Here’s the thing tho: It still has a “chick’s car stigma”. I’ve driven one twice, thought it was great, wanted to buy one, but my 6’4” frame doesn’t fit properly in one. I talk about them being good cars, and people go, “why would you want that, isn’t that a girly car?”. I wax poetic about 50/50 weight distribution,…

2.0L/2.5L Duratec (or 1.6L EB) as the base engine for XL models, 2.3L EB for the upgraded engine would be my guess

Wait, Doug, you’re only 27. What the shit? What have I been doing with my life.

No Stick in the US, ask me how I know.

I think you missed the point, he’s not talking about a 56 BelAir, he’s talking about an analog car, a true driver’s car. I can relate, since I drive a 91 318i. It’s got what you’re describing (abs, airbags, 4 wheel discs). It’s not going to leave me stranded (at 223k miles), doesn’t need to be rebuilt, it stops,…

Knock on wood, I haven’t had any issues with my M42’s rad. The seals on the overflow bottle went recently though, 222k miles.

Probably to skirt some kind of autofind royalty thing.

Agreed, just saying, my dealership sees many a limo/taxi tranny in our warranty lot. Far more abuse than the average, but they do fail.

Yup, and BMW usually fix the cooling issues via updates. See: M42 and M52 plastic impellers

Say what you will about electronics reliability in BMW/German cars, but BMW’s engine engineering department doesn’t fuck about. Find me an unreliable BMW engine, there are very few, cooling systems, however....

“Britain is not some bankrupt rock in the North Atlantic” Was the quote. He also added “We will show Chrysler, that we will not be pushed around by a two-bit car company”

Yeah, but how many transmissions?

Tavarish, I have this year 840ci, so I feel the need to inform you on this car’s history.

I’m like Tavarish, I wrench when something goes wrong/ needs maintenance. I hear you on this, the M62 is solid as a rock with that repair done.

It’s significantly cheaper for similar options groups. See the Flex SEL w/ 202A here ($40,700 before rebate $36,950 after) vs the Explorer XLT w/ 202A here ($43,730 before rebate $43,055 after rebate).

It’s not a panel gap, the hood overlaps the nose panel, that’s the rubber seal you’re seeing:

just make sure you find one with the Timing Chain guides already replaced, or prep you wallet for the 2-3k repair

You got most of it, but you dropped this:

If you made this, submit it to BlipShift, they’ll make it a shirt.

And yet the Explorer outsells the Flex, despite the fact that both ride on the same platform, same engines/transmissions, and the Flex offers more bang for buck.