1974 BMW 2002 from Netherlands - Comments

Not a thing up to now: the car needs a restoration and has rust in some places, but it is still a sound car for its year.

This car is very quick for an automatic. It really shows that in the seventies B.M.W. was the manufacturer of sports saloons to beat.

It still puts a smile on your face even now.

Once you have sorted everything out and replaced all that needs replacing, you've got a car to keep a lifetime!

I am not too keen on the seats (they are from bad quality fabric) and the interior could be better.

I understand what you are saying and I love my

1974 BMW 2002 it is a standard every day I enjoy

making people turn there heads and look at my car.

I don't like the seats in the car so I am changing them

I got a set of bucket seat to replace them with, and I

took out the back seat cause who needs a back seat? what I

like most is getting on the highway and shifting the gears at 5,000 RPMs, and hearing that engine roar.

I own a 1974 model BMW 2002 since 1978 and has kept it all through all the years. It is one of the best car that I have ever driven and owned after owning more than 15 cars through out all the years that passed by. It is really meant to be driven by the owner in order for him to truly apprecaite the power and handling of it. Very fast and would really make you always drive in the fast lane.

My 2002 used to be an extremely unreliable car, breaking down on no less than 5 occasions in 1.5 years, however when we sorted the starter motor and a couple of other glitches it stopped giving me any trouble. The seats are poor, however placing a thin layer of high quality foam in the seat provides a huge amount of support and makes for a good drive. The 2002 is now a dream on wheels, reliable and sporty.

I've had the great pleasure of driving many different 2002's over the past twenty odd years, some nicer than others, all decent.

I currently have "Rusty", a '74 tii body which runs reliably. Original paint color was turkis metallic. It is now slowly, cheerfully, rusting and mostly dozing beneath fading rivera blue paint. "Rusty" is my "blizzard bomber", four studded snows, good wipers, great heater; I keep it parked out of sight until it snows here in Denver. Then I take the plates off "Timmy" (a rust-free "74 2002 body with all of "Rustys" fast tii stuff, plus 5 speed, recaros, bilsteins, etc.) and slap 'em on trusty ole you know who and truly enjoy driving both on the highway (skiing) and around town in the very worst conditions. This from a 32 year old design with well over 300,000 miles which, except for a weber carb, is basically stock and well used.

It's always ready to start and tear up the tundra in the coldest weather, even after 6 or 7 months of complete neglect. It gives 20+ mpg, and driving it is not only fun on it's own merits, but (and best of all!) makes me feel real smart too, because it's practically free!!!

I have just one set of collector plates for Timmy ($50-60.00 for 5 years) and just swap 'em when it snows. I pay $25.00/year to park it in a quiet' off-street spot with a copy of an insurance proof for a '74 2002 in the glove box, and I just laugh every time I pass some "learn to drive" type in a hideously expensive SUV, or see all the other beautiful, expensive cars slugging it out there in the mag chloride shuffle.

I try to drive Timmy only on dry roads, and even though it's not fancy, new or expensive, and some people probably think I'm a trifle eccentric to keep driving the same old car, I must say I keep doing it only because it works pretty darned well for me.

One of my friends who always has new stuff was showing me his very cool new 350 h.p. sports sedan, and in the course of the ride he repeated the phrase "life is too short not to drive cool new technology". Perhaps if my lifestyle required more driving, or status enhancement, I would agree. But for me, life is too short for big car payments, and in this country at least, both cars can easily exceed the speed limits in relative safety and comfort (if not in luxury and high style), while providing at least a modestly entertaining driving experience.

Denver Dave.