SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
Picked it up in Alabama this weekend. Pretty thug looking car and from what I have been told I look funny driving it. My first V8 and it even came with Dinan S1. Its a highway beast and a pontoon boat around the city.
Fun car so far. To answer questions about why I would trade my m3 for this: The M was on its way out, had a salvaged title and the previous owner took poor care of the car.
[Edited on October 10, 2005 at 10:14 AM. Reason : yeah] 10/10/2005 10:13:23 AM |
nicholaspea All American 2023 Posts user info edit post |
What are the specs? Year/miles, so on... looks like an automatic.
If you need the Bentley books for the e39 I have yet to sell mine after getting rid of the 540 - they're mint.
Good cars but hopefully yours won't creak as much as the old 540 did.
[Edited on October 10, 2005 at 10:30 AM. Reason : asdf] 10/10/2005 10:29:52 AM |
WCH777 All American 2378 Posts user info edit post |
nice. automatic though? I should be picking one up this week in Winston-Salem 10/10/2005 11:47:59 AM |
baonest All American 47902 Posts user info edit post |
better watch those window regulators 10/10/2005 12:24:57 PM |
1in10^9 All American 7451 Posts user info edit post |
very nice ride but 6-speed getrag would be have been more fun though... 10/10/2005 12:31:47 PM |
stowaway All American 11770 Posts user info edit post |
nice, just took delivery of a white 540i saturday ourselves. 10/10/2005 12:34:26 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
10/10/2005 12:37:57 PM |
SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
Its a 1997 with 160,000 miles on it. Nearly every single mechanical component has been replaced including the engine. It came with every single record up to 2 weeks ago (about 100 pages). It has the dinan S1 software that negates any performance lose due to it being yes automatic . No creaking what so ever. If you did not know it has 160,000 miles on it you would think it was near new it drives better then any low milage vehicle I have ever had. It got a new engine at 97,000.
dyno #'s: 252rwhp 273Tq @ wheels. 10/10/2005 2:26:41 PM |
Seotaji All American 34244 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Good cars but hopefully yours won't creak as much as the old 540 did." |
ah ha i thought the 5 series i drove was a lemon, but i guess a lot of them do it.
Quote : | "Nearly every single mechanical component has been replaced including the engine." |
why? is it a lemon?10/10/2005 4:09:46 PM |
SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
No not a lemon, most done in preventative maintanence and off recalls. Feels more solid then the 318 i drove with only 60k.
spellings a bitch
[Edited on October 10, 2005 at 4:36 PM. Reason : .] 10/10/2005 4:35:26 PM |
Seotaji All American 34244 Posts user info edit post |
jesus man, i've got a lot of service records, but nothing near 100 pgs.
that be a lot of recalls. 10/10/2005 4:41:16 PM |
Scottyc All American 1956 Posts user info edit post |
Mike doesn't know what hes talking about 10/10/2005 4:44:18 PM |
Scottyc All American 1956 Posts user info edit post |
he started listening to rap music since he got this car too. 10/10/2005 4:47:19 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
10/10/2005 4:52:02 PM |
SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "jesus man, i've got a lot of service records, but nothing near 100 pgs.
that be a lot of recalls." |
oh only a few of them are recalls. Like I said most where maintenance.10/10/2005 4:54:50 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Nearly every single mechanical component has been replaced including the engine" |
this is "maintinance" at less than 100k? interesting.10/10/2005 4:58:34 PM |
Scottyc All American 1956 Posts user info edit post |
are you as gay as your dog?
10/10/2005 4:59:24 PM |
SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
^^ dude fucking seriously get off your fucking high horse fag. Dont fucking talk to me or post in any thread I make fag. Go eat some shit seriously and find something better to do then harrass people on an internet forum. Ass hat. 10/10/2005 5:01:19 PM |
1in10^9 All American 7451 Posts user info edit post |
garage at its best haha 10/10/2005 5:05:31 PM |
Ahmet All American 4279 Posts user info edit post |
In my opinion high milege is seldom an indication of mechanical solidity, especially on German/European cars. Higher odometer readings have never scared me away from a purchase. I've seen my share of BMW/Mercs with over half a million miles.
However, it is an auto and there's no excuse for that. Ahmet 10/10/2005 5:12:04 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "are you as gay as your dog?" |
lol, that's weak. yeah, i'm that gay... i'm working on getting to your level of gayness though where i can make threads directed at my friends, then we can flirt back and forth in it.
