20 years old, nearly 200k on the clock and she is solid as a rock and beautiful as ever.


The Brillantrot paint has been polished a few times, but a coat of wax brings out the shine.


Stops at gas stations, parts stores bring regular compliments like "nice car", "what a beauty" and "garage kept?" over and over and over. 3 days in a row last week. Desert heat here has most of the E34 survivors' paint in rough shape.

So glad I have kept her on the road. She's got 20,000 miles on the rings/bearings/gaskets job and tranny refresh and feels like she has hundreds of thousands left in her. I just replaced some window slides in the driver's door and was impressed with the excellent condition of everything inside there. Bought a half dozen extra door panel retaining clips thinking the old plastic would break. Nope. Not a single one broke.

Love the E34.