E39 that replaced IS350
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What's up guys! I am not known on this forum, due to the luck of posts I make. I sold my IS350 and got E39 instead. I loved my IS but with market going down and luck of back seat ( the only thing I didn't like about IS is how small the back seat is). New car is nothing special, just comfortable DD. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
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Edit: and ofcourse the picture of IS...
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Edit: and ofcourse the picture of IS...
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Hope you enjoy the E39,...... I got rid of my E39 (528i) for the IS 250. One thing you should be aware of is the VANOS on the E39. The seal for the valve is weak and many E39 owners have paid bug bucks in the repair when it goes. Mine was $ 3K to fix. Look at Bimmerfest forum and look around at the site,.... has lotts of great info and quite a few posts on the VANOS.
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=103
Good luck......
edz
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=103
Good luck......
edz
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E39 looks nice but what an ureliable POS it really is, you should of bought a GS, more back seat and just a better car. Either way good luck with it, i was looking at buying one for the G/F and did some quick resarch and found how many people were going broke trying to fix these things.
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E39 looks nice but what an ureliable POS it really is, you should of bought a GS, more back seat and just a better car. Either way good luck with it, i was looking at buying one for the G/F and did some quick resarch and found how many people were going broke trying to fix these things.
Truth is I loved my 528i and it's a awesome ride but making car payments and monthly trips to the dealer get's old real fast. Hope your E39 serves you well...............
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Well put Sir,......... IMO if you are going to get any German automobile lease it and then get rid of it when it's done. They are a fortune to keep running properly when the waranty is done, not to mention no indy shop has any of the programing software to trouble shoot any of the electrics on the car you have to go back to the dealer.
Truth is I loved my 528i and it's a awesome ride but making car payments and monthly trips to the dealer get's old real fast. Hope your E39 serves you well...............![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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Truth is I loved my 528i and it's a awesome ride but making car payments and monthly trips to the dealer get's old real fast. Hope your E39 serves you well...............
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