M3 owner/broken BMW fixer

[GunMetalGrey]

MPW3RLee said:

 M57 diesels (unless you remove all the emissions junk)
 

Dude, I don't know about this one. BMW diesel life has been great for me so far. I would go as far as saying it has been the pinnacle of reliability and the easiest motor to find parts for.

[MPW3RLee]

GunMetalGrey said:

Dude, I don't know about this one. BMW diesel life has been great for me so far. I would go as far as saying it has been the pinnacle of reliability and the easiest motor to find parts for.

But the diesels you have don’t have nearly as much emissions stuff! I agree the engines themselves aren’t the issue, the core of those engines are actually great. But when EGR cooler springs break, NOx sensors fail, temp sensors fail, SCR cats fail, SCR tanks fail, and glow plug modules fail, they’re not cheap. But get rid of all that stuff and then they’re great.

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MPW3RLee said:

But the diesels you have don’t have nearly as much emissions stuff! I agree the engines themselves aren’t the issue, the core of those engines are actually great. But when EGR cooler springs break, NOx sensors fail, temp sensors fail, SCR cats fail, SCR tanks fail, and glow plug modules fail, they’re not cheap. But get rid of all that stuff and then they’re great.

Ben is messing with you. His diesel swap has been a can of worms to say the least.

Either way, glad to see you on here! Don't flake away like 90% of the newcomers. There are a variety of builds going on here, at completely different ends of the spectrum.

[MPW3RLee]

suspenceful said:

Ben is messing with you. His diesel swap has been a can of worms to say the least.
Either way, glad to see you on here! Don't flake away like 90% of the newcomers. There are a variety of builds going on here, at completely different ends of the spectrum.

Hah I suppose I don’t know enough about Bens car but since I’ve never seen it on the road, I should’ve been able to put that together ‍️[emoji23]

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MPW3RLee said:

Hah I suppose I don’t know enough about Bens car but since I’ve never seen it on the road, I should’ve been able to put that together ‍️

Joining the forum with some burns 

[i_love_cars]

suspenceful said:

Ben is messing with you. His diesel swap has been a can of worms to say the least.

Either way, glad to see you on here! Don't flake away like 90% of the newcomers. There are a variety of builds going on here, at completely different ends of the spectrum.

right? we must be something like 2/10 for newcomers actually sticking around. I'll take part of the blame because I attack people about their poor financial decisions. 

OP Welcome to the group.

[MPW3RLee]

i_love_cars said:

right? we must be something like 2/10 for newcomers actually sticking around. I'll take part of the blame because I attack people about their poor financial decisions. 
OP Welcome to the group. 

But if we all have BMW’s, haven’t we all made poor financial choices already? [emoji848]

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[i_love_cars]

MPW3RLee said:

But if we all have BMW’s, haven’t we all made poor financial choices already?

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Nope we're all enthusiasts here who typically wrench on our own cars so it's more like we're all just gluttons for punishment 

[KaiserRolls]

For whatever reason the retention isn’t great for new members - Basically the ones that end up staying are pretty good folks

Don’t fuck this up!

[GunMetalGrey]

MPW3RLee said:

Hah I suppose I don’t know enough about Bens car but since I’ve never seen it on the road, I should’ve been able to put that together ‍️

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Super late response on my part, but also super accurate response on your part!

[Jdesign]

Here is a late "Welcome" from me!! Nice history (current?) list of vehicles!!