The ONLY (and I mean only) reason it could be a bad choice here in the states is finding someone who can work on it ;)

Yeah, baby :D

Yeah, I was wondering what a 2.5L diesel (even with a turbo and a manual trans) would do on a 4600 pound car—assuming it has most of the heavy electrical options which E38’s sold with here in the U.S. I’ve read a little on the Euro model 730D, but wasn’t there also a 740D over there? Just curious.

Definitely this. New iOS releases on old(er) hardware in-and-of-themselves may not be the only related performance suck; sometimes ALL of the new functionality which ships with that release is enabled by default when first installed.

Well done. So many nice, informed individuals on here who are willing to share their constructive comments/experiences. And then we also have our share of trolls who enjoy ruining it.

You’re missing garlic...there must ALWAYS be garlic! :)

Great response...I fully agree.

I’m not sure I understand why the low price on this car. It would surely makes sense with an S-Class or 7-Series of this vintage because:

Hey Eric.....great piece...thanks so much for sharing; as it turns out, it seems I knew less about this than I thought I did.

It’s very Infiniti M’ish....or whatever the eff the Inifiniti M is now called.

That is why we cook (or to be more precise “sautee”) fresh garlic on LOW. The higher the cooking temp, the more you’ll need to stir it constantly and the bigger the risk of having it brown and bitter.

I’m not a fan of the E60 either—and by no means would I ever try talking someone into buying a late(r) model used BMW—but I can tell you, you will not mistake driving any BMW (including this one) for anything made by Subaru.

Doesn’t look all that great, and assuming it’s also taken on the MB FWD platform (in lieu of Infiniti’s incredible ATTESA RWD biased all-wheel-drive system), I see ABSOLUTELY no reason for this vehicle. I give it an “F”.

...yes, but will 90 HP in a car that heavy actually get you to 60 MPH? That is the question ;)

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Obviously, when a diesel is in question, one ought to pay attention to “torque” figures rather than “horsepower”, but 90HP does sound awfully anemic.

Yeah...the “no A/C” kind of ruined it for me, too. Although I’d be interested to hear what the torque figures are, I’m doubting they will be enough to make up for the “90 horsepower”. Ouch.

Yeah, that’s kind of annoying. I’m guessing one could use that one ethernet port to plug into a 8 port gigabit switch and solve that problem. Then again, it also wouldn’t look quite so clean, simple and attractive sitting on a table in your living room like it does in the marketing pics.

Yeah, that’s kind of annoying. I’m guessing one could use that one ethernet port to plug into a 8 port gigabit…

Best of luck to you!!

Right on both counts sir! ;)

Two things: Assuming both parents are working, a) daycare (during the pre-school aged years), then b) before/after care (during the school aged years) and/or summer camp.