2x new BMW family additions

[mattman]

somehow ended up changing both my car and the wife's within a week of each other - both blue BMW's!

The Wifes - New 116i Sport Auto in Montego Blue with Boston Lemon Leather





Then for me, just needed a cheap station car and something to tow my sons kart trailer, so a 1999 528i SE Auto with only 50k and full BMW SH

[Flares&Chestwig]

Respect, also trying to keep the wife happy while dealing with the sons karting demands and the associated logistics

[mattman]

The auto's fine - not the fastest car in the world but she only drives around town so doesn't need much more - I "converted" her to automatics about 6 years ago and she won't drive anything else now!

Hoping the E39 is going to be tough - it will need to be!

[sparks_E39]

mattman said:

The auto's fine - not the fastest car in the world but she only drives around town so doesn't need much more - I "converted" her to automatics about 6 years ago and she won't drive anything else now!

Hoping the E39 is going to be tough - it will need to be!

Check to see if the cooling system has been replaced, if not it will likely fail sooner rather than later. Most E39s suffer with this problem, £400 fix.

[Jeffmaniac]

Impressed at the over 10 year old 528 with only 50k miles and fbmwsh. How much if I may ask?

[bazking69]

mattman said:

116i Sport Auto

?

[mattman]

Jeffmaniac said:

Impressed at the over 10 year old 528 with only 50k miles and fbmwsh. How much if I may ask?

£2700 which although wasn't the cheapest around, couldn't find much else with that sort of mileage

[mattman]

bazking69 said:

mattman said:

116i Sport Auto

?

Wife's car, she won't drive a manual any more - not going to argue - she's happy = less nagging!

[bmthnick1981]

Can't go wrong with an E39 - I had a 528i SE Auto which was great (saloon rather than touring though) - you've done well to find one with such low miles.

[ImDesigner]

I like the 5 series. Good car.