Dsemaj
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- May 3, 2006
- Messages
- 2,955
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia.
- Car(s)
- 2003 Urabus Impreza WRX, 1997 Fraud Falcs EL Wagon
Hello everyone!
It's been a while since I've been lurking around on ye olde FinalGear, but now that Uni has calmed down somewhat, I've gone out and sold the E34 and aquired a new beast!
Yes, it's an E39, but shock-horror, it's not a V8. But this silky smooth, revving I6 suits me just fine!
95K kms/55K Miles
M54B30
170kW @ 5900rpm
300Nm @ 3500rpm
Sport (Full M-Technik kit)
5sp Steptronic ZF Auto (Don't whinge, no manuals in AU!)
Servotronic (speed-varible power assistance)
17" staggered M-Technik wheels (8"/9" front/rear)
Compared to the old E34, it's an awesome evolution. Rack and pinion instead of recirculating ball steering. Proper sports suspension so rides infintely better than my H&R/Bilstein combo in the E34. Weighs a good 150kg less and has more power, so it's worlds apart! Steptronic is awesome and gives a lot more control than the old setup in the E34. Makes the old E34 feel like a boat... Besides, this is the first car I've ever owned which can burn rubber off the line and the first that I can steer with my right foot!
I was looking for a 540i, but they were damn near impossible to find here in decent condition, and there's no Sports around!
Plans? Dunno. It's perfect at the moment. Maybe wheels in the distant future, and I'm looking at a DICE Mediabridge for full iPod intergration.
But I'm utterly infatuated with it!
Oh, and there's my mates E34 540i there. The day I sold my E34, he got one too, haha!
Thoughts?
It's been a while since I've been lurking around on ye olde FinalGear, but now that Uni has calmed down somewhat, I've gone out and sold the E34 and aquired a new beast!
Yes, it's an E39, but shock-horror, it's not a V8. But this silky smooth, revving I6 suits me just fine!
95K kms/55K Miles
M54B30
170kW @ 5900rpm
300Nm @ 3500rpm
Sport (Full M-Technik kit)
5sp Steptronic ZF Auto (Don't whinge, no manuals in AU!)
Servotronic (speed-varible power assistance)
17" staggered M-Technik wheels (8"/9" front/rear)
Compared to the old E34, it's an awesome evolution. Rack and pinion instead of recirculating ball steering. Proper sports suspension so rides infintely better than my H&R/Bilstein combo in the E34. Weighs a good 150kg less and has more power, so it's worlds apart! Steptronic is awesome and gives a lot more control than the old setup in the E34. Makes the old E34 feel like a boat... Besides, this is the first car I've ever owned which can burn rubber off the line and the first that I can steer with my right foot!
I was looking for a 540i, but they were damn near impossible to find here in decent condition, and there's no Sports around!
Plans? Dunno. It's perfect at the moment. Maybe wheels in the distant future, and I'm looking at a DICE Mediabridge for full iPod intergration.
But I'm utterly infatuated with it!
Oh, and there's my mates E34 540i there. The day I sold my E34, he got one too, haha!
Thoughts?