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I've had a BMW E23 735i before. No one else bid on it on eBay, had a great little adventure picking it up from central London and driving home to Manchester via visiting family in the Cotswolds. Great trip to Le Mans in it too. Had it a few years, but new baby and other classic cars forced it's sale. My daily was an E46 323i My previous Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagen was trying to bankrupt me so a friend let me have his spare 323i for what he paid for it, £350. Brilliant car, so nimble and the engine was glorious. Did a whole house renovation with it. There was a lot wrong with it though. Passed the MOT, but only one window went down and had various cooling issues, fuel gauge didn't work. Have new baby, so needed something a bit more reliable. I've always admired the E39. My mum's neighbour has had an very clean one for the last 14 years. I always thought it looked great. Last summer I finally got round to knocking on his door with the 'If you ever decide to sell, give me a shout' line. His 523i looked a little dustier than normal... and there was an immaculate E46 325i parked next to it! He just bought a 28K mile 3 series and wasn't sure what he was going to do with the 5 series. He wasn't so bothered about the hassle of eBay etc. He let me take it for a drive, and we did a deal there and then! He couldn't believe sale was so easy, and I'm extremely happy too! I sold the 323i the next day on Facebook for more than I bought it for, and got the train to Stratford on Avon to pick up the big green beast! 1997 523i SE Touring. 134K mile and really clean. Black leather and some fancy wood trim. It was serviced at a main dealer until a few years ago. I have a huge pile of invoices. He'd really looked after it. First BMW I've ever owned with a complete unused toolkit too! I plan to keep it completely standard. Just sort out a few little things. It passed the MOT. Really happy! I love green BMWs if you hadn't noticed. More photos and lots of E39 questions from me to follow...

Fully refurbished BMW M30 3.2 / 3.5 intake. Items have been chemically cleaned, glass bead blasted, painted and backed in the oven. Metal parts have been yellow passivated. Postage from the netherlands. Price: €250,-

Hello, I am new user here. Just upgraded e28, there was M106 engine, the new upgrade is M5 engine from e34.