VIN: WBADR63451GN91909

Oxford Green Metallic (324)

Sand Beige Leather (N6SN)

OEM 16” Style 48 wheels (full-size spare)

No Accidents, No rust.

2 working diamond keys.

I have owned this vehicle for 7 years and bought it from 1st owner, 2nd driver. First driver was the wife of the BMW dealer in Richmond, VA where it served as a “demo” car for maybe a year. It then moved to NoVA. Had 49,000 miles on it when I bought it. So everything I’ve done has been within the last 30,000 miles or so. 

Most of the miles I put on it are "pre-Covid" since in early 2020 I stopped driving to the office.  That means I daily-ed it in '17, '18 and '19 then it only was driven a few thousand miles a year (if that) until the present.

LOTS of maintenance on my car. Some was required, some was just because I wanted to pre-empt things. I’ve also got a few extra parts.

Recent road-trip revealed buttery smooth driving, no issues, and returned 23mpg on the highway.

It's a well-optioned car.  Steptronic. SLS. Piano black gloss trim on outside.  DSP (yay. boo.) OG Nokia subwoofer. Heated seats. Headlight washers. Intensive windshield wash. Roof rails. Cargo cover/dog net in rear. (no sliding load floor).

Condition: Excellent. 

Everything works. There is nothing that does not work. Doors are tight and thunk as expected when closed.  Does not look like a typical 23 year-old car.  Only code is “MAP Thermostat” because I put in a cooler thermostat that doesn’t have the heater.

Everything I’ve replaced is obviously less than 7 years old. I’ll try and estimate from purchase receipts when things were done.

Exterior:

Paint is deep, lovely and original.

A couple of rock chips on the front and a scratch and ding on the passenger rear door. Tiny nick at the fuel filler opening. There’s a scrape on the rocker right in front of passenger rear wheel that has been touched up. (Passenger door ding courtesy of my daughter when she would do clockwise laps around the car on her kick scooter and always over-steered taking the right around the front corner. Interestingly, she showed this tendency when learning to drive). 

Never been repainted or sprayed anywhere. Windshield is a couple of years old. All other glass original. Sunroof works perfectly. Rear hatch struts and glass struts replaced. Bump on hood like someone closed it on a tool or something. Dime-sized and very low. No paint damage. (I did NOT do this). 

Little stubby cellphone antenna is broken off even stubbier.

Never had roof rack so rails are not scratched.

Superb leather seating. Have had cotton BMW seat covers on fronts for 5 years or so. Very supple clean seats.  No tears or cracking.

Doesn't smell like an old BMW because it's been protected from the sun.  If you come pick it up you may sit in my 1999 528i and get a snootful of old horsehair and leather. (not as full-bodied as the 2002 I used to have but the older cars had about ½ a herd of horsehair in them)

All seat motors work as expected. Replaced a couple of motors and lower seat trims.

No cracks in wood trim.

M-sport steering wheel with controls. This car is not an M-sport, I just like the 3 spoke steering wheels so I put one in it.

Original floor mats. Foam is peeled off some bottoms but the tops look good. Carpet is very nice everywhere. 

Interior plastics are amazing. One crack/break in the corner by the rear glass. About dime-sized.

No peeling or sagging trim fabric.

Headliner not sagging anywhere.

Re-sealed the door moisture barriers 2017. No leaks. (want some extra butyl rubber?)

All windows and locks work perfectly.

All buttons, switches, etc are present and working as expected.

No cracks in dash.

All pixels work on instrument cluster.

All interior bulbs replaced with LED’s. You could do surgery by the map lights.

Added 2 USB charging ports in the center cubby. I give myself a C.

After market cup holder below MID.

Some coffee stain on rear passenger seat bottom.

No squawks. Everything is as it should be

Tires are only a few years old. Probably less than 12k miles on them. Need to check with GTE to seen when I bought them.

All original wheels with full-size spare.

New center/drag link in steering.

New tie-rod ends. 

New front swaybar end links. New front swaybar bushings (these are purple Flex which are fine but they are poly so make that squeak/scrunch sound when you go over a speed bump slowly. You could put OEM rubber ones back in just to make it silent) M5 rear swaybar with newer bushings and end links.

Newer Bilstein B4 shocks all around.  Fronts in 2023. Rears in 2019. Rear auto-leveling bags and system in excellent fettle.

Newer tension struts in front.

New strut mounts and shock mounts 2019.

Lots of alignments over the years as I replaced suspension parts.  All done at GTE, Gran Turismo East – serving Atlanta and beyond!

New suction hose, reservoir and power steering fluid 2024.

ECS stainless brake lines at calipers and the two coming off the ABS block in 2020.

Parts I have: Front control arms. Power steering pressure line, more.

Original CD and MID/Radio. (Cassette player available upon request)

Replaced AC evaporator core and expansion valve and drier in 2020. All new o-rings at that time and of course fresh charge of refrigerant. (windshield replaced at this time...don’t ask…)

New dual-zone heater valve 2020/21. Couple of hoses replaced at that time as well.

Cleaned out ducts when dash was removed to replace evaporator. Probably cleaned up more stuff at same time while entire HVAC assembly was sitting on kitchen table.

No blown speakers.

No broken vents.

Newer cabin air filters.

ECS says I put in a new “actuator, defroster flaps” in early 2022

New final blower-motor resistor in 2020.

As mentioned above the thermostat was replaced with a lower temp one in 2019. Put in a new water pump with metal impeller at this time as well.

