Every time my e39 wagon runs like crap, it is usually sucking air somewhere. Anyway, here’s a couple of pics from this morning:

Even after warming up?

Oh, how I bask in the warm glow of your hatred!

Yes, Maybe...

True Words!

Dang! This one stings but it is so true!

Thank you, thank you for saying what a lot of us must have been thinking!

I have a 2001 525i Touring witg manual transmission. There is a string of fixes you need to.make around 100k then they are dead reliable. Bimmer forums for these cars are the best help I have seen anywhere.

Sometimes I struggle to understand their criteria to choose COTD ...

It appears that we agree on the main point - rest is just gravy. Enjoy your manual transmission car.

As much as I don’t want to get into this...

So buy it just because it’s has a manual transmission? What if there are other aspects of the car that don’t make it as appealing as other competitors?

Aaand, he was actually paid to spew out this crap! <face palm>

So you conveniently forgot to mention the touchless car wash altogether? Is that because it did not fit neatly in your narrative of automatic car wash = bad and hand wash = good?

That’s a nice Corolla.

“... me and Jason Torchinsky found some real weird shit when we started looking...”

Thanks for educating me.

Muwahaha! Karma is a bitch innit!

“Just rub the lotion on your skin and you should buy yourself a decent amount of time.”

Explains so much!