Quote : | "dude fucking seriously get off your fucking high horse fag." |
haha, maybe you should get off yours. coming on here bragging about your "new" car that fell apart before it hit 100k miles.
Quote : | "Dont fucking talk to me or post in any thread I make fag" |
OR how about you quit posting stupid shit10/10/2005 5:17:13 PM |
Scottyc All American 1956 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "OR how about you quit posting stupid shit" |
pot calling the kettle black?10/10/2005 5:18:31 PM |
beethead All American 6513 Posts user info edit post |
kettle telling the pot, "you're calling the kettle black?" 10/10/2005 5:25:21 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
^^not unless you're the pot and he's the kettle
[Edited on October 10, 2005 at 5:26 PM. Reason : .] 10/10/2005 5:25:30 PM |
SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
bragging? about a 160000 mile auto sedan. dude fucking just stop you are such an idiot and an asshole. 10/10/2005 5:26:17 PM |
pwnt All American 3052 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "bragging? about a 160000 mile auto sedan. dude fucking just stop you are such an idiot and an asshole." |
Maybe he's just pissed because he weighs a 1000 pounds more than you and has his back seat and trunk are full of shit?10/10/2005 5:29:52 PM |
beethead All American 6513 Posts user info edit post |
and obe1 10/10/2005 5:30:16 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
cp3o
Quote : | "you are such an idiot " |
this coming from someone who calls a motor replacement preventative maintinance. right.
[Edited on October 10, 2005 at 5:34 PM. Reason : .]10/10/2005 5:33:10 PM |
SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
har har har har i said everything was preventative maintenance. stop putting words in my mouth fuckin ass. 10/10/2005 5:35:42 PM |
SilverSurfer All American 3238 Posts user info edit post |
har har har har i said everything was preventative maintenance. stop putting words in my mouth fuckin ass. 10/10/2005 5:36:21 PM |
pwnt All American 3052 Posts user info edit post |
Engine replacement as preventative mainenance??? I'll have to remeber that one. lol 10/10/2005 5:37:30 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "No not a lemon, most done in preventative maintanence and off recalls" |
Quote : | "oh only a few of them are recalls. Like I said most where maintenance." |
those are your words, not mine10/10/2005 5:37:31 PM |
beethead All American 6513 Posts user info edit post |
hah 10/10/2005 5:38:51 PM |
pwnt All American 3052 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Damn, this motor is about shot...better go ahead and replace it I guess. That'll prevent it from totally fucking up and leaving me stranded on the side of the road. Sure glad I've got a mind for preventative maintenance! " |
10/10/2005 5:41:54 PM |
stone All American 6003 Posts user info edit post |
^ hahahaha damn bmw fags! 10/10/2005 5:58:08 PM |
Scottyc All American 1956 Posts user info edit post |
Rednecks and their trucks 10/10/2005 6:13:05 PM |
pwnt All American 3052 Posts user info edit post |
Wannabe rich fags in their 160K BMW's that can't keep up with our trucks. 10/10/2005 6:16:07 PM |
icanread All American 2119 Posts user info edit post |
your trucks can't touch our trucks 10/10/2005 8:56:51 PM |
Norrin Radd All American 1356 Posts user info edit post |
you all are just kidding yourselves.....sounds like a great find.....i would def trade a salvage title car for one that has been meticulously maintained......mikes not bragging just sharing his new car for the next 6months til he gets bored of it
nice car mike bring it by some time....those pics aren't to clear i wanna see it 10/10/2005 11:21:45 PM |
optmusprimer All American 30318 Posts user info edit post |
hey im no big BMW fan, but the car looks solid, and im with ahmet on the mileage thing. it all depends on how afraid you are of working on your own cars though. 10/10/2005 11:24:31 PM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
OK, so what's the point of the glowing rings around the headlamps in the first picture? Just to look cool? Additional light to the parking lamps? Something else? 10/11/2005 12:01:08 PM |
tchenku midshipman 18580 Posts user info edit post |
a joint plot between APC and BMW to get ricers into the "angel eyes" headlamp craze 10/11/2005 12:02:42 PM |
JonHGuth Suspended 39171 Posts user info edit post |
circular headlights are part of the bmw design when they went to the enclosed unit some people didnt like it. the angel eyes were a way to keep the iconic round headlights
i like them 10/11/2005 12:04:14 PM |