Originally Posted by
bigchez
most big bm's (and mercs/audi's) of this ilk can be picked up for not much cash compared to new due to depreciation and as they are so heavy on fuel they become silly to run if doing big miles but an absolute steal for weekends as you say.
It's not very technical advice but just remember it was originally a £50k+ car and as such maintenance bills if anything major goes wrong could be horrific, but if you're lucky and buy wisely you'll get a bargain you can most likely run for a year or so for very sensible caseh.
Very true.
They are a superb car, but fuel costs are obviously stupid for a daily driver but not for a weekend toy.
If something does go wrong, badly, it can be very expensive.
My advice is avoid auto boxes as they cost a much as the cars worth sometimes on big motors like that.
635i or 640i better bet. The 640i motor is used in the 540i V8 E39s I believe and there are lots of bits available in breakers