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While the N20 is often considered a stout and reliable engine, early versions of the engine have a major flaw with the design of the timing chain guides. The plastic guides are known to disintegrate, allowing excess slack in the timing chain, plastic particles in the oil filter, and excess timing chain wear. The N20…
The 5-Series is one of the most iconic models that BMW has ever released. With a history spanning more than 50 years, the 5-Series is the go-to luxury family-friendly sedan with plenty of performance too. With eight total generations, it can be hard to decide which year 5er is the right one to purchase. That’s…
It’s no secret that BMW has a special relationship with inline-6 engines. The straight-6 is to BMW what reliable econoboxes are to Honda or headache-inducing supercars are to Ferrari, nobody does them better. A case can be made that the BMW M30 is the engine that truly sealed in BMW’s unparalleled reputation for creating reliable,…
Of all of the reasons that people avoid purchasing aging BMW M cars, the fear of rod bearing failure is, without doubt, the most pervasive. It looms over any prospective E46 M3, E90 M3, E60 M5, or E63 M6 buyer’s head like a bomb with a random fuse, ready to explode and cause irreparable damage…
It’s no secret BMW has made some excellent, fast high-performance cars. However, BMW has mostly kept away from horsepower wars, and has instead relied on building “The Ultimate Driving Machine”. Often, it’s about the handling and overall driving experience over pure power and straight-line speed. That doesn’t mean BMW hasn’t built some incredibly powerful engines,…
If you’re in the BMW game, it shouldn’t be a secret that some of today’s BMW unicorns were everyone’s trash a decade ago. A clean example of an E39 M5 with sub-six-figure mileage could be fetched for around $10,000 in the 2010-2015 market. Now you’re looking at at least double that. The same could be…
Let’s face it, BMW doesn’t have the best reputation for reliability. When I told my father that I had just purchased a 30-year-old BMW 325i for a daily driver, he nearly laughed me out of the room. He, along with all of the wannabe comedians in my family loved throwing the oh-so-creative “Big Money Waster”…
With the death of the internal combustion engine looming on the horizon, it is no secret that most current auto manufacturers are trying to strike early with some new hard-hitting models, BMW included. While Tesla jumped in head first, dedicating all of their resources to their electric vehicle endeavors, BMW has obviously been splitting their…
When the first BMW M3 was released in 1987, it revolutionized how the world thought about sports cars. Not only was the E30 M3 the direct product of the upper-echelon DTM racing series, but it was also a usable car. Since 1987, there have been six generations of M3, each holding true to that original…
Use the following keys to search for a specific topic: Windows: Ctrl + F Mac: Command + F We will break the S63 FAQ guide into the following subjects: BMW S63 General Info FAQs S63 Standard Maintenance FAQs BMW S63 Reliability & Common Problems BMW S63 Tuning & Mods FAQs BMW S63 General Info FAQs…
At this point, BMW has been in the compact SUV game for nearly a decade. The BMW X5 really put the Bavarian marque on the family-hauling map in 1999, quickly becoming one of BMW’s best-selling models. The success of the X5 led to the expansion of the BMW X model line, beginning with the introduction…
With Mercedes AMG Petronas having dominated Formula 1 for the past 7 years, excluding 2022 of course, the question has to be brought up, where is their competition? While the Red Bull F1 team has been able to challenge Mercedes’ reign, there is a big German name that is missing from the F1 roster. With…
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