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    Found a 37k mile survivor 530i

    Snagged a survivor 2002 530i. Owned by an elderly lady, has a whopping 37k miles on her. It is probably the "most new" condition car I have ever owned, other than a 4,400 mile Z06. Have a few niggly things to fix and sort out, otherwise it's basically a new car. It's an auto, non sport, so nothing to write home about, but it's just stupid clean. Still has all the delivery/dealer stickers on the windshield and console, she never peeled them off. I love the color, I wish my 99 Touring was this color.

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    If you don't mind me asking -- how much were you willing to pay (vs. what you actually paid) for a car like this example?

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    Did you put those wheels on it? Otherwise I hardly think an old lady would do something like that. Ever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JPR10 View Post
    If you don't mind me asking -- how much were you willing to pay (vs. what you actually paid) for a car like this example?
    A bit of a non-conventional story with the sale, sent you a PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by amancuso View Post
    Did you put those wheels on it? Otherwise I hardly think an old lady would do something like that. Ever.
    I did, I had them leftover from my Touring. The car had 16" wheels on it when I got.

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    cool. nice find. if only it was a m5...
    what'd you pay?

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    Post some more pictures.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drivinhard View Post
    A bit of a non-conventional story with the sale
    Lemme guess: you promised to muff-dive the old gal every week for a year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    Lemme guess: you promised to muff-dive the old gal every week for a year?

    LOL, I'd pay extra not to. Probably has teeth!

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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    Lemme guess: you promised to muff-dive the old gal every week for a year?

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    Just reminded me of that scene in Kingpin. Ewwwww.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Narlift View Post
    cool. nice find. if only it was a m5...
    what'd you pay?
    yeah an M5 would have been "the find", but then an older lady would have never been driving a manual. Same reason it's not a 540 6speed or even a 530 manual/sport. At the point the family was selling the car, it wouldn't start, went do the (Ford) dealer for a battery (owner was friends with the dealer owner). While there they said it needed a radiator due to a leak. To me it looks like somebody leaned over the hood and use the rad outlet as a crutch and snapped it off. Either that or got rough with it taking the upper hose off. The owners didn't want to fool with it, so I got it for $2800 as is. $400 FCP euro/BMW cooling kit already installed, and I'll probably upgrade a few more things on it and keep it under a ~$5k vehicle. I need a car to leave in Texas for when I'm working with a client out there, so this will be perfect for that. A non-sport auto is nothing special, but it looks fantastic and is better than a rental car alternative. Cars like this are hard to put a price on, what's is worth, vs what's it worth in value of having probably ~150k of fairly trouble free usable life left. I'll post more pics after I finish getting the windows tinted and such, a couple more below. What's nutty to me is the condition of the front of the car, no stone chips or anything.
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    Quote Originally Posted by computiNATEor View Post
    Needs some factory sport springs! It’s set up for floodwaters right now. Neat find!
    For sure it could stand to be dropped a bit.
    Last edited by drivinhard; 09-28-2018 at 02:47 PM.

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