spuckle 7 Report post Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) 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. Edited May 4, 2018 by spuckle 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikan 173 Report post Posted May 5, 2018 Hi Gordon Congratulations! Looks great mate - a minter. Can't have many kms on it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmithyInWelly 212 Report post Posted May 5, 2018 G'day Gordon - and welcome... looks like you've a pretty handy fleet there mate! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotwire 352 Report post Posted May 5, 2018 That is one nice E39 Gordon. Yep Jap imports here certainly raised the numbers of them here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spuckle 7 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 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! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spuckle 7 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 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.... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spuckle 7 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 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... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3317 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spuckle 7 Report post Posted May 6, 2018 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! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
