As most of you know, my trusty 95 540i was recently destroyed in an accident.

I've spent some time studying prices and depreciation rates on E34's and E39's in the 90 - 100,000mi or so bracket. I'm noticing that the prices of nice condition E34's are overlapping those of tolerable condition E39's.

I like the E34's and I really enjoyed my 540i. It was fun and fairly straight forward to work on. I don't mind a little DIY work. On the other hand, I've never owned an E39.

I think as our E34's start aging many of us will be faced with the question "if" or "when" we should make the jump to E39. I hadn't expected to be faced with this question quite so soon. Should I go to E39?