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What's going on bimmer post people. I just wanted to get a little thread going on the 2000 540i I picked up the other day in Chicago.

I've been a fan of V8 5 series for a while now, and I had a couple of different e34 540i 6 speeds. I thought they were great cars. They were good at everything.

Now I've got my first e39. A 2000 model year 540i with the 6 speed manual transmission. Car came with m sport suspension, sport seats, etc. nicely appointed in titansilber and grey interior. As it sits, it's got a hair over 102,000 miles on it, and a full service history going back 20+ years. The car has been babied, not driven in winters, and generally lightly used.

My son and i grabbed a couple cheapo early morning tickets on Saturday Nov 2 to fly out to Chicago and pick the car up. We took it downtown for some lunch, then we hopped on i-80 and started heading west. We arrived in Salt lake City the following day around 630pm. The car was a delight (as much of a delight as can be expected for 1500 miles of non stop driving) and was a smooth and fast ride across the middle of the country.

It is now being driven everyday, and I am so happy to be back in a V8 5 series. The space, the comfort, the poise, the smooth effortless power, the sporty handling. BMW did it right with the e34 and the e39.

I intend to use this thread as sort of a log of the work I do to it along the way. So, yeah, cheers, here she is!