Whats the highest mileage E46 330 petrol people have seen?
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There's a chap on e46fanatics with a year 2000 M52TU 323i that's reached 700,000 miles. Or at least he calculates it has. Sadly the odometer stopped incrementing at 621,371 - the various modules all store in km and that's 999,999 km - so he's been keeping manual records since then.
Bears out what I've always believed: Maintain it like it's still worth what it was new and it'll run forever. Skip maintenance because it's not worth anything anymore and it won't.
Bears out what I've always believed: Maintain it like it's still worth what it was new and it'll run forever. Skip maintenance because it's not worth anything anymore and it won't.
SixPotBelly said:
There's a chap on e46fanatics with a year 2000 M52TU 323i that's reached 700,000 miles. Or at least he calculates it has. Sadly the odometer stopped incrementing at 621,371 - the various modules all store in km and that's 999,999 km - so he's been keeping manual records since then.
Bears out what I've always believed: Maintain it like it's still worth what it was new and it'll run forever. Skip maintenance because it's not worth anything anymore and it won't.
Bears out what I've always believed: Maintain it like it's still worth what it was new and it'll run forever. Skip maintenance because it's not worth anything anymore and it won't.
To think that old Fords and probably plenty of others used to have 5-digit analogue mileage indicators, clearly in the expectation that the car would be in the scrapyard before it reaches 100,000 miles! Maybe the BMW engineers should have fitted their 6 cylinder petrol engined cars with a 7-digit system as 999,999 is proving to be insufficient.
My E46 330Ci coupe manual is just a few hundred miles off the 200k mark, which I expect to pass this month. I used to think that’s an impressive number with only routine maintenance (and a valve cover gasket about 2,000 miles ago) but it seems very mundane in the company of this thread.
I've just rolled over to 169,000 going to a socially distant Westfield car meet. Bearly run in still!
A combination of getting the train+pushbike to work, working from and coronavirus, and using the Mrs car for short drives with the dog means the rate of gaining miles is through the floor at the moment but we shall see.
Daniel
A combination of getting the train+pushbike to work, working from and coronavirus, and using the Mrs car for short drives with the dog means the rate of gaining miles is through the floor at the moment but we shall see.
Daniel
dhutch said:
I've just rolled over to 169,000 going to a socially distant Westfield car meet. Bearly run in still!
A combination of getting the train+pushbike to work, working from and coronavirus, and using the Mrs car for short drives with the dog means the rate of gaining miles is through the floor at the moment but we shall see.
Daniel
That'll need it's running in service soon A combination of getting the train+pushbike to work, working from and coronavirus, and using the Mrs car for short drives with the dog means the rate of gaining miles is through the floor at the moment but we shall see.
Daniel
My Jap import 530i touring with the M54 has just ticked over 92k miles; it's nigh on forecourt fresh
Kettmark said:
Wow. How long have you owned it? What age is it?
Beats my 2002 330 ci sport currently on 247k.
2004 m sport auto still on most original partsBeats my 2002 330 ci sport currently on 247k.
Got it a year ago from 1 previous owner pure motorway miles very well maintained
Ive done 15k on it myself never skipped a beat and doesnt lose any oil. Taking the car around europe after covid calms down and not worried itll give up anytime soon..
Kettmark said:
Has the gearbox oil been changed in the sealed for life box?
Pro-Life TipZF (the manufacturers of most BMW auto transmissions) state service intervals of 60,000-80,000 miles.
BMW's "fill for life" means "life of warranty".
The transmission isnt "sealed" - it has drain and fill plugs and a pan that can be removed to change the filter inside.
Proper milestone.
Really does show that it isn't miles that kill a car, not a supprise in a way, but doing half a mile to shops and half a mile again all while cold and with stop start junctions and pot holes etc is a lot harder in the car than an extra mile on a motorway while already warm. Not just engine and transmission, but the whole running gear, and also the seat bolsters for handles the lot.
Extend that principal, and you can easily see how a 250+ mile car that's been used almost exclusively for motorway driving can be silky smooth and factory fresh, while there are also absolute dogs around on not even half but a quarter of of the miles. The high mile cars will also be more likely to get good regaular millage based servicing, where low mileage cars can run into issues with not having regaular enough services.
That said, a car which has done 100k motorway miles nicely spaced around its life and been dry stored in-between will also likely be tighter than one that's been the moon and back.
Plus with our cars we're well into the age were rubber components and the like are failing purely down to age.
Daniel
Really does show that it isn't miles that kill a car, not a supprise in a way, but doing half a mile to shops and half a mile again all while cold and with stop start junctions and pot holes etc is a lot harder in the car than an extra mile on a motorway while already warm. Not just engine and transmission, but the whole running gear, and also the seat bolsters for handles the lot.
Extend that principal, and you can easily see how a 250+ mile car that's been used almost exclusively for motorway driving can be silky smooth and factory fresh, while there are also absolute dogs around on not even half but a quarter of of the miles. The high mile cars will also be more likely to get good regaular millage based servicing, where low mileage cars can run into issues with not having regaular enough services.
That said, a car which has done 100k motorway miles nicely spaced around its life and been dry stored in-between will also likely be tighter than one that's been the moon and back.
Plus with our cars we're well into the age were rubber components and the like are failing purely down to age.
Daniel
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