Such a fitting sight today given this thread. I was in a meeting at work, came back out to an E39 parked next to me in the county car. With a tow truck behind it and a large pool of water on the ground. Nice white car, sport shadowline, style 5s, good looking car. I wonder if it's going to be on Craigslist next week as a mechanics special of if they caught it in time. It seemed like it would have been rude to take pictures, but seemed somehow appropriate to this thread and as a warning to prospective E39 buyers who might be reading this.
I was somewhat tempted by this car last night (I have a thing for sleepers and flying under the radar), but I did some research (easy to do since apparently only FIVE Dakar E39 M5s came into the US) and found this isn't the one I want to buy.
Then I did some more research and found that no E39 is the one I want to buy.
wkohler wrote:I was somewhat tempted by this car last night (I have a thing for sleepers and flying under the radar), but I did some research (easy to do since apparently only FIVE Dakar E39 M5s came into the US) and found this isn't the one I want to buy.
Then I did some more research and found that no E39 is the one I want to buy.
That's a shame. They're great cars. Mine has it's quirks and I've cursed it on occasion but I don't think they're any more complex or expensive to maintain than any previous M5. Just a slightly different set of tools.
Nice white car, sport shadowline, style 5s, good looking car. I wonder if it's going to be on Craigslist next week as a mechanics special of if they caught it in time. 
It seemed like it would have been rude to take pictures, but seemed somehow appropriate to this thread and as a warning to prospective E39 buyers who might be reading this.
