750il daydreaming

[kick7ca]

While I love my 535i, I've been dreaming alot lately about a 750il with the V12. Twelve cylinders! So cool. For under $10K too.
Anyone have experience with them, are they reliable like a M30? They must just haul ass on the highway. Please share your experiences with the M70, I need some reasons I can justify buying another BMW.

[cschollum]

here in the uk, you cant give them away, usually selling for under £1000, which is about $1700!!!
combination of high fuel prices, cost of maintaining the monster, especially as most are well past their prime

Initial purchase price is deceptive though, you could quite easilly spend that again in 1 year of maintenence and running

[grave77]

its a nice car, I personally prefer the M60 V8 4.4L engine, the V12 is more complicated; 2 DMEs, 2MAFs, 2 Throttle servos, 12 spark plugs that are deep in the sides. it's like 2 engines that are tuned to be %99,9 identical.
after all it's a 290HP, and the V8 4.4 is 286HP. I felt that the V8 has better pickup than the 750 V12.

[Speeder 553]

here in the uk, you cant give them away, usually selling for under £1000, which is about $1700!!!
combination of high fuel prices, cost of maintaining the monster, especially as most are well past their prime

Initial purchase price is deceptive though, you could quite easilly spend that again in 1 year of maintenence and running

How much is a gallon of gas in the UK these days??

[Jon K]

too much

[cschollum]

How much is a gallon of gas in the UK these days??

after conversion rates and GBP into dollars, I make it $6.58 per US gallon

[pundit]

To save yourself all the effort of really buying a 750 and having to spend the rest of your life trying to keep it from self destructing, just take your weekly pay packet and set fire to it every week while you entertain thoughts of actually owning a 750.

Once you cease having thoughts of owning a 750 then you can stop setting fire to your pay packet and return to some semblence of a normal life!

[Paul in NZ]

aahhhh the v12 has massive tourque though and would be smooth as silk....
Do it before gas becomes unobtanium.

[pundit]

aahhhh the v12 has massive tourque though and would be smooth as silk....
Do it before gas becomes unobtanium.

Well I suppose it could be worse... a V12 Jag perhaps?

[Evan]

damned be the naysayers... buy this one for $2000

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/car/145108138.html