High mileage 08s report in!

Oreo Cat wrote

138k miles, went on a road trip from SoCal -> bend OR -> Spokane WA -> courd Alene ID -> whitefish Montana -> Salt Lake City -> back to Los Angeles
No problems, tpms would malfunction every now and then and might have to replace the air filter since the supercharger filter is low and exposed and full of bugs, but the car has still got it.

Good to hear your car is running strong @ 138k miles with a supercharger. I'm at 130k and have been debating if I want to but a super charger on it.

IamFODI wrote

I did SS brake lines. If it made a difference, I can't tell. No regrets, but that's mainly because I didn't want to be tracking on >120k mile old OE brake lines.

all brake lines have steel belts, the only difference is aftermarket has clear rubber on the outside so you can see the steel braids.

sitting pretty at 119k hard miles. I abuse this car on a daily basis and it just wants more. 15.5 mpg?

all these posts with like 70k miles. That's not high mileage. I don't even consider 119k to be high mileage.

I see enough E36 M3s with 220k+ on them at the track to know these are built to last.

I'm knocking on 140k miles right now. I haven't been dailying it any longer in favor of my Suburban. It sits in my insulated shop. I brought it out for about a month straight in June/July. I definitely missed the car. I always managed to get to work faster in for some reason! Haha.

I purchased new pads for the rear and brake fluid to do a complete flush. The headliner drooped in the Texas heat. I have since found the original BMW material and it sits rolled up in a box. It's also time for another Leatherique application (stuff does wonders). Another set of projects. Never enough time with all my hobbies and kid's sports these days.

chocstraw wrote

all brake lines have steel belts, the only difference is aftermarket has clear rubber on the outside so you can see the steel braids.
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I assume by brake lines you mean the flexible brake hoses, and steel belts you mean steel cords/braids? (a Brit dealing with US terms ).
Assuming the above is right, I've never come across rubber brake hoses with steel cords, on the odd occasion for my job (I'm a mechanic) that I've either had to cut brake hoses or have seen the rubber cover perish showing the cords, they've always been nylon cords.
That said, obviously I haven't cut ever single brake hose I've seen over the past 30 odd years I've worked on cars , and I haven't (yet) had to change them on an M series BMW. Maybe they're different??

Even if the rubber hoses do have nylon cords on our M3s, I'm not going to bother changing for SS hoses. In my younger days I fitted some to a car I had then, one of them burst on me, luckily I was stationary, the pedal didn't quite feel right, so I pressed harder to test it and a SS hose burst! Their was no obvious deterioration beforehand.
I don't recall a rubber hose bursting without showing external deterioration beforehand (although I'd stand to be corrected there).

This thread gives me a lot of hope for high mileage S65s.

Coming from a 183k mile S52, I was always curious on the longevity of the E9x M3.

202k-mile 2010 DCT in Germany. Allegedly, one owner from new.

2yr/30k KM oil changes as per CBS from new, a few diff oil changes, at least those that were done at BMW, and no signs of rod bearings service from BMW.

swagon wrote

202k-mile 2010 DCT in Germany. Allegedly, one owner from new. 2yr/30k KM oil changes as per CBS from new, a few diff oil changes, at least those that were done at BMW, and no signs of rod bearings service from BMW.

Great find. I wonder if the Throttle Actuators were ever done. How about that oil cap.. Seems like it's been through some rough use judging by the front air dam scrapes and touch up... This one reminds me of the old TIMEX Advertisement tag line, "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking"... Perhaps the Condition Based Service (CBS) oil change intervals are really the best way to go... Oh, I can hear the clamor now...

DrFerry wrote

Perhaps the Condition Based Service (CBS) oil change intervals are really the best way to go... Oh, I can hear the clamor now...

Fresh oil is best oil!

I think this car was just driven by someone with at least a couple brain cells and/or did in-between oil changes elsewhere.

It's very rare for a first owner here in Germany/most of Western Europe to do oil changes more frequently than what is set by the manufacturer. They'll spend 8k in mods but won't change oil for 30k kilometres.

