What JCL said; better machines with fewer potential gotchas can be had for the same money. Shop around. Or if you're up for a project, offer them half of that $4900 & see if they bite. Chances are, if they can't sell it outright, it'll go to auction and they'll be lucky to see $2500 for it there. And they are painfully aware of that.

I feel your pain on the raccoon roadkill; I hit a big one a while back with my e32, and it nearly destroyed the bumper cap on it. Sounded like I hit a rock.

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2001 X5 Sport 3.0/5-speed
1998 318ti/5-speed
1988 735i/5-speed
1984 528e/5-speed (soon to be M20B25-powered 525i!)