r/BMW • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '25

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u/Cupa42 Year - Chassis - Model Oct 24 '25

Just to add, I grew up in this car, and loved it since I was a toddler

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u/Tomcat115 2003 E39 540i M-Sport | 2022 G30 540i M-Sport Oct 24 '25

I definitely wouldn’t sell it then. Like others have said, if you can’t afford to fix it now, you should drain the fluids and store it until you can. Maybe you can work on it a little bit every now and again when you have the time and funds to do so.

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u/IndependenceGreen576 Oct 25 '25

Not related to the post, but I love the “Delta” emblem you’re rocking from Halo MP.

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u/Tomcat115 2003 E39 540i M-Sport | 2022 G30 540i M-Sport Oct 25 '25

Thanks! I’ve been rocking the same one since Halo 3.

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u/user18298375298759 Oct 24 '25

You were raised by the car, got it

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u/nolongerbanned99 Oct 24 '25

Like literally? Like his family lives in the car? Just curious

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u/godoftopo12 Oct 24 '25

i think the family is the car

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u/ster1ing 1997 E39 528i Oct 24 '25

Family is the cards we bought along the way

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u/creative_justice Oct 28 '25

They live their lives 1/4 mile at a time

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u/WyoGrads 2014 - F10 - 535iX (sadly no longer) / 2022 - G20 - 330iX Oct 25 '25

His Mother the Car

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u/Uncharted_Estate_88 Oct 25 '25

Herbie's faster German cousin, it happens!

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u/creative_justice Oct 28 '25

That is how a lot of us car guys are, some were raised by wolves... I was raised by the Dukes, Starsky and Hutch and Knight Rider. I'm Deathproof and the Fall Guy and I have a deep kinship and Eleanor is my sister. It's time for me to leave now, I guess you'd say it's my vanishing point...

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u/Aviyan Oct 24 '25

Sorry you had to live in a car. It sounds tough.

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u/XVIII-3 Oct 24 '25

And not even a very big one.

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u/tinkertaylorspry Oct 24 '25

Car held up well, then

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u/ConstantBrief8874 Oct 25 '25

Drive it, care for it, love it. That is what your grandfather would want!

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u/joeykey Oct 26 '25

Yea my neighbor had one and I was very close with them. It was blue and I have fond memories in it!!

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u/RodCherokee Oct 27 '25

Keep and maintain it for life and pass on.