Originally posted by mbonder
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Originally posted by mrsleeve
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I'm totally ok with the parts costs, I'm a 100% DIY guy and just got out of e70 X5 M ownership... Not scared of anything that the LC is going to throw at me as far as maintenance and repairs. As for the size, it's not really a limiting factor but the wife just complains about peripheral visibility problems in our e53 when driving around town (small windows) and doesn't want something that's impossible to park. She was DD'ing my e39 m5 happily for a while, but now that we've moved into downtown Charlotte the traffic on her commute sucks for a manual trans... I leave for work @ 5:15AM and go against traffic, so the e39 is great for ripping down I-77 in the mornings.
I think $15k is the top of my budget, also forgot to mention that I am dead set of grey interior, which seems to be way more common in the LX. I've found that the pricing on IH8MUD is much more reasonable that Craigslist, lots of options in the $11k-13K range.
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