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Very kind. Touch m-sport door sills it seems good, but obviously early days. My wife drove it at lunch and she approves, so it's staying. Well done dodging a bullet with the lemon. If you can find a dealer local they might let you test drive a 5 series for comparison?

Go on, treat yourself. Just down the road from me too if that "helps". Mine is a 2010 LCI business edition, 150k miles and full service history. Was up for £4,650 but paid £4,200.

Thank you, keep looking out the window at it. 530d (M57). That felt like an OK compromise in terms of performance Vs road tax. I'm happy we went IL6.

Noted, thanks.

Thought that might make you laugh. With big wheels and rubber band tyres it rides surprisingly well. New front springs and airbags at the rear probably help. Never had a car this nice so will enjoy doing a few small bits to it. And washing it every week this time of year.

First diesel and BMW for me but did the 100+ miles home without any issues. Had Classic FM on, feeling every bit the high flying businessman from 2010.

I mean this in the nicest way, but it drove like a taxi. Reminded me of an airport transfer in Europe where the roads are smooth, the car is normally German and inside it's roomy with that muted sound of decent build quality. Didn't go on many B roads, but felt surprisingly composed when driving briskly.

New car day yesterday. Bought it at night in the rain, so don't do what I did kids. Looking forward to seeing it in the daylight (hopefully).

Looks great fun, especially post-crash. Seems like a ruinous exercise though, who would sink thousands into an ancient sports bike... 🙄.

If you find him let me know the username I'd love to see some other photos.

Found him. If he's not on your radar, haxchmoto on Insta is also worth a look.

Nice isn't it. I follow the guy on Instagram but can't for the life of me find his profile now.

Super helpful, thanks. It'll be our only family/dog wagon so keen it's comfortable. Sounds like an E61 SE spec might be the sweet spot. Yup, our Outback is like a wallowy barge too.

Interesting. I'm coming from an Outback (2001 H6 3.0) so your experience is especially helpful. My main conundrum with the E61 is do you go M sport? They look nice but don't want to have a crashy ride.

Sorry to hear about the back. I'm looking for something similar and have narrowed it down to an E61 530d or Volvo V70 D5. Missed an old money spec 530d SE yesterday and still kicking myself.

The SRAD feeling very sorry for itself at a local engineering workshop to sort some swingarm play. Was planning to pick it up but they need a little longer to diagnose, real shame as was looking forward to riding home in storm Darragh.

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Lord, forgot about these flutes.

Getting 5th floor crew vibes.

Basically yes. They were originally designed for outdoor stuff you might not want in the car like wetsuits, wellies and realistically dog eggs. Having said that, your assessment is more accurate.

Cheers. The car belongs to the master mechanic at work so he's pretty blasé about these things.

The car has larger springs so as I understand it the wishbones can over extend when articulating up and down. They popped out at the wheel end so lost front drive. We drove to Stamford which was about 50mins from us.

Took the work Trooper to an offroad quarry today. For £25 you can drive around all day and get into lots of trouble. At first I was scared things would go wrong, then realised that was the fun bit. Didn't get stuck but the car popped the front driveshafts which we sorted. Nice to see cheap motoring thrills do still exist.

For me it's how they deleted all their previous Insta posts. Actually scrap that, my favourite bit is them replying to posters with nonsensical and overly dramatic statements.

Nice frames these and good price.

I think we need to talk about this.

https://youtu.be/rLtFIrqhfng?feature=shared

Talking of Subaru one of the rear calipers is sticking, typically just after changing the discs and pads. Think we've landed on a BMW e61 530d as its replacement in the next few months.

Interesting... wasn't aware of this.