Quote Originally Posted by Mr. BILL
Welcome to the forum! Check out Bruno's site www.BMWE34.net and click on "what will go wrong" General weak points are: cooling system and front suspension (thrust arms). The '95's had most of the bugs worked out as this was the last year of E34 production. You've already had the BIG ONE taken care of, the engine block.

A 540 is a beast, I doubt you'll miss the manual.
Thanks. I got to this forum through E34.net, but I didn't know who Bruno was. I've checked it out a bit and I'm sure I will do so more in the future.

I know I won't miss the manual, because my E30 (my daily driver/autoX/track car) has a five speed. My wife is worried that she'll miss the manual, though.

Thanks for the advice, I'll keep an eye on those areas, although I know the sellers of this car have done a lot of work on the suspension (K-Mac camber/caster plates, new arms, etc.) and replaced all the bushings and such recently.