Comments on: My750.com > An Owner’s Experience With BMW’s First V12 Flagship http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/my750com-an-owners-experience-with-bmws-first-v12-flagship/ Covering the worlds greatest cars Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: gotleib1 http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/my750com-an-owners-experience-with-bmws-first-v12-flagship/#comment-2971 gotleib1 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/my750com-an-owners-experience-with-bmws-first-v12-flagship/#comment-2971 Well I guess I know which BMW NOT to get....<br/><br/>I wonder how the quality is on the 1-Series???? Well I guess I know which BMW NOT to get….

I wonder how the quality is on the 1-Series????

]]> By: Gunnar Heinrich http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/my750com-an-owners-experience-with-bmws-first-v12-flagship/#comment-2970 Gunnar Heinrich Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/my750com-an-owners-experience-with-bmws-first-v12-flagship/#comment-2970 It's difficult to drive any older car - prestige or plain - on a daily basis without expecting to put a fair bit of money in on upkeep to keep her running normally. <br/><br/>That said, for years it was - by anecdotal account - a given that even if you could afford the 12 cylinder 750, you bought the eight cylinder 740 because BMW's eights proved less fussy to maintain, pulled with 90% of the 12's power, and were at least $30K less than the flagship's MSRP.<br/><br/>When I saw the website in question, it went some way in supporting those other accounts I had read and heard over the years. It’s difficult to drive any older car – prestige or plain – on a daily basis without expecting to put a fair bit of money in on upkeep to keep her running normally.

That said, for years it was – by anecdotal account – a given that even if you could afford the 12 cylinder 750, you bought the eight cylinder 740 because BMW’s eights proved less fussy to maintain, pulled with 90% of the 12′s power, and were at least $30K less than the flagship’s MSRP.

When I saw the website in question, it went some way in supporting those other accounts I had read and heard over the years.

]]> By: J http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/my750com-an-owners-experience-with-bmws-first-v12-flagship/#comment-2969 J Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:47:00 +0000 http://www.automobilesdeluxe.tv/my750com-an-owners-experience-with-bmws-first-v12-flagship/#comment-2969 Those who scream the loudest and most frequently are those with complaints, so it pays to adjust your frame of reference. That said these complaints are consistent with the anecdotal evidence regarding the ownership experience of the top of the line German luxury cars.<br/><br/>When I finally wear out the C, if I'm still in the market for prestige sedan I'll probably get a Lexus or perhaps a Jag. <br/><br/>In my mind when they are daily drivers, trouble free motoring goes far in closing the gap in performance and style.<br/><br/>Jim Those who scream the loudest and most frequently are those with complaints, so it pays to adjust your frame of reference. That said these complaints are consistent with the anecdotal evidence regarding the ownership experience of the top of the line German luxury cars.

When I finally wear out the C, if I’m still in the market for prestige sedan I’ll probably get a Lexus or perhaps a Jag.

In my mind when they are daily drivers, trouble free motoring goes far in closing the gap in performance and style.

Jim

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