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Re: 96 or higher 740iL in 5/6 Speed? (archive)
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Posted by JGT on August 03, 2001 at 15:10:11:

In Reply to: Re: 96 or higher 740iL in 5/6 Speed? posted by Big-T on August 03, 2001 at 14:36:51:

Dear Big T,

I like your comments a lot but this time I have to disagree. A motor wears much more in stop and go traffic, accelarations and short distances than 200km on the Autobahn at high speeds. Moreover don't forget that the 740i runs only at 4000RPM when going at 200km/h. I live in Europe and my father used to be working at the official test track of a big car brand. There they often drove those kind of cars 18h/day at high speeds for 100.000km without even changing the oil once! When a motor is at full operating temperature (oil above 90ºC)the wear and tear is very low if not accelarating full gas all the time. I'd rather buy a car with has done 40.000km a year then one who does 15.000km a year because the last one probably has been doing short tracks in the city everyday.....

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