Hello,
I am 16 and looking to get a first car in a couple months. I will be frank with you guys, I am a diehard Merc fan, and not really a fan of BMWs, BUT, I do have a love affair for two BMWs: The E31 8-Series, and the E38 7-Series (over all new ones), other wise they don't really excite me.
As a Merc fan I was hoping to get one as my first (and I still do hope), but the main contender was the 2000-06 CL500 C215, which I love, the only problem is the maintenance and what can go wrong (ABC suspension), very very costly. Please don't lose your respect for me, but my father will be paying for whatever car I get, so I was maybe considering buying a warranty for the CL with my own money to be safe, but I still don't now.
Then I started thinking of the E38 which I love (my father had a 98 and then a 00 back when they were living in their glory as the best luxury sedans around), but it looks a little bit little like it was my parents car if I got one know. So then I though of the E31 which I have loved since I was a kid.
Just so you know my price range is probably <15-17K.
So any way, the point of this thread is:
Would say a 95 and up 840ci with maybe 70k miles give me real tough and expensive issues? Are these cars pretty reliable? I really have no knowledge of this car and its status in reliability.
What do you guys think overall of me overall getting this car as my first? How bout winter driving (with snow tires of course), is it decent? I recall the 740 not being to bad. I'm in LI, NY where we have snow on the ground maybe 1/6 of the winter, so winter ability is not THAT important.
Currently my only issue with getting this car is the fact that its a Bimmer, as I really want a Benz Sorry guys I know this is a BM forum. . . .
Looking forward to the responses
-John
btw, heres a vid I made of some of my fathers cars:
I am 16 and looking to get a first car in a couple months. I will be frank with you guys, I am a diehard Merc fan, and not really a fan of BMWs, BUT, I do have a love affair for two BMWs: The E31 8-Series, and the E38 7-Series (over all new ones), other wise they don't really excite me.
As a Merc fan I was hoping to get one as my first (and I still do hope), but the main contender was the 2000-06 CL500 C215, which I love, the only problem is the maintenance and what can go wrong (ABC suspension), very very costly. Please don't lose your respect for me, but my father will be paying for whatever car I get, so I was maybe considering buying a warranty for the CL with my own money to be safe, but I still don't now.
Then I started thinking of the E38 which I love (my father had a 98 and then a 00 back when they were living in their glory as the best luxury sedans around), but it looks a little bit little like it was my parents car if I got one know. So then I though of the E31 which I have loved since I was a kid.
Just so you know my price range is probably <15-17K.
So any way, the point of this thread is:
Would say a 95 and up 840ci with maybe 70k miles give me real tough and expensive issues? Are these cars pretty reliable? I really have no knowledge of this car and its status in reliability.
What do you guys think overall of me overall getting this car as my first? How bout winter driving (with snow tires of course), is it decent? I recall the 740 not being to bad. I'm in LI, NY where we have snow on the ground maybe 1/6 of the winter, so winter ability is not THAT important.
Currently my only issue with getting this car is the fact that its a Bimmer, as I really want a Benz Sorry guys I know this is a BM forum. . . .
Looking forward to the responses
-John
btw, heres a vid I made of some of my fathers cars: