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Hey,

I'm from the New Zealand of the northern hemisphere - Scotland.  Just bought an Japanese-import E39 530i Touring Sport.  This seems to be much more common in your neck of the woods guys than over this way, so thought I'd join to get some useful info.

I've also got a (broken) 2004 BMW 645ci, a 2006 Honda S2000 and a 2017 Volkswagen Polo GTi in the fleet.

 

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Hi Gordon

Congratulations! Looks great mate - a minter.  Can't have many kms on it?

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That is one nice E39 Gordon. Yep Jap imports here certainly raised the numbers of them here.

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On 5/5/2018 at 5:28 AM, Mikan said:

Hi Gordon

Congratulations! Looks great mate - a minter.  Can't have many kms on it?

It's only got 117k Kms on it, that's 72k miles. No chance of finding that kind of mileage on a UK one!

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On 5/5/2018 at 7:39 AM, SmithyInWelly said:

G'day Gordon - and welcome... looks like you've a pretty handy fleet there mate!

I'm pleased with it ?. The wife less so....

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21 hours ago, hotwire said:

That is one nice E39 Gordon. Yep Jap imports here certainly raised the numbers of them here.

If it wasn't for your forum it'd still have a  head unit in indecipherable Japanese...

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Welcome, Gordon.  "the New Zealand of the Northern Hemisphere" - I like it!  

The Japanese imports have low mileage, though you may find they show greater wear due to longer hours of operation (cooked hoses etc).  Mind how you go.  That looks like a beauty.

 

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9 minutes ago, Olaf said:

Welcome, Gordon.  "the New Zealand of the Northern Hemisphere" - I like it!  

The Japanese imports have low mileage, though you may find they show greater wear due to longer hours of operation (cooked hoses etc).  Mind how you go.  That looks like a beauty.

 

Thanks. I've noticed rubber perishing, most obviously the windscreen trim, so it's definitely been used a fair chunk, for Japan. Rust is the big issue with UK ones - I'll take rubber fatigue over rust any day!

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