My mother-in-law took delivery of her new (to her) 1997 BMW 528i (e39) yesterday. She has named it Mrs. Mistoffelees (Mr. just wouldn’t seem right for her car) after a character in CATS. Here are some pictures I took just this morning, (they are scaled down for those with slow connections, if you want to [...]
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Today should be E39 day!!!
She actually bought the new 528i last Friday, but won’t be getting it until today. It really is a beautiful car. Nothing extremely impressive in the performance category, but very nice looking and reliable.
Here’s a cruddy camera phone pic of her with the car last Friday:
She’s convinced
Well, after a few long conversations, we’ve finally convinced my mother-in-law that her Mercury Villager is unreliable.
What we’ve found is a beautiful E39 525i for a VERY reasonable price.
Still looking…
Scratch that…
She’s now decided that she doesn’t want the E34 M5. She didn’t want Rob or I to take time off work to drive it across country, and she doesn’t want to pay $1800 to ship it.
Right now, her mechanic and I are (again) trying to convince her that the minivan is toast. Then we’ll [...]