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Yea....I think perhaps the friggen ccv hosed sucked oil through the system and made them bad ???

Yea now only thing bad is they say I need new cats. Damn this will make it the 2nd replacement of these.
I'm not doing anything though till I have to for emissions in November.

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Bam that magic moment when you happen to look down and see this.

Car had 3/10 of a mile on it when I bought it new....

Just rolled 261,000 on the way to the range :-)

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Hmmm sounds like someone doesn't tighten their e brake cables often ;-)
I seem to have to tighten mine once or twice a year as my brakes wear is my guess.

Sounds like you wrecked it. ??

Meh he's disqualified from the original owner, highest mileage club ;-)
Original owner bought July 2004, hit 257,000 today :-) and clutch still lives :-) I think I need to teach people how to drive...

What's the current record for highest mileage?

I'm actually shocked considering up until about the 160k mark I ran her like a scalded cat and raced just about anything that issued a note greater than an idle at stop lights :-)
Now as she's old,...

256,000 today :-) and original clutch :-)

New they ran me like 1500 total BMW original

Wow trade in value is still nearly 6k, private is about 8500 and retail just over 10k according to kbb

Wouldn't have figured it would be but half that

Of course I'm driving it until I get a...

Not much the cats started throwing two codes and I decided to just do it now instead of waiting until I got closer to emissions test time.

The suspension seems fine to me at this point ill pretty...

Rolling nearer to the 200,000 miles mark. Currently just broke 199,500.
Original owner and the car has been a dream.

Besides brakes, tires and oil changes the only things I've had to do...

just shy of 170,000 miles now. Just replaced the pre-cat o2 sensors (easy easy job) the post cats...well...not so easy so heck with it she's in the shop today getting those done by my local inde....

163,500 hit on the way to work today. started just recently smelling some oil, but thats another thread. This baby has been good to me the entire mileage from day one (OG)

I'm a hard sell for a dealership. My shortest ever negotiation was 4 hours, but it netted me a 2000 vw passat fully loaded top model for $21k out the door with a handfull of free oil changes and tank...

I was out the door brand new for 42k, that included finding the only fully loaded silver gray with black leather, and black cube trim in the entire east coast sitting nice and pretty in virginia. Had...

Do the superchargers decrease the life of your engine? I've wanted to do mine for years, but never before saw systems that were affordable, look factory fit, and don't have to modify something. I...

Proud to be an OG. Are we a rare breed here? Can't imagine ever giving mine up. Sure the newer bmw's look nice, slick with the turbo's. but.....they just aren't zhp's. ;-)

1. what is og.
2. opps...161, 178 not 168. lol...i'm the new addition ;-)

Current Mileage: 161,178
2004 silver gray zhp - fully loaded - 6MT.
Original Owner from day 1 with less than 1 mile on odometer ;-)