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rmepilot 03-20-2019 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by andrewwynn (Post 1158030)
Somebody else's thread I just remembered a lot of tips on that thread
My mistake, I didn't notice that while multitasking at work.

Crowz 03-20-2019 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rmepilot (Post 1158031)
Cool, when the time comes, join me in the negotiations. :stickpoke

In all seriousness though, I will spend as little $$ as possible on which vehicle I buy. As others have said, X5 MT's are hard to come by, so who knows what he'll negotiate to. I always plan to walk away from every deal out there.
Cars are so cheap in Alabama I didn't negotiate. The asked what I would give and I said a $1000 and they said sold.

I did end up giving them $200 extra for the new battery they had to put in it to bring it to me. Only seemed fair.

Crowz 03-20-2019 04:05 PM
Well going thru all the car search engines I have it looks like $4000 is the average lowest price for any x5's with a manual transmission currently for sale at the moment.

Crowz 03-20-2019 04:07 PM
The above said the only ones I found that were in decent enough shape Id consider buying personally were in the $7000 range. Way to much for the average E53 in these parts. But its the manual trans I guess that's running the price up.

rmepilot 03-20-2019 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Crowz (Post 1158032)
Bad part now is a new clutch and pressure plate for a bmw cost the same as a replacement automatic transmission and requires the same effort to swap them :)

Not to mention the banjo lever action on a bmw's shifter isn't going to hold up well to a newbie learning to shift gears for the first time. Expect a few wrecker trips or a call from the kid where they are stranded from the shifter not doing anything when moved :)

My first was a celica manual but like anyone else with stories of learning to drive a manual on Japanese cars they were top loader transmissions. You could grind on them all day with no damage and the shifters are practically indestructible within reason.

You can pop the shifter linkage off a bmw if you are rough with them.
How much is a transmission?

I can't argue with you on the Celica, as I learned on '80 Datsun 210 and 310's. Driver's Ed the year before got to drive '79 T/A's.

rmepilot 03-20-2019 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Crowz (Post 1158035)
Well going thru all the car search engines I have it looks like $4000 is the average lowest price for any x5's with a manual transmission currently for sale at the moment.
Any of those for sale close to us?

Crowz 03-20-2019 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rmepilot (Post 1158037)
How much is a transmission?

I can't argue with you on the Celica, as I learned on '80 Datsun 210 and 310's. Driver's Ed the year before got to drive '79 T/A's.
You can get a wrecker yard auto trans around here for $500 to 750 with a guarantee. I have bought them $250.

Clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing oe is over $300 from looking just now. I paid over $400 for the last one I bought so they have come down some. Aftermarket quality you can get down to $200 now it seems.

That said you will be doing this every 100k miles or so vs may never have to change the auto trans.

Hard to know for sure. Expect the first learner clutch to fail fast of course.

Crowz 03-20-2019 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rmepilot (Post 1158038)
Any of those for sale close to us?
Not really I had to come out to 400 miles range from here to get a good one to pop. Let me look again real quick.

rmepilot 03-20-2019 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Crowz (Post 1158041)
Not really I had to come out to 400 miles range from here to get a good one to pop. Let me look again real quick.
I appreciate all the advice/assistance. :thumbup:

I'm not in a huge hurry to buy and may end up with an x3 or e90. :dunno:

Crowz 03-20-2019 04:33 PM
I'll do a bit of looking later tonight and see what I can find closer by.


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