Running costs of E38 740i
Make no mistake, the running costs on an E38 are high. I probably spent 100k plus in the 8 years or so of my 740i ownership.
With regard to the absorbers, IF you opt for the EDC (Electronic Damping Control) absorbers, they'll cost about 20k for all sides. I replaced all of them once but 2nd time round I just put non electronic Bilsteins on and changed the springs to Eibachs (which in retrospect, I should have done the 1st time round)
Apart from that, I spent money on CATs, and the radiator (which you should expect to do). They are also heavy on brake pads.
Gearbox has been relatively bulletproof with no problems in 180k km (though I have changed the filter twice)
Still on original air con compressor, though I recently changed the cooling coils.
Oh and I just changed the windscreen because the touch and go barrier came down and cracked it.
But all in all, looking back I'm pretty shocked by how much i spent in bit and pieces here and there, as I said easily 100k plus.
I'm looking to get sell it off if anyone's interested - its probably the best maintained 740 around, with the reciepts and full service history as proof.
Road tax for a 4 litre V8 is 6,500 p.a in case anyone is wondering
Make no mistake, the running costs on an E38 are high. I probably spent 100k plus in the 8 years or so of my 740i ownership.
With regard to the absorbers, IF you opt for the EDC (Electronic Damping Control) absorbers, they'll cost about 20k for all sides. I replaced all of them once but 2nd time round I just put non electronic Bilsteins on and changed the springs to Eibachs (which in retrospect, I should have done the 1st time round)
Apart from that, I spent money on CATs, and the radiator (which you should expect to do). They are also heavy on brake pads.
Gearbox has been relatively bulletproof with no problems in 180k km (though I have changed the filter twice)
Still on original air con compressor, though I recently changed the cooling coils.
Oh and I just changed the windscreen because the touch and go barrier came down and cracked it.
But all in all, looking back I'm pretty shocked by how much i spent in bit and pieces here and there, as I said easily 100k plus.
I'm looking to get sell it off if anyone's interested - its probably the best maintained 740 around, with the reciepts and full service history as proof.
Road tax for a 4 litre V8 is 6,500 p.a in case anyone is wondering
