Officially reached 300,000 miles, and I'm happy about it!!

Originally Posted by WagonTheDog

I live in San Diego, and this pic was shot about six months ago at The Loch Raven Reservoir... Google it...

I thought that looked familiar

My E39 is at 226K. I just dropped the tranny two days ago to change the flywheel and a destroyed flexplate. I have no idea how it broke, but two of the three corners where it bolts to the flywheel were cracked off. I also replaced the steering rack about a month ago, I have a bad airbag sensor, a bad brake pad sensor, and a bad tranny mount that is causing the quibo to hit the car and and shudder under a lot of torque.

Nice! I'm at 167K, I hope I can get to 300 also!

I too am racking up the miles and at first my goal was to reach 250k miles but now after seeing this post and another some time back my new goal is 300k miles! I'm currently at 174k miles.

Not surprised at this at all, take care of your vehicle and it should last.

@WagonTheDog how'd yours perform on that trip to reservoir? That's a long ways, and to think I was afraid of taking mine to Vegas.

@Al's540i As bkgreene39 said take care of her and she'll pay you back generously

Originally Posted by CoreyMNK

I thought that looked familiar

My E39 is at 226K. I just dropped the tranny two days ago to change the flywheel and a destroyed flexplate. I have no idea how it broke, but two of the three corners where it bolts to the flywheel were cracked off. I also replaced the steering rack about a month ago, I have a bad airbag sensor, a bad brake pad sensor, and a bad tranny mount that is causing the quibo to hit the car and and shudder under a lot of torque.

Wow, thanks so much for elaborating! I too have just begun experiencing the exact same shudder you described, and it sounds as if you've saved me the trouble of researching the diagnosis...

I'd like to go through my suspension next, but having to make time to deal with the tranny mount is just going to push that off that much further...

Originally Posted by DinanBimmer

@WagonTheDog how'd yours perform on that trip to reservoir? That's a long ways, and to think I was afraid of taking mine to Vegas.

I just can't say enough about this car... I drove myself, a small dog, a fair amount of luggage, and a plastic tote containing all critical bodily fluids, extra belts, an extra coil, road flares, mechanics stethoscope (the glory of which I've written about in previous posts), tools for practically every fastening device on the car, and anything else I might need in case something broke, or otherwise failed. I got the oil changed before I returned to CA, but other than that, nothing in my little (massive?) emergency kit ever saw the light of day.

One of the most impressive parts of the trip was when I was climbing through extremely high winds on the 8 fwy, en route to what I believe is the Kumeyaay Summit... Those are fairly steep twisties to begin with, and in high winds it can feel like you're suddenly driving on three cylinders, but I'll tell you what man... I just notched it back into 4th, and flew up the side of that mountain at a steady, and what seemed like effortless, 70mph... It was almost as if 4th gear was tailor-made for the application, and passing anything and everything going up that hill gave me indescribable pleasure. Lol, oh the dirty looks...

Quite honestly, I was MORE worried about Vegas because of the heat... The combination of heat, with a rise in elevation (Sea Level to I think 4000+ on the way to Vegas), is what really puts a cooling system to the test. I completely overhauled my cooling system at about 160k miles, but that doesn't mean I wasn't nervous under such extreme conditions. Fortunately, I was able to remain as cool as a cucumber throughout.

Catching you up fella,
Mine passed 270k today in England, where we experience slightly more rain than you lucky gits in Southern California.
The only thing I pay top dollar for is my oil. The rest gets cheapest parts I can find.
I do most of the repairs and all of the servicing myself.
Original engine, gearbox (fluid never been changed btw), exhaust, drive belts, turbo...I could go on.
Going to run mine until it dies. My thinking is, if I were to replace my car, I would hunt for another E39d anyway. Mine has very little resale value. To replace mine with a lower mileage same model would be about £2,000 ($3,000 ish) I'd be lucky to get £1,000 for mine.
Congrats on your 300,000th birthday, helluvan achievement. Hope you go on for lots longer.

congrats man...looking forward to meeting that milestone

just hit the 123456, too bad I wasn't proactive enough to calibrate the trip ODO too

Have you ever had the timing chain/guide rails serviced? Pretty curious about the longevity of those on the M62 (Pre-Vanos)

E39 May be the best car ever built. I know two other people with approx 300k on them and the things run and look like new.

Originally Posted by aspensilver540

Have you ever had the timing chain/guide rails serviced? Pretty curious about the longevity of those on the M62 (Pre-Vanos)

I'll ask my dad about that, not entirely sure.

Originally Posted by pony_trekker

E39 May be the best car ever built. I know two other people with approx 300k on them and the things run and look like new.

If you saw mine you'd never guess it has this many miles, that's for sure.

Awesome man. My e36 has 160k on it and is still running strong. I hope to get close their, or maybe my son will have it by then...LOL

Originally Posted by keison2000

Awesome man. My e36 has 160k on it and is still running strong. I hope to get close their, or maybe my son will have it by then...LOL

He can only hope

300,000 miles. THAT'S HALF A MILLION KILOMETERS! (almost)

WOW! Congratulations on this milestone. Here's to half a million more

300,000 is impressive, good to know that if she is well maintained she will make it another 205,000 miles

I was at 250k with mostly highway but I crashed my 525i and with insurance money bought a 540i 6 speed with 100k. Who thought crashing my car was the best thing that ever happened to me

Originally Posted by golferjohnm

congrats man...looking forward to meeting that milestone

just hit the 123456, too bad I wasn't proactive enough to calibrate the trip ODO too

Use my pic

Congrats on 300k, man...i am just approaching 109k and loving it.

If i still had my first E39 (1998 528i that i bought CPO in 2001)... Id probably be over 300k by now. I REALLY should have kept that car!

Originally Posted by DinanBimmer

I'll ask my dad about that, not entirely sure.

I had the same questions that it's not nessisary to preventively do them because it's only a problem for certain cars

Originally Posted by Albo

Congrats on 300k, man...i am just approaching 109k and loving it.

If i still had my first E39 (1998 528i that i bought CPO in 2001)... Id probably be over 300k by now. I REALLY should have kept that car!

Thanks bud, gotta love those older e39s