The pre-vanos engines run forever, I had an ‘89 e34 525i that went to 400k miles on the original engine and tranny, now I own an 85 e23 745i that has been my daily driver for four years and have never had it let me down. I love the pre-vanos engines!

BMW’s engines after say ‘o2 are garbage but my ‘85 e23 745i has had no issues other than routine maintenance for the four years I have owned it, parts are easy to find if you know where to get them and they are not that expensive by modern standards. For example my 2001 Chevy Tahoe which is my winter daily driver to…