[quote=outtamojo]My 530 has actually been very reliable in the time I owned it- likely because 2003 was the last production year for that particular body style and most of the kinks had been worked out. Going forward I am not confident I won’t be getting some
expensive mechanical issues though.[/quote]

If it was a 3 series, I would be interested in it …running as auto-x/track car..Unfortunately, 5 series are a bit too big for my tastes for non-commute cars…
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Get another car, but keep this one…And run it at the BMW auto-x as a “LeMon’s” car
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Speaking of cars. Just spent the entire day replace all my suspension bushings on my miata, new sway bars in front…

The nice thing about the miata.. It’s cheap to fix and upgrade, and if I hit a few cones on the auto-x, I don’t care about effing the paint…