Buy an e39 or e60? What would you do?

[DaveVoorhis]

what will be the fate of our beloved E34s in the UK?

Same as the E28, I suspect. Ten years ago, they were everywhere. Now, except for the occasional enthusiast who brings out a pristine M535i for a Sunday drive, and a battered 520i or two hanging onto life by a thread, they're gone.