RC:
Are you really comparing that slow ass 2000 CS with these babies?
Sorry...couldn't resist after seeing that 2002 and that 2000 CS. Not really a fan of old BMWs.
No, just with Atzporsche's BMW 2002.
Note the use of the past tense in "I used to think this was a beautiful car back in its day".
Personally, I'm not a fan old or new BMWs, in spite of (because of?) having had a 1602 back in its day.
The one old American car I might be tempted by would be an early sixties Corvette Stingray. My wife had to drag me out of a showroom in Tarpon Springs a few months ago because I was getting too interested in a clean split rear window Stingray standing there without a price sticker (most of the cars bore prices). It was bad timing, I had just bought a 993 a month before. Otherwise my wife would probably have gone to wake up the salesman herself.
To get back to the topic, I think Lars should go for the Espada. You only live once, and you don't want to end up saying "If only I had............".
I'll never forget seeing a clean Lambo 350GT (Feruccio's first masterpiece) for sale in a gas station near Stuttgart for just DM 13,000 many years ago. Since I was then driving a car which cost me about a tenth of that, it was still out of the question.
Today, I wouldn't hesitate to splash the plastic in that situation ................. but you don't see cars like that for € 6,500 today.
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fritz