Radiator replaced in 2019 along with all the major hoses.

Expansion tank replaced 2019 and then again a couple of years later. New temp sensor in tank.

Newer auxiliary fan switch

Brass bleeder screw – of course!

E60 fan clutch and fan blade 2020. Moves a lot more air than the original E39 version. Makes the engine bay get dustier as a result.

Currently filled with mostly blue Euro Peak coolant. I’ve tried several including that waterless stuff. No real impact in my experience.

New valley pan gasket and coolant tube O-rings in 2024. New hose and gaskets on the accumulator as well.

Radiator shroud has small break around the hole where the thing that holds the expansion tank and the bleed screw are located.  Only janky looking thing I've done is to use some wire to hold the tank snugly.  Yes I know a new shroud is cheap. But the remove/replace is kind of a pain.

Have a few used but good hoses.

Never had timing chain guide issues. No noise.

Newer tensioner.

No VANOS leak symptoms or codes.

Newer idler pulley and serpentine belt.

Newer plugs.

Newer VC gaskets (yes they weep a tiny bit but engine is super dry)

Newer PCV valve and gasket

New fuel-tank evap leak test pump (2024)

Deleted scuba tank muffler and replaced with some kind of Magnaflow. It’s lighter and sounds better. Sometimes I think there is a drone but then other times I don’t hear anything. YMMV. 

Oil and filter gets changed at least twice a year whether it needs it or not. With less than 5k miles driven per year it’s always fresh. Usually Liqui-Moly 5w-40 but sometimes other synthetics if they go on sale.

Clean newer air filter.

New throttle body in 2022. Not the problem.

New throttle pedal assembly in 2022. Not the problem.

Replaced throttle body wiring connector with new OEM part in 2022. Soldered and shrink-wrapped. THIS fixed the problem.

New engine mounts in 2021 or so.

New knock sensors 2024

Coils are original I think. If not they’re newer than 2017!

Replaced main transmission wiring harness in 2017.

Did a few fluid drains and filter replacements over the next year or so. Fluid now good for another lifetime!

Replaced diff fluid in last few years.

Shifts like it should.

Oh. Reversed direction of manual shift so forward is a downshift. This is accomplished by flipping one connector next to the shift lever.  And then I got the trim piece so it has the minus in front and plus in back. You’ll see. Flip it back if you want.

Probably replaced transmission mounts.

Replaced giubo in 2018(?)

No gremlins.

No current drains.

Newer battery.

All lights work exactly as they should.

No corrosion in any of the possible places like fuse junctions or such.

White LED side marker lights for that Euro look or something.

Xenons!

Replaced alternator around Jan 2020. Lifetime guarantee Bosch unit.

Sometimes the start procedure will stop itself. The starter turns over maybe once and then it’s like you turned the key back from the start position.  You just try again and it starts fine. I’m guessing it’s some wear in the ignition switch. Maybe just needs a good spray of DeOxit up in there? Maybe should replace the ignition switch? Very intermittent as in once every few months or so.

Has an OEM BMW microphone.  Has an aftermarket microphone from when I had a GROM.

Option List from Bimmer.work

202

Steptronic

Steptronic

204

Drive Version Export

Antriebsauslegung Export

210

Dynamic Stability Control (dsc)

Dynamische Stab. Control (dsc)

220

Self-leveling Suspension

Niveauregulierung

249

Multi-function For Steering Wheel

Multifunktion Fuer Lenkrad

266

Lt/aly Wheels Radial Spoke 48

Lm Raeder/radialspeiche 48

302

Alarm System

Alarmanlage

319

Integrated Universal Remote Control

Integrierte Universal-fernbedienung

354

Green Stripe Windscreen

Gruenkeil-frontscheibe

386

Roof Rail

Dachreling

403

Glas Roof, Electric

Glasdach, Elektrisch

431

Interior Rr Vw Mirror W Aut Anti-d

Innenspiegel,automatisch Abblendend

438

Wood Trim

Edelholzausfuehrung

441

Smokers Package

Raucherpaket

459

Seat Adjustm., Electr. W. Memory

Sitzverstellung, Elektr.mit Memory

473

Armrest, Front

Armauflage Vorn

494

Seat Heating F Driver/front Passenger

Sitzheizung Fuer Fahrer/beifahrer

500

Headlight Washer Sys/intensive Cleaning

Scheinw.waschanl./intensivreinigung

520

Foglights

Nebelscheinwerfer

521

Rain Sensor

Regensensor

522

Xenon Light

Xenon-licht

534

Automatic Air Conditioning

Klimaautomatik

555

On-board Computer

Bordcomputer

640

Car Telephone Preparation

Autotelefonvorbereitung

645

Radio Control Us

Radio-steuerung Us

661

Radio Bmw Business

Radio Bmw Business

677

Hifi System Professional

Hifi System Professional

694

Preparation For Cd Changer

Cd-wechsler Vorbereitung

785

White Direction Indicator Lights

Weisse Blinkleuchten

818

Main Battery Switch

Batteriehauptschalter

845

Acoustic Belt Warning

Akustische Gurtwarnung

850

Add Fuel Tank Filling For Export

Zusaetzl. Tankfuellung Export

853

Language Version English

Sprachversion Englisch

876

Radio Frequency 315 Mhz

Funkfrequenz 315 Mhz

925

Shipping Protection Package

Versandschutzpaket

992

Number Plate Attachement Management

Steuerung Kennzeichenbefestigung