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I bid on the $45k one although wasn’t all that serious about it at the time - I thought it would sell for more and if I bought it I’d still be hankering for a LCI. It wasn’t meant to be as trademe had a connection error as the auction was closing. I know that sounds like a yarn but I’ve got a screenshot of it! With new model out I reckon prices might fall a little bit more yet.

Thanks for that - 54 cars in my market is more that I thought there would be. I’ve sold my daily driver now so I’m in a good position to buy when the right one comes along.

Wow, 111 is a big number and a lot more than I would have thought. Do you know how many of those are LCI? I’m on the lookout for one.

Sorry to hear about this. I can only imagine your frustration. What company have you served the stat demand on? Shred Industries Limited? If so that company is due to be removed from the Companies Office for not filing an annual return. On the 23rd of July he has formed a new company "Shred Motorsport Limited". Three guesses why... Also, for the guy that is having some work done by these guys at the moment - get your car out of there ASAP or face a saga with liquidators.

My M5 is an identical spec to this (or at least it was). It now has retrofitted Bluetooth, 16:9 bordmonitor and VM, MK4 Nav, Rev camera etc. it looks to me like the trim inserts of this car have been painted / wrapped - they should be wood trim. I saw this car in the flesh at Hampton Downs BMW Festival a year or two ago. It was in pretty good condition. I think mine is a bit better although it's done more kms. I've had mine for 5 years or so. The amount of mis-information out there about these cars is amazing. Generally it's people with no first hand experience who blow the trumpet about how unreliable (ie VANOS) they are and how expensive they are to run / maintain - never been able to work this out but always suspected it was their way of justifying buying a lesser (ie non "M") car. Maybe I've been lucky but mine has cost me less than my wife's Octavia vRS in servicing / maintenance over the same period.

Yeah, I'd like to think mine is better condition too. Plus it also has Nav, Bluetooth, reversing camera, etc.

Ideally I'd like to keep it and also get something like a 911 or the weekends.

I've considered selling mine (had it for 4 years) but without spending at least double the money what can you replace it with? The obvious choice would be a M3 or RS4 but compared to my car the RS4 is missing a lot of spec. The M3 on the other hand has the spec but still asks quite a high price. Neither of them have the low-end shove either.

I retrofitted OEM Bluetooth in my E39 M5 and I'd recommend going down that path rather than aftermarket.

XX5783?

Interesting. What do you mean by AV in mod? Hooking up the Aux in or moding the VM / Radio module to play in stereo? If it's the latter can you please post a link?

I want to add a reversing camera to my E39. I already have MK4 Nav and 16:9 BM retro fitted. I see there are a couple of options on TradeMe - both are members here I think. Which is best or is there a better options from the UK or Europe that someone can direct me to? Cheers Matt

Correct. Who has the know-how to do this? Anyone here?

I'm also very interested in this.

I'm keen to know the answer to this as well. I don't have a reverse camera (yet) but is it something to do with using those inputs for Aux-in (as the audio is still routed through the radio module when reverse camera is active)? If its not that do I need a BM54 or will my BM24 suffice? Cheers Matt