DrFerry wrote

Great find. I wonder if the Throttle Actuators were ever done. How about that oil cap.. Seems like it's been through some rough use judging by the front air dam scrapes and touch up... This one reminds me of the old TIMEX Advertisement tag line, "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking"... Perhaps the Condition Based Service (CBS) oil change intervals are really the best way to go... Oh, I can hear the clamor now...

Frankly, this is the one you want to buy! It's been used but not abused. One day with a detailer and it would look like a million bucks again.

douglee25 wrote

DrFerry wrote

Great find. I wonder if the Throttle Actuators were ever done. How about that oil cap.. Seems like it's been through some rough use judging by the front air dam scrapes and touch up... This one reminds me of the old TIMEX Advertisement tag line, "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking"... Perhaps the Condition Based Service (CBS) oil change intervals are really the best way to go... Oh, I can hear the clamor now...

Frankly, this is the one you want to buy! It's been used but not abused. One day with a detailer and it would look like a million bucks again.

You might be onto something there… In my 14 years of ownership (original owner of a 2008 E92 M3) these cars are a bit of a ticking time bomb especially when it comes to rod bearings throttle actuator's, valve covers and a few other odds and ends. However, if one could discover the service history this could be a real find. Possibly cheap too. By the looks of the front bumper chin spoiler area it's had its fair share of parking lot battles. Because it's a German car I guess it's no stranger to the autobahn either.

DrFerry wrote

Great find. I wonder if the Throttle Actuators were ever done. How about that oil cap.. Seems like it's been through some rough use judging by the front air dam scrapes and touch up... This one reminds me of the old TIMEX Advertisement tag line, "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking"... Perhaps the Condition Based Service (CBS) oil change intervals are really the best way to go... Oh, I can hear the clamor now...

Rough use WRT bodywork is about the best kind of problem a car can have. It's rough use on the suspension and powertrain you have to be wary of.

Not abused? Well apparently it's been serviced regularly, but the bodywork has clearly been abused! And body work in general isn't cheap to fix (although likely cheaper than a new engine, lol).
And what's with those wheels? They look tiny, surely they're not 17" though??

What's WRT mean?

Assimilator1 wrote

Not abused? Well apparently it's been serviced regularly, but the bodywork has clearly been abused! And body work in general isn't cheap to fix (although likely cheaper than a new engine, lol).

Yeah, guess I should have said "least bad" instead of "best".

Your parenthesis is my point. If a car's going to be in rough shape in some way, let it be bodywork. A rough engine is expensive as hell, and a rough chassis could point to comparable headaches (e.g. subframe or unibody bent from pothole impacts or something).

Plus, bodywork is purely cosmetic, and I'm assuming people are into this car more for how it drives than for how it looks. Though I make that assumption all the time and it often fails miserably...

Assimilator1 wrote

What's WRT mean?

With Respect To

Assimilator1 wrote

Not abused? Well apparently it's been serviced regularly, but the bodywork has clearly been abused! And body work in general isn't cheap to fix (although likely cheaper than a new engine, lol).
And what's with those wheels? They look tiny, surely they're not 17" though??

What's WRT mean?

Those look like 18" E46 M3 wheels. Pretty weird to see them on an E92

Tommysalami wrote

Those look like 18" E46 M3 wheels. Pretty weird to see them on an E92

That's what I thought too.. I think the E46 M3 wheels are 0.5 inch narrower front and rear.. Hence the funky look on an E92 M3.

Ah that makes sense, until I saw the pic with the engine I wasn't even sure it was an M3 lol, narrower wheels explains it. And yea, they look weird!

4corners wrote

Good as new!

douglee25 wrote

Good as new!

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4corners wrote

Headlight gaskets 225000 miles

225K miles on your '08 M3 and counting..

164k miles on my 2008 E92 and still going strong!!!

4corners wrote

Is it up there the water typically gets it and create the infamous condensation?