Merc63
Active Member
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2010
- Messages
- 400
- Location
- Pikesville, MD
- Car(s)
- '23 Chevy Bolt EUV, '13 MINI JCW Roadster
Hello!
Since I'm new here, I'd like to introduce my most current rides, starting with my daily driver for the last 3 years, this 1998 740iL...
Bought it on eBay 3 years ago, sight unseen, from a wholesaler in Connecticut (5 hours and 4 states away from here) for $7500. It had 143k miles on it at the time (pics from the day I got it home):
Had 4 different tires on it, cracked lenses front and rear, and some sandblasting on the paint from having spent the first 6 years of it's existence in Maine. Carfax had checked out, but there was no record of when the last time any of the normal problem areas for these were dealt with. But, no CEL, and no warning arrows on the dash message center, and it ran great when I went to pick it up.
In the last three years, I've spent about $1500 in repairs/maintenance (some of it preventative, as I replaced the radiator, hoses, and expansion tank when I first got it just to be on the safe side). I've spent more than that on mods, like the 19" RPM R505 wheels, Pirelli P Zero Rosso tires, H&R Sport springs, and the replacement lighting (750 Chromeline trim and headlight buckets, LED taillights, angel eyes from a buddy in Europe), Magnaflow high flow cats and muffler delete, and varioius little things in and out.
It has 180k on it now, and will hopefully make it to 300k. On to the pics:
First up after replacing the cracked stock lighting was detailing:
Then came the wheels and tires:
Then after I joined the BMW Club of America (20% discount on parts at the BMW dealer!) I did the rest.
Ok, and since you guys require proof... I went out in the snow just now and wrote my screen name in the snow on the car:
You saw my Range Rover in the background of one of the pics. I don't have any recent pics of the MGB or the '62 Comet project, and they are kind of in the snow right now, under tarps...
Since I'm new here, I'd like to introduce my most current rides, starting with my daily driver for the last 3 years, this 1998 740iL...
Bought it on eBay 3 years ago, sight unseen, from a wholesaler in Connecticut (5 hours and 4 states away from here) for $7500. It had 143k miles on it at the time (pics from the day I got it home):
Had 4 different tires on it, cracked lenses front and rear, and some sandblasting on the paint from having spent the first 6 years of it's existence in Maine. Carfax had checked out, but there was no record of when the last time any of the normal problem areas for these were dealt with. But, no CEL, and no warning arrows on the dash message center, and it ran great when I went to pick it up.
In the last three years, I've spent about $1500 in repairs/maintenance (some of it preventative, as I replaced the radiator, hoses, and expansion tank when I first got it just to be on the safe side). I've spent more than that on mods, like the 19" RPM R505 wheels, Pirelli P Zero Rosso tires, H&R Sport springs, and the replacement lighting (750 Chromeline trim and headlight buckets, LED taillights, angel eyes from a buddy in Europe), Magnaflow high flow cats and muffler delete, and varioius little things in and out.
It has 180k on it now, and will hopefully make it to 300k. On to the pics:
First up after replacing the cracked stock lighting was detailing:
Then came the wheels and tires:
Then after I joined the BMW Club of America (20% discount on parts at the BMW dealer!) I did the rest.
Ok, and since you guys require proof... I went out in the snow just now and wrote my screen name in the snow on the car:
You saw my Range Rover in the background of one of the pics. I don't have any recent pics of the MGB or the '62 Comet project, and they are kind of in the snow right now, under tarps...
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