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I just happened upon a thread I started over a year ago, makes good reading, just the tip of the iceberg. http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/e38/forum.php?postid=4216982&page=1 Also, here's one owner's experience in detail. http://home.earthlink.net/~hainesinutah/radiator/

You know what I'm talking about. I use the best oil, Mobil 1 Synthetic and change it regularly. Brake pads, tires, gas all that common sense stuff no need to mention. I play with GM stock in and out, currently no position but looking for an entry and I'm not counting on this thread to move...

I forgot about that, my air bag light went off also on my 740iL. The only fix for it is to disconnect the battery for a while then connect it again. Although the light comes on again eventually. BTW The battery is in the trunk, and I remember another story about this but not the details...

I'll say my 740iL had an awesome interior and very comfortable. Many aspects of BMW are better, they better be for the price tag. I liked the automatic shade on the rear window at the touch of a button, heated steering wheel great in winter, traction control worked great on this heavy vehicle...

You don't know too much about BMW's, a 740iL is not a new BMW. Mine was a 1997 and retailed for $72,000. Just because a car is a few years old doesn't mean it should fall apart on you. You talk about perception? Go visit that BMW message board I posted previously. You say my posts are...

GM's will do 200,000 miles for breakfast. Here's a 2002 Malibu for sale with 221,000 miles, buy it, should be good for another 200k...

Ok, I won't call you an idiot, but you just made the most idiotic statement here. My experience has been the opposite of that. If I can go over 300,000 miles on a GM vehicle and the motor transmission and radiator all original and never touched by a mechanic and only need to change a fuel pump...

That's exactly my point, why on earth would they want to do this? They won't, all they will do is have us assemble a few cars so IDIOTS!!! can say "see they are bringing work to our country so there's no difference between buying a hyundai or a GM". I don't see a gap to close. Until I see a...

Sorry if I was a bit harsh, I believe people should buy whatever they want with their own money. Nobody should tell them what to buy, but it seems for 99% of all foriegn vehicle owners that it's not enough that they are buying foriegn vehicles but they also need to put down the big three at the...

Yo, yea that would help our employment situation that you complain about, you make sense. Fn Idiot!

You are right about that, it's a bet.

Is that why they are the only manufacturer with enough expertise to do most of all their research on fuel cell vehicles in house? I bet GM is the first company to sell 1,000,000 fuel cell vehicles, which is their goal. I recently saw a 2000 Cadillac Deville for sale at Autotrader with 370,000...

Sarcasm, funny. Ok you guys asked for the proof. Check out this BMW 740iL message board. Very active and full of complainers of their plastic radiator that has catastrophic failures like mine did, engine is all aluminum and costs $12,000 to fix after the radiator goes so quietly and suddenly...

They have not improved small cars much. When I was young I had a 1979 Plymouth Champ that got 50 MPG highway, you would think after a quarter century they could have doubled that to 100 MPG. Oh well. 44 MPG does not impress me. BTW My last 2 cars were also Pontiac and I got 300,000 miles...

When I see someone boasting of 40 MPG from a little coffee grinder car it makes me wonder. I have a 2000 Bonneville with 130,000 miles and I get 34 MPG on long trips with 5 large people inside. My car has never seen a dealer or mechanic besides a recall. You sure are sacrificing a lot for...

There's a lot of fuel cell companies that would like to disagree with you. Either way I would love to see oil become absolete some day.

So apparently you are one of the idiots who are so easily convinced by these initial quality comparisons, but when presented by some facts from a commercial suddenly you don't believe. Again, initial quality meaning the car has 1.5 visits to the dealer under warranty rather than 1.8 will not...

Well at first they will get it from gasoline converted to hydrogen under the hood. Still using about half of it as it normally would. Eventually they will get it from other liquids like water, using electricity from hopefully from renewable sources like solar, wind etc. and it will be...

That's where we have a problem, I wasn't talking about initial quality. I'm talking about long term durability, I keep my cars a while. Initial quality is not too shabby either for GM, remember they have the #1, the #2, and the #3 plant delivering the highest initial quality, remember that...

It will be a sad day if that happens. They have the best products in the world in my opinion. Every GM product I've owned I was able to drive over 300,000 miles and still sell it in good condition. They are betting on fuel cell vehicles, they have the technical expertise and are doing most of...