RE: E34's FOREVER!

["Jay Kenty" <FREEDOMNH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, Joe- Now that we are getting personal, here are more details: my wife
and I are both 54 and the new 528iT is a five speed (rare car- dealer was
"awarded" the car for good performance).  I will also admit that my wife
will not let me drive it unless we are going somewhere together, and my
sharked 325i is still more fun than the 5er to barge around in as a daily
driver.  But for the trips to the city, or to the country, that E39 is a
dream...

Best, Jay
'93 325i (JC)
'99 528iT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Mazza [mailto:jm0045@domain.elided]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 8:38 AM
> To: FREEDOMNH@domain.elided
> Cc: BMW Digest
> Subject: Re: E34's FOREVER!
>
>
> Hi Jay,
>
> You may have a point about the new stud. (I'm 53 and wondering if I
> ought to get an automatic (shudder) to carry me into my old age.)
>
> BTW, I agree that the E39's are wonderful machines. Drove a 540i
> 6-speed last weekend along with a 540iT StepTronic. Both were smooth,
> powerful, agile blazers. But, and I know this is subjective, neither
> left me longing for one afterwards. This is the same feeling I get
> when test driving a Lexus. While I'm driving one I can't imagine
> buying anything else.  But once the test drive is over I forget about
> it completely.
>
> My 535i, on the other hand, still excites me as much now as when I was
> drooling over its brochures in 1990, 190,000 miles ago.
>
> YMMV.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
>
> ---Jay Kenty <FREEDOMNH@domain.elided> wrote:
> >Yes, maybe the E39's "jury is
> > out", but the E34 has been replaced with a newer, younger stud.  It
> happens
> > to all of us, eventually.
>
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