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Yeh im interested in it also. Ive been looking for one for months 

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$5500 buy now for it. 

That car is gorgeous. Wish I'd gotten it instead of mine. ?

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5 minutes ago, TermiPeteNZ said:

It has been sold .... !

Did you do it, or trash driver man?

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Missed it :(

 

The hunt continues 

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29 minutes ago, Gabe79 said:

Did you do it, or trash driver man?

Nope - 2 BMWs enough for me at the mo :)

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yeah well done Colin, you'll have it whipped into shape in no time.  

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What? Me? No idea what any of you are talking about :ph34r:

It has a few extra bits of "character"- a free bluetooth OBD2 diagnostic device, forgotten by someone and left plugged into the port. Was very useful in diagnosing the rather alarming missfire it developed on the way home, the cam position sensor was drenched in oil, and also has an intermittent fault (it's buggered). The oil smoke haze from the rocker gasket can be pretty scary also when you pull up to a stop. The blower only blows hot, the A/C has a noisy pulley or unit, and a heater pipe under the intake mani looks so scary the car will remain off the road until it's replacement arrives.

Normal for an E39, then :) Thanks all, it will all take a while- baby v2.0 is due in 3 weeks

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What's the hole to the right of the gearshifter? A 3.5mm audio jack or something? 

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3 hours ago, NZ BMW said:

What's the hole to the right of the gearshifter? A 3.5mm audio jack or something? 

well spotted!  that's an inter-dimensional portal, you need special coding to activate it though.  It's a "rare option".

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Congrats on the purchase Colin! The journey begins :)

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Don't know if you all spotted the remote hanging from the key, it has an aftermarket immobiliser- there was an LED associated with this system in the hole, the PO's kid poked it and it has gone inter-dimensional, as Olaf speculated.

To be honest, the setup is a bit of an ass. Still getting the hang of it's auto rearm function.

A new cooling system, bunch of gaskets, oil filler cap, filters (cabin filters have an 05 date stamp!) couple of sensors etc on the way- you all know the drill :)

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The drivers seat looks like it may cost you a bit to sort. I think the biggest expense on the E39 is suspension, most around the 200k mark are still on original tired shocks etc.  

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self leveling suspension is another thing all together in the e39 tourings

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