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TNBSC - the new body style camaro

 

How is your car? Enjoying it?

 

 

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Arg, why do I get on Craiglist. I don't need that gorgeous triple black E46 M3 SMGConvertible for 9K...... Remember, the SMG sucks those years......the SMG sucks those years. Oh crap, I'm off work next week. I have a bad habit of buying "toy" cars when I'm on vacation.

 

 

Here, someone buy it so I'm not temped.

 

http://tulsa.craigslist.org/ctd/5508783641.html

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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Never been a big fan of Beemers, but that there is a sharp looking ride.

 

Oh, it's a car dealer - stay away!

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Never been a big fan of Beemers, but that there is a sharp looking ride.

 

Oh, it's a car dealer - stay away!

Yeah, and those are expensive cars to keep running. The every 60k Mile service cost $1500. The two parts that commonly fail are a few $k or more.

 

There is one for double the price that is M I N T and owned by a BMW tech who just did the major services, with full documented history. If I hadn't just bought a car I would be looking at it to seal away except for nice days.

 

 

That convertible has nav, and the really cool thing about the older BMW navs is there a guy that makes new NAV discs for the older DVD NAV systems. He somehow made software that takes the maps and POIs from the newer maps and translates them to the old systems, even though official support and updates stopped years ago. It still looks like the old maps, but has all the information the most recent maps contains.

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$3,000 parts ... YIKES! :noway: Not sure I'd want to own that even doing the work myself!

 

Although it seems these days GM is trying it's best to inch it's way towards those kind of parts prices. With $60k pickups I figure it's just around the corner ...

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$3,000 parts ... YIKES! :noway: Not sure I'd want to own that even doing the work myself!

 

Although it seems these days GM is trying it's best to inch it's way towards those kind of parts prices. With $60k pickups I figure it's just around the corner ...

Well, not so much the part costs itself, it seems modern BMWs have an issue of having simple $5 parts in very hard to reach places. I heard today about the E39 chassis 540i have a common issue called the "timing chain rattle". Supposedly has to do with a part that is cheap, but requires 30 hours of labor to access. $5,000 repair by the independent shops. E36 M3 has a $4 Nut on the oil pump that commonly fails and ruins the engine, but you have to basically take apart the front half of the car to get to it. Edited by SnakeEyes
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This seems to be the way most auto manufacturers are these days.

 

Ford's infamous engine they put in the Exploder has a REAR timing chain .. what a brilliant feat of engineering there! Total nightmare to replace. It jackshafts from another chain too. Think there's 5 chains total in that engine I'm thinking of. Forget if that's the V8 or V6 ...

 

Getting to the point where we'll be tossing engines for crate motors over a .50 cent piece of plastic they buried inside - will end up cheaper! :noway:

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This seems to be the way most auto manufacturers are these days.

 

Ford's infamous engine they put in the Exploder has a REAR timing chain .. what a brilliant feat of engineering there! Total nightmare to replace. It jackshafts from another chain too. Think there's 5 chains total in that engine I'm thinking of. Forget if that's the V8 or V6 ...

 

Getting to the point where we'll be tossing engines for crate motors over a .50 cent piece of plastic they buried inside - will end up cheaper! :noway:

Close to already happening with Varible Vale Timing and cylinder shutoff failures in several brands.

 

 

And anyone notice you can option a 4 cylinder Camaro over 40k now? What the.....(edit, see my next post before you look that up)

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WOW .... :noway::noway::noway:

 

Driving is becoming a rich-man's sport! :(

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Close to already happening with Varible Vale Timing and cylinder shutoff failures in several brands.

 

 

And anyone notice you can option a 4 cylinder Camaro over 40k now? What the.....(edit, see my next post before you look that up)

 

 

 

Yeah but that's probably piling every single silly option available right?

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Yeah but that's probably piling every single silly option available right?

Someone will do it. The 4 cylinder Convertible with a few options hits 40 pretty quick. Already seen some around that at local dealers

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Someone will do it. The 4 cylinder Convertible with a few options hits 40 pretty quick. Already seen some around that at local dealers

 

 

 

 

 

That makes more sense. I didn't realize it was a ragtop. I'd never buy one, I'm too funny looking. :lol:

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That makes more sense. I didn't realize it was a ragtop. I'd never buy one, I'm too funny looking. :lol:

Doesn't make sense to me! A 2SS Vert starts at $49,235! Edited by SnakeEyes

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