new to BMW

[2fast]

Hi guys and gals Im new the world of BMW and poor but I was thinking of getting a BMW 535iase 260,000Km I know the k's are high. For $3000 US
I took it to my mec and he says its in reasonable con for its age.

Thats all I know about the car it drives smooth,and I want it

What kind of problem would a car of this age and k's come across?

Love the site I only found it the other day and have done so much reading my eyes are popping out!

I've got the bimmer bug now.

thanks for reading Bob

[2fast]

Sorry it's a 1989

[2fast]

and a 3.5L as you can tell I'm new at this forum stuff as well

[crashnburn80]

Go to www.bmwe34.net and look under troubleshooting->what will break. It will give you a list of stuff to watch for, your car won't need all of the things but I am sure it will need a few.

[2fast]

Thankyou for your help ,I will check it out

[Dan in NZ]

Hey, good to see another New Zealander on the forum... Hope to see you at the bmw car club track day, at Ruapuna. Shouldn't be too far away, I think it was around easter last year. At that mileage you should probably get the transmission flushed, just to be sure it's been done, for peace of mind. I had my transmission flushed last year at Cooke Howlison BMW Dunedin, and it cost around $200.

[2fast]

Hi Dan

Thanks I want to get all the fluids changed starting with the tran's first.
One thing at a time $200 sounds like alot I will shop around see what deal I can get,I'm used to driving manual's.
But I'm getting the hang of it.

There's a button that has E,S and M on it I know what E,S means but what does M stand for??
Cheer's

[Paul in NZ]

any auto transmission place should be able to flush your trans,,,,I dont want to rain on your parade but 200 bucks aint much to spend on ANY car......welcome,,UK Jap or NZ new????the news aint good for me either way

[Dan in NZ]

Yeah, prices for trans flushes are all pretty much the same where ever you go. At least you know a dealer has the lest chance of ****ing it up, and you have recourse if they do.

[2fast]

NZ new

Have you guy done an auto flush yourself's??