumper was out.
With all that I still want to keep it, but with a little change of circumstances coming it may not make sense.
I will be needing to do daily short trips again during the week. Not really wanting to do that sort of local milage with a 5 litre v8, I am seriously looking at buying something newer and a little less thirsty.
Had a handbrake error which seems to have been caused by a jammed cable. It's slipped from the actuation lever as it will not move anymore.
However, parts (new cable and fitting kit) are ordered for about £60 and I will get it done when they turn up hopefully, and swapping out the handbrake shoes whilst they are open to the air.
I also had to redo the halo bulbs as the LEDs i stuck in there a few years ago went again. It's a bumper off job..
So i polished the headlights as they were looking a little faded whilst the bumper was out.
With all that I still want to keep it, but with a little change of circumstances coming it may not make sense.
I will be needing to do daily short trips again during the week. Not really wanting to do that sort of local milage with a 5 litre v8, I am seriously looking at buying something newer and a little less thirsty.
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Buy a bikeStill driving this today, ticked over 120k now and still driving well.
Had a handbrake error which seems to have been caused by a jammed cable. It's slipped from the actuation lever as it will not move anymore.
However, parts (new cable and fitting kit) are ordered for about £60 and I will get it done when they turn up hopefully, and swapping out the handbrake shoes whilst they are open to the air.
I also had to redo the halo bulbs as the LEDs i stuck in there a few years ago went again. It's a bumper off job..
So i polished the headlights as they were looking a little faded whilst the bumper was out.
With all that I still want to keep it, but with a little change of circumstances coming it may not make sense.
I will be needing to do daily short trips again during the week. Not really wanting to do that sort of local milage with a 5 litre v8, I am seriously looking at buying something newer and a little less thirsty.
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I will be needing to do daily short trips again during the week. Not really wanting to do that sort of local milage with a 5 litre v8, I am seriously looking at buying something newer and a little less thirsty.
Electric Smart FTW.
Have too manyBuy a bike
I have to take 2 kids, dropping one off halfway, then head home with the other.
I did offer to do a pillion and sidecar combo, but the Mrs was not keen!!
I will be needing to do daily short trips again during the week. Not really wanting to do that sort of local milage with a 5 litre v8, I am seriously looking at buying something newer and a little less thirsty.
Sounds like the perfect job for a used Nissan Leaf. Have you considered one? It'll cost nothing to run, can be had cheap, will never break down, is faster than a ferrari, more luxurious than a Rolls, you'll be dripping in clunge and all the blokes will want to be you. Win win really.
(also, nice to see you've not drowned this one... yet
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Soldato
With all that I still want to keep it, but with a little change of circumstances coming it may not make sense.
I will be needing to do daily short trips again during the week. Not really wanting to do that sort of local milage with a 5 litre v8, I am seriously looking at buying something newer and a little less thirsty.
Surely it is less thirsty now you’ve sorted the oil issue
Caporegime
Assuming the short trips are just that, short, I really wouldn't worry about the mpg, sure it'll drop a bit but you still like the car, it drives well and you've kept on top of it.With all that I still want to keep it, but with a little change of circumstances coming it may not make sense.
I will be needing to do daily short trips again during the week. Not really wanting to do that sort of local milage with a 5 litre v8, I am seriously looking at buying something newer and a little less thirsty.
I'd keep it tbh.
Caporegime
My older sisters partner at the time was a chauffeur driving one of these around it was a 760li. Maroon with beige interior. It must have been 04-05. Felt like an absolute spaceship at the time and I felt like royalty at the time sitting in the back. Funny how these are shed money now!
Don
I loved my 750i. The last proper 7-series in my opinion.
Sold today:
Just been driven away by a lovely private buyer. We are very sad to see it go! Its been an awesome car over the years, and final milage was 121712 in my ownership!
Just been driven away by a lovely private buyer. We are very sad to see it go! Its been an awesome car over the years, and final milage was 121712 in my ownership!
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Pic doesn't work @Malt_Vinegar 
Don
He's using an insecure webhostPic doesn't work @Malt_Vinegar
Indeed, they changed some stuff on their end and moved me to some other platform and now it's all gone to pot! Working on it now!He's using an insecure webhost
*edit* should be fixed!
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Soldato
I rehosted it at Imgur for you:
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First time seeing the thread, enjoyed reading.. didn’t expect this though
What a car, especially compared to the current mess of the BMW lineup (aesthetically). Hopefully the new owner will give it as much care and attention as yourself.
Caporegime
First time seeing the thread, enjoyed reading.. didn’t expect this though
What a car, especially compared to the current mess of the BMW lineup (aesthetically). Hopefully the new owner will give it as much care and attention as yourself.
Soldato
Wow , really nice to see someons buying these and actually drives them . Usually used for company CEOs and the Chairman and then sold cheap to pimps or people who end up parking them on thd driveway as grey do t appreciate the running costs. If you hadn't done ths VSS yourself if would have been potentially scrapped or parted out by others.
I was an ops manager for a Chaufeur company in central London and we ran 20 of these in diesel format , nearly everyone of the gearbox failed at around 80k . We swapped them all fro S classes in the end .
Really nice cars though.
I was an ops manager for a Chaufeur company in central London and we ran 20 of these in diesel format , nearly everyone of the gearbox failed at around 80k . We swapped them all fro S classes in the end .
Really nice cars though.
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