You are correct. This is a full redesign, not a facelift, and is therefore ineligible.

In a new car, cameras are almost essential due to the lack of visibility. But in an old car, where you can actually see out of it, it’s pointless and—because you’re focusing on a single angle, rather than using your own peripheral vision and associating sounds with movement outside the car—potentially dangerous.

PSA: This 3-series photograph demonstrates a facelift.

The E9 is one of the best all-around cars ever made, so I guess I’ll continue this...

I’m bored, so here we go.

Oh. That’s what they were trying to do. You learn something new every day, I guess.

Just a thought, but perhaps you might be on the wrong website?

Mileage? The earlier engines were also more robust than the M62tu versions that came later.

Meh. I’ve seen enough 150k 540s get thrown away due to timing chain tensioner failure, including a gorgeous burgundy BMW Individual car. For any other BMW engine, that’s still low mileage; a Bimmer shouldn’t run out of steam at a buck fifty. For me, personally, I’m happy to stick with something that can safely do…

Do yourself a favor and look up “M62 timing chain guides and tensioners” and then reassess your search. The majority of the cars on this list have massive faults that extend far, far beyond their purchase prices, and even if the straight-six variants of the E39 are reliable, the V8 is a reliability disaster (albeit a…

It’s to protect the pedestrians that you’ll hit because you can’t see pedestrians!

They have a dealership in Greenville, South Carolina.

Mm, that tasty, tasty depreciation of buying new cars, and that wonderful lack of selection on any other car sales site! Yes, not using Craigslist sure seems like the way to go...

Took me a while, but I just got the reference...

Just checked back on this because I was curious.

It may have been. CarFax indicates that its first appearance in the US was at 17,000 miles at a dealer in California, followed by a dealer in Arizona, followed by a dealer in VT.

I switched browsers to star this.

This is why I don’t go on the front page except to read Doug’s articles...