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I keep going back and looking at that interior. What a place to be. I'm usually happy with older easy to maintain BMW's...

Miss mine too. I keep thinking I should replace all these 130i's with a 5 series. Check out the interior on this one. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/530d/listing/5272509466

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Someone should buy this one and my manual one and make one amazing car.

GM has a silver metal pan. Zf has a black plastic pan.

Same as my car. Love the color. Boston aka Terracotta.

As it's an 07 you will likely have the GM gearbox. Which is well known for it's shudders. Usually caused by the torque converter wearing. It's been discussed on the forum a number of times. To solve my GM shudder I changed the fluid and filter (which is not built into the pan on the GM box) and added Lubeguard Shudder Fix (aka Dr Tranny's Shudder Fix in the USA). I did all this at around 120,000kms. It has never shuddered once in 70,000kms since. This GM box and its variants is used in many different US vehicles. Google GM torque converter shudder. Common problem. Lubegaurd does work and you can get it from Repco.

You may still need to spend a lot of money on bringing the car up to standard too. The motor (where all the money is) would probably need a refresh (if it hasn't already) because if you lunch it you have a worthless vehicle and will be looking to spend another $15K + rebuild for a replacement.

I ordered something from Chch on the 1st of April. Picked up by NZC on the 2nd. In transit. No further info. Still not seen it. I ordered something from Estonia on the 29th of March. It updated me every step of the way. It was waiting for me at work this morning. Are we spoiled by great world wide shipping? Or does NZ have absolute crap service and I should be more patient?

What on earth.. I want a Convertible, but it must be a boring color. I want it to look sporty, but get great economy. But be spicy enough that it is still fast, but make it 4WD so it's safe. I like the base model steering wheel so add that....

I am incredibly aware of this unfortunately.

Oh what did I miss?

I know that opinion ruffles a few old man feelings here . This car looks dated compared to other facelift E39's I've seen lately. Saw a red 530i Msport the other day (not seen one in years) and it looked great. Still modernish. Edit: Ah I know what it is. The black trim. On the green it makes it look like a base model. On the Red it contrasts so much it somehow looks good. Maybe a color match would solve this.

TBH my initial comment was based on three things I don't like. Old Man Green BMW's Old Man tan interiors Simmons wheels Sounds like a lot of work has been done though. Most of us would prefer to spend that money on OEM+ restoration like Sreten these days.