Sounds like fun project, depending on the buy-out price (f theyll let you -
some insist on sending it to auction).
Manual! Apocrophylly, BMW only started putting auto tranny's into their cars
because murkin dealers insisted. They really couldn't understand why anyone
would want to put an auto in a Beemer. Ever. At the time, they increased engine
size to allow for it. And probably detuned them a bit. There should be an
advantage in mileage but, of course, that's cancelled out by the fact that
manual BMW's are driven…properly.
Andrew Fildes
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On 16/11/2013, at 4:33 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> So, here is one possiblity that I'm noodling. I buy the wrecked 2004
> X5 out for salvage, get this 2003, transfer all the goodies across and
> then start selling parts on eBay. The 2003 is in a whole lot better
> shape than mine was.
>
> I wonder what the normal gas mileage gain is with the manual tranny?
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