I think the terrible (but honest) pictures are doing this advert no good. It's done 12,000 original miles backed by full documentation and (in the car show picture) the condition looks commensurate with that history. What price a rare slice of 70s British Sportscar nostalgia with that provenance? About $14,000. NP

I had an E39 540i Sport Touring manual back in the UK years ago. I get the whole “BMW never made an E39 M5 touring and wouldn’t it be awesome if they did” thing, but the 540i is just the wrong kind of car for that. I’m sure the M5 box is better than the box that came as standard on mine, but it was slow and just…

As a Brit living in America I feel quite well qualified to comment on this. British cars are unequivocalably crap. That’s clear by the fact that we no longer have a car industry. Well other than the car cottage industry that is Morgan, Caterham etc. However, British cars are no more crap for American use than Amercian…