Originally posted by Pete D:
For $12k I don't know how nice of an E39 5-series you would get, they tend to hold their value pretty well. I know when I was looking last spring I didn't want to pay what they were going for, and that was 530's not 540's.



If I was gonna get one, it'd be an earlier one. The '97s are almost all below $12K, about half the '98s are below $12K, and some of the '99s are that low.

The 'fear' is, again, buying a Bimmer with almost 100,000 miles on it. It'd be nice and it'd be something different that I'd probably never buy one new (or anywhere near it).

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