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Re: Looking at a car - not AX

To: "Eric Salem" <eric@mail.brown911.com>, <autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Looking at a car - not AX
From: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 07:39:05 -0600
Eric Salem wrote:


>1986 BMW 325 es.
>
>Anybody know anything about them?

Yes. They had the BMW "eta" engine, which was the result of BMW's
belief that fuel economy would be an overriding concern for their
customers (To BMW's credit, they got over that delusion pretty
quickly). These engines redline at 4500 rpm and are not readily
convertible to a real BMW motor.

>And what to look for while evaluating
>the car.

I'd suggest you look for a way out of there. Quick.
;<)

Jay

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