What's up fellas, time flies don't it? Those were the days. It's all good being content with what we have.
It's hard to gauge the actual reality of the market for cars and parts nowadays. The steals are gone but definitely some fair deals to be had, albeit with longer intervals between when they pop up.
There's lots of deals on the newer bimmers which are at the bottom of their depreciating, but you can't work on them and they don't seem long term maintenance friendly.