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    Default Convince me not to want a 540i/6

    I've had my car now for about 3 months. I asolutely love it, I take ridiculously good care of it, and it puts a smile on my face everyday. There are just little things that bother me though. I detail for a living, I am stupid picky, and this car has a 14 year old cars worth or door dings, little paint chips and slgiht bodywork that has been done in the past. I spend half the day polishing it and the afformentioned flaws piss me off. That said, I love having a clean black car because you don't see it a lot, but I can't help but imagine what a more unique color would look like if I put the same amount of effort into it. I would love to own a calypso, lachssilber, something like that.

    I also have the power craving every once in a while... I have thought about the TCD kit, but 6k for that (not sure that I need 350 whp), plus another few thousand to get the body how I want it to look and I am absolutely buried in this car.

    I have always loved 540's, then the other day I heard an e39 with an Eisenmann exhaust and it sounded incredible. I was almost sold right there.
    I am torn. If I could find a nice (remember I'm picky) e34 540/6 for ~10k, I would take it... Is this feasible price wise? Is the difference worth the trouble?

    What makes the decision so hard is I would have to sell my car first, and drive the e30 around until I found a suitable 540i. I'm fairly sure I could get ~5.5-6k out of my car with the way the market is around here, so its tempting. What are your opinions, someone convince me one way or the other. Sorry for the novel
    Last edited by jbraswell; 10-23-2006 at 07:41 PM.
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