Excellent E34 540/6 4 Sale/Trade

[onewhippedpuppy]

I'm throwing my 540/6 up for sale. I'm by no means motivated or desperate, this just isn't the right car for me right now. I love the car, it's just not right for a broke college student with a family. If I were single and had no responsibilities there's no way I would part with it.

1995 540 6 speed, 140,XXX miles. Oxford green over tan leather. Overall in excellent condition, interior is nearly mint except for usual wear on the driver's side seat bolster. For those that don't know, the E34 540/6 was a one year only sport edition of the 540. It had upgraded brakes, suspension, bodywork, the sweet M5 sport seats, and was pretty well loaded. This is NOT an M-Sport, but still a fairly rare car.

Excellent running and driving car, never had any trouble with it. Records back through 70k or so. What I've done in the last 7k: thrust arms with 750 bushings, tie rods, center link, 3mm spring pads, rear dogbones, Racing King subframe inserts, rear sway bar links, Hella clear corners, new chrome kidneys, new roundels, new 17x8.5 M-Contour reps with polished lips, 235/45 Avon Tech M550s, both oxygen sensors, Royal Purple in the transmission and rear diff, as well as a ton of little stuff. I am anal as hell about cars, I removed all the door panels, replaced the broken clips, tightened the wood and armrests, re-glued the pockets. Also tightened every screw I could find, lubed everything lube-able, etc. Thus, it's a very tight car. It also has a Jim C. chip (have original), Bilsteins, E39 M5 shift knob, Hella OEM clear corners, Sony ES head unit with CD changer, and a B&B cat back that sounds awesome.

Exterior is nice, from five feet it looks nearly perfect. It has a clear title and clean Carfax, but has been in a minor accident. The hood, driver's side fender and front door has been replaced with OEM R-DOT parts, fit and finish is like new. The entire car was also re-sprayed, not a show car job but not Maaco either. One dent on hood, one on trunk lid (see pics). Also very light hail damage, just a few dents that you have to look very hard to see. Minor door dings as expected, they don't even show up in pics. None of it is anything a little PDR wouldn't take care of.

Mechanically it is awesome, very reliable, rides and handles great. With the suspension rebuilt there's none of the typical E34 shimmy/shake, it's just tight and smooth. No oil usage, perfect reliability.

I'm asking $9000 obo, or would consider trades for something with 4 doors and a manual gearbox. Car + cash trades would be ideal, I'm doing this because I'm in college, have a family, and am broke, but would consider whatever. Post it up here, or email me at jessup3 at cox.net.

[onewhippedpuppy]

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[onewhippedpuppy]

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[Franchise]

i likey! good luck with sale

[95///M3]

Nice car! I want an e34 badly!

Jimmy

[00bm00]

Clean ass interior for an 11 year old car. Bump the hell outa this!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Thanks guys, trust me I don't want to get rid of it.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Up.....

[onewhippedpuppy]

Nobody has a cheap to maintain car they want to trade?

[Pinoy2145]

i'll buy your seats :cool

[onewhippedpuppy]

$9000 OBO, and I'll throw in a car.;)

[BimmerFreak]

Bump for a great guy, and a beautiful car!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Thanks Joe. How are the new rides treating you?

[uflnuceng]

if you don't think the wife would notice i have a 2004 325xi/5 speed i'd trade + cash...

[onewhippedpuppy]

if you don't think the wife would notice i have a 2004 325xi/5 speed i'd trade + cash...

Straight trade?:)

[Nomadic Logic]

If I could unload the M3/4, I'd be on it.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Trade?;)

[Nomadic Logic]

Why would you ever want to go to an E36 if you have a family to fit?

Getting my daughter in and out of her rear facing car seat BLOWS.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I was just joking, I'm sure you wouldn't trade anyway. I only have a two year old right now, so he's into booster seat territory. Rear facing child seats suck period, when our son was a baby I had an A4. That damn seat barely fit in the backsear in that car. Fortunately my wife has a 4Runner, so that's our family truckster.

Really I need to get out of German cars altogether, find a nice transportation appliance that only needs oil every 3k. BMWs, as well as most German cars, require a commitment of time and money that I just can't afford to give anymore. The flipside is I hate cars like that, but it's only until I'm done with school.

