liyi_92 37 Report post Posted October 11, 2013 http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-632860209.htm Wow, priced a bit high but awesome example. Did paddle shifters ever come as an option for the E39?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffbebe 1559 Report post Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) Looks very tidy and low kms. Paddle shifters definitely didn't come standard. The auction doesn't even mention them so I'm guessing they're not functional, if they are they'd be fairly superfluous as the steptronic shifts are fairly slow in manual mode unless the trans s/w has been upgraded. My guess is the wheel came off an E46 SMG but the paddles don't work. EDIT: Car does look good though. Edited October 11, 2013 by jeffbebe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil-540i 166 Report post Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) I stare rather lovingly at this car regularly on reTardme - it's just absolutely gorgeous!!! It ticks lots of boxes for me spec wise, NZ new, colour, low kms etc etc etc - its awesome. But, then I think, hey, realistically I can get a fairly tidy 540i Motorsport, for 7-8k, done under 200 clicks. Spend coupla grand on it, & it'd be sweet(ish). I dunno, but I reckon high 13's, low 14's would be about tops for me on it really. If ya took it for a drive, & then 'just had to have it' - anything more than high 14's becomes heart over-riding the head too much on it really..... You're sorta factoring in at the same time, just how much extra the 'leap of death' is to a E39 M5 from this car........ In some ways, its a bit like his wife has 'told him to sell it', but he doesn't really want to............................. If I was this guy, short of medical or age related reasons for selling it, I'd be keeping it...... Edited October 11, 2013 by Blue-540i Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liyi_92 37 Report post Posted October 11, 2013 My guess is the wheel came off an E46 SMG but the paddles don't work. I was thinking the same thing too. Looks pretty darn cool though although useless. I also think high 13s would be a good price... Considering E60 530i (Non m-sport) could be picked up around 15k these days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NZ BMW 368 Report post Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) There is an option to retrofit those paddles a number of people on the US and UK boards have done it. Just because it wasn't thought of on this small forum does not mean it can't be done. http://www.motivemods.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MM-PA-3 For the km's and condition I think this car is worth the money. Still much cheaper than an M5. Edited October 11, 2013 by NZ BMW 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashmill 68 Report post Posted October 11, 2013 Superb example and has been for sale for ages, he started at $23k, dropped it to $20k and has been at $18k for close to three weeks. Would probably find a home in my garage for $15k. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beemn 50 Report post Posted October 12, 2013 Seen this car, car club member...real nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1051 Report post Posted October 12, 2013 It's had a lot of options boxes ticked, for an NZ car. They often missed out. I wonder if it'd still be for dsale, had it been a manual Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
