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outgoing car: 2007 530xi with 119K – wonderful 8 years of ownership, but spent $2K last year in maintenance, staring at more than that this year… with who knows what might follow.
incoming car: 2010 535xi with 40K – only 3 years newer (and still an 8 year old car) but crazy low miles -- thats an average of 5K PER YEAR! it still smells new.
as y'all know, both are basically "the same" car, chassis/sheetmetal is the same, but incoming is the last of this generation and does feature some meaningful updates as well as everything being a teensy bit different.
newer gen went to a twin-turbo and jumped to 300hp. i drive like an old man, but it's nice having an excess of power/torque. fingers crossed that the HP fuel pump will not rear its head. loving the camel leather..."soft like buttah"..corinthian perhaps? ;-)
over time i'll be getting tints, 18" rims, euro rear lights w/ amber turns, LED retrofits all around
Say, you may drive like an old man,...but since you're planning on Mods,...hit it with an MHD tune,....you won't believe how much power BMW left on the table with the N54! The Stage 1 MHD tune wakes the N54 up like crazy! I'm already planning for Stage II. This will be the best power-to-dollars-spent mod ever!
BTW,...your 2010 535xi is same color as mine,....except I got the Sport version!
06-01-2018, 10:34 AM
E60 upgrade: 2007 --> 2010
and good luck!