[Hankdoll]

Why would you ever want to go to an E36 if you have a family to fit?

Getting my daughter in and out of her rear facing car seat BLOWS.
No problems here...and the reverse seatbelts are pure genius.

Nice e34...Good luck on the sale.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Price is OBO.

[BMRSEB]

So, it's Nikasil right? Any issues? What peace of mind would I have being that it's a Nikasil engine? :)

[Nomadic Logic]

So, it's Nikasil right? Any issues? What peace of mind would I have being that it's a Nikasil engine? :)
If the compression is good now, it's not going to get any worse because of the old Nikasil issue. The gasoline that was the root of the issue is no longer distributed in the us. (IIRC)

[BimmerFreak]

FYI
This car was a CA car from day one, and has only been out of CA for 2 years.
CA didnt have the fuel issues that other states had, so the block was not effected like others in the East and South.

[onewhippedpuppy]

So, it's Nikasil right? Any issues? What peace of mind would I have being that it's a Nikasil engine? :)

http://www.koalamotorsport.com/article-m60v8.asp

No different than any other M60 now, modern gas and Nikasil play nice together. As Joe was nice enough to point out, this car was original to CA, and spent all but the last two years of it's life in CA. CA has had low sulfur gas for a long time due to it's insane emissions requirements, so CA cars had very few Nikasil failures.

[onewhippedpuppy]

:ausw_6

[onewhippedpuppy]

300 HP, 6 speeds, what's not to love?

[onewhippedpuppy]

Now with a nice new microfilter!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Getting a fresh coat of P21S today......

[onewhippedpuppy]

Happy Friday to all.

[onewhippedpuppy]

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[buckwheat]

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Think this must be the wrong forum. This is a lot of car for the money!!
A reliable perfromance sedan.

[ashirji]

did you put te car on bimmer.info.com?

[onewhippedpuppy]

Yeah, it's up on bimmer.info as well. I'd really like to see it go to an enthusiast, but it's getting close to autotrader time.

[buckwheat]

Yeah, it's up on bimmer.info as well. I'd really like to see it go to an enthusiast, but it's getting close to autotrader time.
Roadfly or bmwcca...

[onewhippedpuppy]

On Roadfly already, and though I often get together with them, I'm not a CCA member.

Lots of new pics!
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A quick tease......
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[onewhippedpuppy]

Still a few hours left in father's day, anyone still need a gift?:D

[onewhippedpuppy]

Let's keep it in the family!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Bought from a Bf.c member, who will be next?

[onewhippedpuppy]

Won't you take me home?;)

[ashirji]

roadfly seems to be a great site for the 5's. I sold my e39 540/6 from there and had a second serious offer from there on the e34 that just left. I'd give it a shot- It seems to be older folks who don't troll on the boards as much, but when they find something they like, there is no beating around the bush.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Yeah, it's up on there already. It's only been a week though. I'll give it a bit more time before resorting to Autotrader.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Clean title in hand, ready to go!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Back up

[madsedan]

Love to have this car, unfortunately I just bought the wife a minivan and I don't think you'd want the Passat or my 205k mile 325is.
Good luck with the sale.

[onewhippedpuppy]

:love

[onewhippedpuppy]

Will consider car + cash trades......

[onewhippedpuppy]

:redspot

[ohnoes]

If no one's buying or demonstrating serious interest, perhaps try lowering the price? I dunno, just a suggestion.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Price is OBO, not firm. I have had a number of people express interest, and feel that it is a fair asking price for the car. As of yet I have only posted it on a few enthusiast sites, I'll probably get more serious soon and give Autotrader a shot. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[ohnoes]

Okay. No problem. Best of luck to you with the sale!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Thanks!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Up!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Up!

[4500 RPM]

Possibly interested in a manual Pathfinder + $1k?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=553873

[onewhippedpuppy]

Possibly interested in a manual Pathfinder + $1k?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=553873

Thanks for the offer, but my wife already has a 4Runner, so we have the SUV department covered. Very nice Pathfinder though, I've always liked those.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Bump.....

[onewhippedpuppy]

:drink3

[onewhippedpuppy]

Working on a trade offer, anyone else?

[onewhippedpuppy]

Still for sale....

[onewhippedpuppy]

Sold, to the first person to look at it.