36654
New member
Was it Admiral Quasar or Motorola Quasar TV's?
-
Welcome, Guest! We hope you enjoy the excellent technical knowledge, event information and discussions that the BMW MOA forum provides. Some forum content will be hidden from you if you remain logged out. If you want to view all content, please click the 'Log in' button above and enter your BMW MOA username and password. If you are not an MOA member, why not take the time to join the club, so you can enjoy posting on the forum, the BMW Owners News magazine, and all of the discounts and benefits the BMW MOA offers?
-
Beginning April 1st, and running through April 30th, there is a new 2024 BMW MOA Election discussion area within The Club section of the forum. Within this forum area is also a sticky post that provides the ground rules for participating in the Election forum area. Also, the candidates statements are provided. Please read before joining the conversation, because the rules are very specific to maintain civility.
The Election forum is here: Election Forum
BMW's Reputation
- Thread starter pglaves
- Start date
Was it Admiral Quasar or Motorola Quasar TV's?
squeaky4432
Squeaky
lkchris
Active member
Before my time, I guess, but the combines of the '60s did have Chrysler flathead 6s. When the 300 arrived, it had a 327 Chevy smallblock.
lkchris
Active member
It's amusing that so many think of motorcycles when it comes to BMW's reputation. They don't hurt, but it's the cars ... including in today's political climate the i-cars.
But the motorcycle reputation isn't bad either
The world's police motorcycle
The bike to ride around the world
A serious world Superbike contender
A multiple Paris-Dakar winner
Name another motorcycle manufacturer that has done all that.
The "reliability" stuff is noise ... mostly for those feeling guilty ...
But the motorcycle reputation isn't bad either
The world's police motorcycle
The bike to ride around the world
A serious world Superbike contender
A multiple Paris-Dakar winner
Name another motorcycle manufacturer that has done all that.
The "reliability" stuff is noise ... mostly for those feeling guilty ...
36654
New member
There was a non-production diesel version of the Chrysler slant 6 which was viable, but never brought to market.
Source: Conversation with a Cummins Engineering Manager during a job interview in 1981...
Last edited:
jconway607
JohnWC
I'm missing this one. What are the people who are irritated with BMW's obvious fall from grace in the reliability department feeling guilty about?
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
To some casting doubt on any facet of the BMW mystique is a heretical act of the worst kind. I've not suffered any major issues with our BMWs, but it is a flight of fancy to deny they exist to an unexpectedly high degree.
marcopolo
Active member
How do you, or any of us, know to what extent "major issues" exist "to an unexpectedly high degree"? Do you have access to BMW's warranty claims database? I assume you're basing that on anecdotal "evidence" from what you've read online (and perhaps in Consumer Reports).
rangerreece
RangerReece
Over time on the forums, one can glean quite a bit of institutional knowledge from BMW AG. There have been some problems with the bikes, some major, some relatively minor. A lot of folks here post pictures of the problems, and in doing so the reader can see the structural causes of failures. The good news in my opinion, is BMW, unlike your cheaper brands, and yes they have been recalcitrant in the past, but today they are pretty good about owning up to their mistakes, especially safety related issues. Some folks on the site may be quick to disagree with me, but hey, that's been my experience, and my opinion.
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
I am not here to bash BMW motorcycles. I like them, I trust them and I've purchased six of them in the past eight years. I get irritated when folks bash the brand; I get equally irritated when other folks treat the brand as if it can do no wrong. There is enough information available to know that there are issues that exceed expectations. I know a couple of BMW service managers, I have many friends with BMWs, I'm on several forums and I think. For example, these areas come to mind: fuel strips, RT suspension, water pumps on multiple models and of course final drives. My next bike may very well be a BMW(RS!!!!), but I am a realist and acknowledge that there is a recent history of issues with quality control or engineering at BMW. Still a great brand that holds a special place in motorcycling. But some people remind me of those that continued to deny the harmful effects of tobacco regardless of the accumulated information. I also own a Yamaha FJR and a Super Tenere and they too are fine motorcycles with tremendously good reliability records. I enjoy owning both brands.
36654
New member
If you could trim 100-lbs of weight from the FJR, I would strongly consider it. The New RS has some strong points, but the typical premium package is a grouping of foo-foo farkles that doesn't trip my trigger. So, if I want one, I'll either have to special order or get a great deal on one with the premium package. Since, the first possibility requires forethough and planning and the second is unlikely.....the new RS may be a long time in coming.
greenwald
New member
(LOL)jconway607
JohnWC
I would humbly suggest that anyone who has bought that many BMWs, in that many years, has a perfect right to say whatever they want to, good or bad, about the brand.
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
Full disclosure... Four of them are Annie's.
ponch1
Ponch
globalrider
Alps Adventurer
That reminds me of a friend who owns a Yamaha FJR.
She was parked next to a BMW GS rider at one of those fund raising events. They started chatting and the GS rider with his poseur aluminum luggage popped open the lid and started in on all the roadside emergency items he carted along.
She just looked on in disbelief and said "what would I need all that for, I ride a Yamaha".
I had to laugh.
36654
New member
I wonder if it was better than the 5.7L GM diesel?
You mean the Olds 350 Diesel? That was the woeful tale that prompted the discussion........
The interview was for a job at a joint Cummins-Case facility to produce 4, 6 and 8-cyl straight engines using a common / modular 2-cylinder design. I don't know what happened with the venture. While Cummins survives, case has went thru several owners and, is likely, just a name plate, similar to Massey, etc.
Similar threads
