I didn’t think rod bearings were a big problem in this engine? I know the M3 V8 and the M5 V10 have rod bearing issues but don’t these “just” have regular BMW V8 issues?

Still a desirable car,  but the price is high.  I have never been too impressed with cars that come with a huge stack of repair and maintenance stuff.  My take on it isn't "hey that is great, everything is in good shape" it is, "this vehicle is consistently expensive to maintain over time".  At closer to $10k I would…

“This car needs is a base that EVERYONE can hear” is not the thought of a serious person.

Assuming the maintenance was all performed by a good mechanic, this could be a nice price from me, although I would immediately remove the trunk subwoofers. I have a 2002 M5 with about 130K miles and would not hesitate to own one of these higher-mileage E39s so long as they have been well maintained. This car appears…

Not true at all. You see these regularly deep into the 200k range. The maintenance is not mild on these, but if you keep up with it they run for quite a long time. Maintenance records are way more important than mileage on a car of this age.

Yeah, I know I’m probably being prejudiced, but the monstrous subs seem to suggest “I probably abused this car in ways that aren’t immediately evident, because I’m kind of a knob.” The fact that he’s selling it for less than he paid in maintenance alone says, “There is probably something very wrong with this car…

I was on the fence, but the presence of that sub box makes me uneasy about the whole deal. CP

What gets me about these high priced/low mileage cars is that: If you buy it to actually drive it, the value will plummet. If you buy it to just keep it garaged and maybe resell it higher later on, at that point who cares how good of a drivers car it is... it’s just a piece of art at that point. If I’m buying art, I’d…

I remember getting into cars in the 90's. At that time there seemed to be a big inflated bubble around tri-five Chevy’s and 60's muscle cars. I recall hearing of those, especially, low mileage versions, going for absurd sums of money. In the 90's of course, Bring-a-trailer didn’t exist, but the listings in Hemmings…

But Pontiac was a brand owned and operated by GM, which still exists. And had a longer history, a lot more sales over a long period of time, and cars that while not always that reliable at least mostly worked.

Depends.

“virtue signaling”

JFC. Would they prefer the other option, that they risk the life of everyone aboard and the safety of the ship by proceeding on? Shit happens. I think a 50% refund is perfectly reasonable. I’m sure there’s language in the contract that addresses unforeseen issues like this. Want to go on a hunger strike? Sounds like a…

Get ready for all sorts of epic blame-shifting.

It makes a lot of sense, but I’m guessing that the net fuel gain will be limited.

Fastback cars haven’t looked cool since the 80's. And fastback SUV’s have never looked cool.

Yay.... yet another fastback crossover. The spork of the automotive world. I still don’t understand why people love these things. 

We all know it’s the Cyber Truck, but I’m going to say the Jeep Gladiator. It isn’t good at anything but projecting an image that says “I am a cargo shorts and wrap-around Oakley enthusiast who lies about attending Ranger school.”

44,260 is a about 44,000 more than I would have expected given the negative press they’ve gotten. 

I was 100% on buying one, but literally everything that should have been great about it was compromised out of it in order to be a ‘crossover’ rather than owning the wagon.