Impossible in 1997 since the first ones hit dealers in March of 2000. I had a 00 black/red off the truck with 4 miles on it and it had the infamous pre-cat failure issue. Turned the car into the WORST POS I’ve ever owned. 

Which current BMW sedan or coupe can you get a manual transmission, V8 engine, and RWD?

I’m not opposed to them making it a Lincoln. 

Can we PLEASE get a RWD sedan based on Mustang underpinnings?? Love my ‘15 GT Premium 6-speed (in Guard Metallic) but think something with similar performance in a 4-door (I know better than to hope for a wagon) would be amazing. 

A-friggin-men! Here’s mine! 02 540iT

Where have I seen this before...?

I’m guess mid-80's Escord.

What about the ones that ramble and talk in circles (literally and figuratively) for a solid 20+ min, when a 5 min video would suffice?

If I do, it’ll be with a Hyundai Accent

There’s a little town north of Groesbeck/Mexia that has beautiful old houses (but not much else).

Would live in ANY of those.

Just saw you did a manual swap on yours? I wish I was skilled to do that. Lol

Sterling Grey Metallic, actually. :)

What do you use to manipulate the rear air suspension? I’m prob going to get some lowering springs for the front soon and would like the rear to match.

Good to know! I’ll start shopping for them now. :)

Those headlights were ebay purchases. If I recall they were about $300 for the set, and maintained the Xenon and updated the rings to LED.

I paid $5000 for mine nearly 2 years ago with 127k on it. It was in Queens, so I booked a one way flight and drove it home to Dallas over the weekend, sleeping in the back. Amazing road trip. I’d do it all over again. :)

Thanks! Mine is a 2002 540iT. Definitely love the Sterling Grey with the gunmetal M5 wheels, but sadly they are being swapped as we speak. I had a blow out that exacerbated a crack one of them apparently had so I found a set of F12 535i rims I’m putting on. (Snagged them on FB for $150). I’m keeping the M5 wheels and…

Brother!!!!

It’s not terribly difficult. I have a 15 year old 540i (wagon) running just fine. This weekends project will be updating its suspension bits.