E38s in da house?

[fiberglassdr]

Just checkin to see if there are are any other crazy people drivin an e38? I'm not really looking to get beat down. I've owned em all! But now I'm drivin an e38.

TIA

Blebob

[patsbimmer1]

I believe you're the only one.  I looked at them for a winter car recently but didn't want to deal with doing the timing chain guides.

[B C]

@Jeff has an E38 and has done plenty of work on his

[RobZR]

I still have one. It has done us well. the wife has used it as "Moms Taxi" for a decade without major issues. I did the timing guides a few years ago.

Time consuming project. but, not vary complicated. it took me 3 weekends to tear-down and replace. When you do it for your self your replace more stuff while your in there.

The "taxi" has 228k on it now,. Has some rust around the corners, but starts and drives well. Will be getting out of the E38 biz this spring, once I get  my e34's sorted.

[straight6pwr]

in a dream world where i could afford the maintenance, i'd have a  Mora or Estoril 6-speed M-sport 740 (with a blower) for daily duties. its the best looking big car BMW has ever designed.

[RobZR]

straight6pwr said:

in a dream world where i could afford the maintenance, i'd have a  Mora or Estoril 6-speed M-sport 740 (with a blower) for daily duties. its the best looking big car BMW has ever designed.

The maintenance  isn't as bad as its made out to be. it's no E30,  but not a nightmare like all the 7's  that followed. The M62tu is a good engine,  just plan on a shotgun repair for the whole timing guide, gaskets, and cooling system and she'll run forever. When I did the guides with 175k on the clock,  i was surprised to find original grinding marks on all the cams with only the tips of the lobes polished smooth.  Like the E30 and E34's most repairs are well documented online.  Beisan systems has a great writeup I followed for the vanos/guides install. http://www.beisansystems.com/procedures/m62tu_vanos_procedure.htm

A E38 sporty shorty is the the best looking 7' out there.  If I had the time and resources to create one of these. I'd do it in a heartbeat.

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2388091-Estoril-blue-S62

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2310123-RVAE34-s-next-E38-project

[Jdesign]

I personally have never owned one, but I know a ton of people that have, some are not even big BMW guys. All in all, I have always heard good things about them, followed by the good ol' "man I should have never sold that car"