Bye bye 350z, Hello 530i Sport.

[TomM]

Sold the 350z just before Xmas, great car but didnt really bond with it and proved to be impractical - so moved it on, and bought the 530i Sport to replace it.

Oh, and with the money left over I also bought the missus a new Polo and booked a holiday

530i was a punt, and luckily its turned out to be a peach. 90k with every service at BMW and every invoice, every option, 12 months MOT, 6 Months Tax, 6 months warranty - and picked up for a VERY reasonable price

Polo was also a bargain too.

Old 350z at Stelvio


New BM






And the new Polo for the missus

[gj88]

Sounds like a good deal to me. The 530 looks very nice

[Allblackdup]

Love the 530 fella, great choice! I test drove an identical one not long ago and if i ever have the funds i'll definately be buying one.

[wackojacko]

Great move

your 5 series looks bloody good in black !!!

[Defcon5]

That is a nice looking car. May I ask how much?

[TomM]

Defcon5 said:

That is a nice looking car. May I ask how much?

Thanks all - must admit to be quite pleased with myself on this one...... although dont want to tempt fate!

I got it for £4250, as it was taken in part ex against a brand new A8. It was sold to me with a problem with the traction control, BMW diagnosed this as a £900 ABS / DSC ECU that needed replacement - I got it repaired for £100

So, in all it has cost me £4500 as I had another key cut at BMW too - very happy with it, it is mint and I have never seen a history like it.

This company are superb at repairing ABS systems and ECU's etc http://www.bba-reman.com/uk/index.aspx

[okgo]

Looks great.

Not much can touch the e39 for all round dmination and qaulity.

[soad]

Nice BMW; 350z looks good too - still have a soft spot for them.

[58warren]

Lovely car. Just needs a polish up of the stainless tail pipe to finish it off! When I got my 535, the pipe was black! I used a little 'Wonder Wheels' left it for a few minutes and scrubbed it clean - makes a suprising difference to the look of the back of the car.

[TomM]

58warren said:

Lovely car. Just needs a polish up of the stainless tail pipe to finish it off! When I got my 535, the pipe was black! I used a little 'Wonder Wheels' left it for a few minutes and scrubbed it clean - makes a suprising difference to the look of the back of the car.

Really?

Right, be back in an hour

[n1ckt001]

and instantly was solved the dilemma of what high spec, practical, relatively quick wagon would I choose to replace the Focus now I don't do a 180 mile a day commute!!!

[TomM]

Thanks 58warren - there is indeed a nice shiny exhaust under there

Before:


After:

[Ciaran]

Lovely car!

What did you use to clean the pipe?

[dibbly_dobbler]

Looks good ! My pipe could be doing with a good polish too

[TomM]

Many a Sunday spent pipe polishing

I used some wonder wheels, left for 10 minutes and then a brillo type pad to get the bad stuff off - then once clean loads of metal polish, 3-4 coats and it buffed up ok.

[TomM]

Quite a tidy one selling here, looks like it will go for a good price - loose that nasty M badge, barge-tastic

I reckon it will go for 3k.........

Here

[Max M4X WW]

Very nice E39, I should be ditching my 9-3 Aero and the other halfs 1.4 306 for a 540i in a few months. May have a look at some 3.0's too though just to compare.

I like what you've done to the exhaust, The kink in them always looks funny to me!

[DavidHM]

TomM said:

I reckon it will go for 3k.........

Here

To the penny!

[Zad]

No Bangle nonsense, that is a proper BMW!

[i'm no superhero]

E39 is the greatest BMW. Ever.

Apart from a 335d remapped, of course.