Who in their right mind would drive two overloaded BMW e28s. each with 300,000+ miles on them from St. Louis to Seattle? In the winter. Indeed. Here we are somewhere near Grand Island, Nebraska. That’s Rosebud on the left (1986 535i) and No. 5 on the right (1985 535i).
No. 5 later that day headed west near North Platte, Nebraska. About 380,000 miles on the clock at this point.
Rosebud the next day crossing into Wyoming. It weighed in at 3980 lbs. on a truckstop scale BEFORE refueling. Max load is rated at 4030 lbs. so it was definitely overloaded. Eventually needed a new driveshaft in Billings, Montana (a four-day event, but that’s another story) after the vibration became noticeably severe.