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still looking... 700 1989

posted by  someone claiming to be Bruce Freiberg on  Thu Jan 10 10:29 CST 2002 [RELATED]

A word of caution about the 16 valve. Its an "interference" engine, meaning that if the timing belt breaks, the valves hit the pistons. The eight valve is non interference.
I drive a 740GL (1989) with the eight valve nonturbo with 153,000 on the odometer. It runs very strong. Sure, a turbo would run circles around it, but I have no problem keeping up with traffic. Avoid the ZF auto, as they have a major weakness...reving them in neutral fries them! The AW is a quality transmission, and will almost last forever. Good luck.

Bruce






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