Typical Life Expectancy of these cars - United Bimmer Community

**Mercenary(FH)** · 09-12-2006, 10:11 AM

I was curious, someone was arguing that bmw's run very well but they wont last as long as say a chevy or ford, obviously I think thats bs.

but whats the typical mileage avg expectancy for an e36 AND e46 engine, and what about bmw's v8's?

my car is at 118lk i'd like to think it has another hundred k?

**jms** · 09-12-2006, 10:44 AM

depends on maintenance, but I have seen many on here with some high mileage. personally I have 90k and I hope to get 300k out of her before major surgery

**celsdogg** · 09-12-2006, 10:49 AM

i have seen E30's in the 300k's. and they were designed in the late 70's.

my family in the past was always about american cars. most of them didnt last much past 100k. that why they drive toyotas now.

Montizzle 325i · 09-12-2006, 10:52 AM

search please. its been asked thousands of times. but to humor you...these cars with regular maintenance are essentially immortal. the m50 (which you have) is just bulletproof. i have 160k on mine and have never had any engine problems what so ever. (knock on wood). ive seen e36's with up to 300k and no rebuilds. just change belts, hoses, plugs, and the other usual suspects and you are good to go. the water pump is a must as well. at 118k your engine is just getting into its prime and has a long life ahead of it. assuming that you are taking care of it, not redlining every shift, etc.

**celsdogg** · 09-12-2006, 11:15 AM

^^^ speaking of redlining. . .

a BMW thats is constantly redlined vs an american car that is redlined, the bimmer will outlast it.

**Rooz** · 09-12-2006, 11:41 AM

LIfe expectancy of a car is related to how well it's taken care of

**Mercenary(FH)** · 09-12-2006, 12:09 PM

I dont redline my car except once or twice a day ya know to keep the cobwebs out hehehe
but I drive an auto. but yea, just curious and btw searching takes way to much time. tooo many results

i drive an m50 u say

**celsdogg** · 09-12-2006, 12:26 PM

^^^ i usually dont go above 3500, and even thats rare. altho today i did bring it up to 6 grand in second, third, fourth. . .

**Mercenary(FH)** · 09-12-2006, 02:02 PM

well I dont think it's bad that I do occasionally, usually ill go like to 5k sometimes like twice a day, but I figure that doesnt hurt it

Montizzle 325i · 09-12-2006, 02:40 PM

the car wants to be driven. itll last longer if you give it a working once in a while. its a BMW, if you never shift it past 3k or so than you are not using it for how it is designed. you belong in a different vehicle

not talking about you personally but to the general public

**xsperf** · 09-12-2006, 02:58 PM

300 million billion years, thats my edumacated guess

**celsdogg** · 09-12-2006, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Montizzle 325i

the car wants to be driven. itll last longer if you give it a working once in a while. its a BMW, if you never shift it past 3k or so than you are not using it for how it is designed. you belong in a different vehicle

not talking about you personally but to the general public

i just dont think its necessary all the times. sometimes. not all the time tho.

i dont want to be the clown crusing in a 45 or accelerating quickly to a low speed limit (or slightly above

) with the engine revved all high.

**Dudesky** · 09-13-2006, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Mercenary(FH)

i drive an m50 u say

Yes, a '93 would be an M50. Funny, I just hit 150,150mi yesterday

**mullethunter3** · 09-13-2006, 07:11 AM

my ex's 89 325i had 191,000 when he got rid of it and it probably has 100,000 more to go.

also, i'm at 141,837. with no plans of selling of rebuilding.

drz · 09-13-2006, 02:17 PM

My car has 195,750 miles on it, and is mechanically sound. I have some cosmetic things with which to deal, but the engine runs like a champ.