Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

If it was an unrepeatable Individual spec then I could see it , but a silver over grey cloth car with a basic spec that would lose half its value the moment you put a few miles on it or scuffed up the interior does not appeal. No doubt you'd still be into a cooling system simply due to age.

A manual B10 3.3 with loads of miles on the clock for me please.

Great buy. Mine was £9k with 60k. I would have to think really long and hard it you offered me a brand spanker 5 series estate in exchange for it. I can’t think of a better car of any sort at any age. Trouble is I’ve liked it so much I’ve put another 30k on in less than 3 years so rolling the clock back to 23,000 woul be a massive win.