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[J-MAN]

Well guys its been awhile since I've been on the forum as school and work are currently at the top of my priority list. The ex-CSP crx is still alive and kicking but has finally been retired from daily driver duty. Hopefully if all goes according to plan she will see a revival as a fully track prepped/auto-x competitor if I can get some free time over the summer. In the meantime after much too long I have replaced the CRX with a more "reasonable" daily driver. I picked her up last Friday night and have slowly been falling for her as the miles rack up.

Alittle info on the car:
1999 BMW 540i
Sport Package
6spd
Dinan stg 4 engine engine package
Full Dinan Suspension
Various M Sport goodies
147xxx
Quaife ATB LSD with 3.15 gears

Car is a fully documented two owner car with some extensive records at Motor Werks West In NJ who are Dinan specialists. So far the car has been great to me and mileage is quite as bad as expected (almost 20 mpg mixed driving with a few spirited runs). Picked her up for a very reasonable price with a few minor needs, but hopefully with some preventative maintenance and some TLC it will last anotehr 150k.

Some Pics (excuse the poor MS paint skills and the dirty car):

[chedda_j]

Nice. My friend has a souped up m3. An e56 I believe. It's so hot. I would totally rock one as a DD.

[Condor]

WOW very nice man! I could not afford the mpg myself but congrats that
is a machine not just a DD!

Can not turn off the underline.

[E-Man]

Neither can the boy on his part time job while he is attending his final year at University.

The Father (me) is worried about the maintenance cost of this beast. This 4.4 is a torque monster and pulled away from my Stage 2 2.5 Forester XT from a rolling start. He's getting approx 20 mpg mixed with a light foot vs close to 30 mpg with a heavy foot on the CRX. Luckily we are close to the city and he only totals about 7,500 miles per year.

Elliot

[chedda_j]

Ahh fatherly love.

[C8V6C]

Nice man, I've been toying with bmws for a few years now too...

E36/E46/E38/E65 lol...but the new project is an E38 750IL

[pvbcrx]

Yep, that's nice. Good friend of mine had the same car. His 540i didn't have any Dinan upgrades, but it still hauled butt. Decent car to wrench on and the M62 is fairly reliable, although some parts can be spendy (water cooled alternator ) Unlike the the M54 in my wagon, I don't think the V8 has Vanos or PCV issues.

Pixels can disappear in the dash displays, but there are dudes that repair them or supply new ribbon connectors.