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My daily driver is a 1994 BMW 525i; 253,000 miles. My dad bought it new. Parts are very easy to come by. It is not fun to drive, but serves its purpose. I vastl
by syedkarim 8y ago
My daily driver is a 1994 BMW 525i; 253,000 miles. My dad bought it new. Parts are very easy to come by. It is not fun to drive, but serves its purpose. I vastly prefer our 2007 Mercury Mariner (all wheel drive). I'll never sell either. Just park it in the field for when the kids get older.
- Spooky23 8y agoI wrote that awkwardly. I meant that that older cars are more maintainable. IMO it’s more likely that your 1994 is on the road in 2044 than a 2019 model year.
- dingaling 8y agoWhy is it not fun to drive? I know a lifelong BMW driver and he pines for the days when they made sporting saloons like the E28 and E39 instead of today's bloated barges. His last one, an E46, had steer-by-wire! That's the antonym of a driver's car.
- perl4ever 8y agoAre you sure about "steer-by-wire"? The only instance of that I've heard of on a production car is a recent Infiniti. Perhaps you are thinking of electrically assisted power steering, which is not steer-by-wire - it has a physical steering column like most cars. But then again, doesn't the E46 have hydraulic assist, not electric?
- smileysteve 8y agoI'd recommend new shocks on the 525i, I just changed mine on a 2004 330i for a part cost of $725 and about 4 hours of labor. Should make it fun to drive again.