07550

Picked up a 07 550i sport package with 142000 miles about 2 months ago for a hell of a good price in spite of the car smoking and having a bad misfire. Also oil leaking from the alternator bracket gasket.
Dealer gave me a 6 month warranty and replaced the following:
1) valve stem seals
2) valve cover gaskets
3) timing chain cover gasket
4) alternator gasket
5) a bad coil
6) oil change

I took it to a trusted indy and they found these things that still needs to be done:
1) front upper control arms
2) oil filter gasket leaking
3) air pump oil leak
4) coolant expansion tank needs replacing
5) new battery

Car runs very stong and im happy with my purchase but i can tell the suspension needs to be worked on... maybe new shocks on top of the control arms.

Og Gold

mines 130,000 running strong just changed struts ,sway bar links , index 12 injectors ,water pump at 65,000 and thermostat, all pulleys and belt, oil filter gasket, oil pan gasket new tires... 09 535i xdrive

Bj Berryhill

210k on my 05 525 still runs like a top had to do the valve cover gasket and oil filter housing gasket and general tune stuff but that's it

theledger

I have only found the sets of solenoids in the US for close to $700.

route60six

2004 e60 m54b25 now has 197xxx just drove it from Phoenix to Indianapolis ~1700 miles 28hrs straight through only stopped for gas (im on some other shit) with no problems. driving back tomorrow morning should hit 200000 by the end of the week.

Ray Roman

My e39 540 has 275000 and still runs like a beast and my e60 has 351xxxxx and purrs like a kitten

dvdit

You must have been maintaining those cars pretty well. What model of the E60 do you have?

Ray Roman

530 I bought the car from an older man was a company car serviced from dealer since day 1. Not one oil leak and paired 1800 for it clean car not one dent on it either

tex_phil

I have 131k on mine, bought with 40k 8 years ago. I don't drive it as much anymore since I work from home and mainly drive the Lexus. Honestly I've almost got rid of my car many times but I can never do it, after all the money and maintenance I've spent on it. And the fact I can't get much for it. The car still looks really good. My only issue with it is the lack of power, I wish I had a tunable turbo engine like a 135i. I don't have the space for more than 2 cars and I daily the Lexus so I'll see how much longer I hold on to it for. I change my front lower and upper control arms a few months ago. I have new tie rod ends but my last attempt to loosen bolts was a failure, gotta get some better tools for that job. My suspension is pretty rough sometimes on my car, I may change the coil-overs eventuall, IMO the ksports have always rode pretty rough. I have some strange rattles I've never been able to solve, maybe related to my exhaust I gotta try to tackle that.

SpeedUnlimit

I don't have 100 but 70k and bought it as a used car (E60 525d 30k)

Reparis I had to do so far - done by myself (from 30k to 70k):

• Replaced washer pump
• Replaced track rod end
• Renewed all 6 glow plugs
• The usual maintainance: brakes, tires, oil, filters, ...

Pretty happy so far

But notice minor oil leakage when I renewed the glow plugs