2002 BMW 7 [E65]
2002 BMW 7 [E65] in A Good Day to Die Hard, Movie, 2013
Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
![2002 BMW 7 [E65]](/i543894.jpg)
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2013-02-19 17:24 |
 good car... |
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◊ 2013-02-19 17:31 |
Try living with one. Ugly, unreliable and drinks like Oliver Reed. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 18:43 |
How can you know that? |
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◊ 2013-02-19 19:31 |
I've not had one if that's what you are thinking. I don't 'do' BMWs. But I know a few people who've had one of these. With the petrol models they definitely use a lot of petrol, and there are a lot of issues related to the sophisticated computer systems (not unexpected but definitely expensive). And they tend to need a lot of care that people who buy cars at the level they are now at can't really afford to give. They are nice if you can afford that and go into it with your eyes open but honestly, if you want a ten year old luxury car you can probably get something perhaps more reliable and that definitely doesn't look like a ten year old Hyundai with a BMW grill with a rival car. The end result is that they end up being the kind of thing that gets trashed in movies because nobody wants them, but they look expensive enough to create a high-budget look. See also, previous generation 7er, S-Klasse, Range Rovers and older Jaguar XJs for historical evidence of this phenomena. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 19:42 |
The russians seam to like it, since it appears in a lot of films. I think it looks a big fat, but OK. The F01 looks has a grille like a cow |
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◊ 2013-02-19 19:54 |
I wonder if it would work if you had a budget that would pay for a brand-new/nearly-new ordinary car like a Ford Focus, instead you buy an older prestige car that's half or a third of the price and use the remainder to pay for the running costs and repairs. Or would it still cost you considerably more than the average new car? -- Last edit: 2013-02-19 19:56:26 |
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◊ 2013-02-19 20:11 |
Autocar magazine in UK is doing exactly that sort of experiment - James "Mr Bangernomics" Ruppert bought a 728i E38 for £500 in late 2011 and is running it as one of their long term test cars. Sporadic updates in the magazine that it's going well without major problems - occasional repairs needed, but nothing major. Can't find any of his accounts online. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 20:16 |
Still that's only the basic 7-series, not the 740i or 750i. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 20:18 |
^^^I'd say it would work out and I think it is what a lot of car guys do (I'd rather do it, so long as it was not one of these and the new alternative was not something I'd really like). People who are not that into cars tend not to think that way and spend their whole budget on something. Besides, most people who get new Focuses tend to do so as company cars or through lease/PCP deals rather than buying outright. People tend to like having a new car as well. -- Last edit: 2013-02-19 20:19:27 |
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◊ 2013-02-19 20:58 |
In terms of 728 versus 740/750 implications (and not trying to be specific to BMW 7s - the same context could apply for eg Lexus, Merc S-class, Audi A8, Jag XJ, Range Rover Galleons etc) daily running costs (fuel, insurance) would be higher and possibly particular spares if/when things go wrong. But top-enders would very generally be bought new by either folk who do minimal mileage or very high motorway-based mileages with scrupulous fleet maintenance and servicing. So assuming you can find one which is close to its original owner, it could be fairly safe as a prospect but if there's already 10 owners in the logbook, tread very carefully. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 21:01 |
The 728i is not exactly a cheap car to run either, it is just a case of 25 v 20mpg. Still the same level of high-tech equipment to go wrong. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 21:23 |
All bigger and newer BMW belong to that kind of cars, you only can own and drive, when they are brand new with BMW-warranty or, if used, only bearable as first-hand-cars, no company-cars (mileage! Careless drivers) and with a completely stamped service-booklet. Otherwise it can cause incredible disasters, financial, technical, personal, etc. That's the reason, because they are cheap clunkers, when they became shabby. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 23:13 |
That’s the main reason why we got rid of our 325i E36 sedan. For a time the 325i was the high-end of the 3-Series without stepping up to a 5-Series. It had a lot of features which were optional or not available on lower 3-Series models (i.e. 318i and so on). It was a great car until it approached the 80,000 mile mark, then it started having electrical issues (it would constantly eat fuses for some reason, and the brake lamps would flicker or sometimes come on – without pressing the brake pedal), the radio system actually shorted-out and filled the cabin with smoke, the fuel pump went out, and finally the catalytic-converter went bad. The catalytic-converter was the straw that broke the camel's back. Schaeffer (the BMW Center we bought the car from) told us it would cost around 1,500 to 2,000 USD to replace. By that time the warranty was almost over. That pretty much scared us, considering it was not the engine or transmission. I can’t imagine what it would cost to replace the engine or transmission if one of those went out. |
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◊ 2013-02-19 23:24 |
Speaking of BMW... I wonder if there is any connection with this news? |
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◊ 2013-06-20 09:33 |
Fausse plaque diplomatique Suisse, plus précisément du canton de Genève. Une plaque suisse ne contient jamais de lettre hormis le canton. |
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◊ 2021-01-09 04:09 |
I used to love this car, until I realized it always looked like a tired pig... |
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◊ 2021-01-09 09:00 |
could this be a Russian built model (a company in Russia did have the right to assemble BMWs in the 2000s and 2010s) |
