Picked up the 540i, drove it 1200 miles, and managed to not kill myself!

[TC535i]

Flew up to Portland, bought a 95 540i 6-speed from a Bimmerforums.com member in Salem, and drove it home to Los Angeles! Quick summary of the trip home...

Coming thru the pass right before you get into CA (Grant's Pass?)



Mt Shasta



Another mtn right near Shasta



Sunset somewhere in NorCal (Lake Shasta, I believe)

[TC535i]

Pic at Buttonwillow Raceway. Filthy, but made it to SoCal with no drama! I've had my 318 there a few times, maybe she'll make it out on the track someday too?



150k out in Ventura County, just before getting into Los Angeles



No real drama, besides a headlight that kept blowing and the temp gauge sitting just above blue when it was on the freeway (thermostat stuck open). Filthy, but... she's got potential. Every time I was doing maybe 70 or so and kicked it from 6th to 4th to pass, squeeze the throttle and the power just keeps coming... upshift to 5th and realize I'm doing 120 without much effort, huge ****-eating grin on my face.

Gonna be a fun project...

Gayle, you wanna volunteer to help Kim on project Clean-This-Thing-Up?? I know you're specialty's underhood bling, and boy does she need it!!!

[Atl530i]

Nice find. I like the pics you took too.

[TC535i]

Nice find. I like the pics you took too.

Was a nice trip home. Managed to avoid any particularly nasty weather, bit of traffic today... but that's thanksgiving weekend for ya!

[Alexlind123]

Beautiful pictures, what kind of camera did you use?

[632 Regal]

great pictures! Hope it works out well for you!

[Kalevera]

Beautiful. What are those wheels? Are they legit BBS or ? Never seen anything like them, look like 16s.

[TC535i]

Beautiful pictures, what kind of camera did you use?

A 4 year old, beat to hell Canon S50. Times like these I wish I had a DSLR...

great pictures! Hope it works out well for you!

Thanks... I'm excited.

Beautiful. What are those wheels? Are they legit BBS or ? Never seen anything like them, look like 16s.

Similar to the BMW Style 5, but a one-piece. 17 x 8.5", 15mm offset real BBS, according to stamps under the lug cover. Gonna get em refinished and have the lip polished out... it's gonna look amazing.

[Alexlind123]

Why didnt you visit me while you were in portland?

[Jehu]

Did you actually drive on any accumulated snow ? I am dreading the first snowfall here in NH as my friend with an E39 M5 tells me he has to garage it for the winter as its "too powerfull" to deal with snow... I think i'm pretty skillfull behind any wheel of any car but i don't want to learn i'm wrong in my BMW...