Originally Posted by m5james

I'd say about $2000 each 100k for a complete cooling system and intake overhaul, w/ tranny, diff and transfer case fluids every 50k. Then there are all the little things along the way that break due to climate changes...OSV, rubber suspension pieces, fan blower, etc. The way I see it is that I have a $20,000 $60,000 SAV that still gets looks and the typical "Oh, you have a BMW" w/o them needing to know what I really paid for any of them.


Have you considered just tackling some of the work yourself? Between the advice you can find here, tons of writeups on e38.org BMW 7-series information and links (more helpful for V8 owners than the I6'ers) should make you feel a little more comfortable tackling some of the little tasks yourself.