manual 7?

[lorddarkice]

just wandering if any of the 735s were manual? or if you had to swap trannys for that.

[Antiburn]

Only in europe, any other countries other then the US

[threebimmers]

Originally Posted by Antiburn

Only in europe, any other countries other then the US

This is wrong 5 speed 735i were in the US the latest was the E32 generation but they were also in the older 733s. It is true that they are very rare, they dont come up for sale very often because people want to hold on to them. I have seen a 5 speed 733 in person, and one or two 735s on ebay.

[lorddarkice]

ok, good. if i know i wont get one i can settle for an auto lol.

[88LedSled]

Originally Posted by Antiburn

Only in europe, any other countries other then the US

Yeah, that isn't exactly correct....there were a limited amount of manual E32s brought in for the US market, however, at the time they didn't sell well. The general consensus is that the E32 7er was a big expensive luxury sedan and most of the buyers during the first two years wanted the so-called "luxury" of the AT. -Silly Wabbits....there's nuthin' quite like a big-6 at 6500 rpms (whoa!)

I own an '88 5-speed and the manual tranny was the reason I bought it. I had my suspicions about above-average clutch/tranny wear because the car is so damn heavy, but haven't had any problems with it worth mentioning (although the soccer-mom who owned the car before me obviously didn't know how to drive a stick worth a sh*t...the clutch needed replacing during the first month I owned it). One very large change I made to mine was the addition of M5 17" throwing-stars, 750i bushings, M5 control arms and a Dinan series-1 suspension kit....this made a huge difference in body roll and accelleration/braking sway. Couple those changes with some sticky rubber and you're having big fun =]

Now she's rock-freaking-solid through turns and handles great for such a big car. -She doesn't push the front-end like the stock cars do and road-feel is very crisp. One note though; because these cars have a large degree of positive front camber from the factory, I will likely need to change the front camber plates at some point to reduce outside tire wear and give her a little better mid-corner grip at high speed, but that can wait for now...this one's not likely to ever see the track so the really stroked suspension parts are probably more for my head than my little jaunts through the California woods.