[YTNUKLR]

I don't think I 'get it'...

I like sports cars, because they're sporty. Responsive, visceral, noisy, lightweight.

I like commuter cars, because they're commuter cars. Comfortable, boring, quiet, with space to haul things/people.

I had an E28 535i for a year. It seemed no faster than my Camry V6. Yet needed as much crap fixed on it-probably more-than a neglected 911 (and if I had fixed it I would have had $4k into a $2k car with 210,000 miles.)

Perhaps I 'get it' to some extent with an E30 M3 or Z3M coupe or something that is practical-ish yet very sporty and well-balanced. But a 5-series? A big lunking E39 or E60?! I think I would just steal the E28 or E34 M5 motor to put into an E30 Sedan/M3...or better yet just go onto an S54 or S50B32...and by that time I would have enough invested in the project to just build a hot rod 911...

I do admit they look good. The E34 posted above is a gorgeous, solid machine.

But I don't get the reason for turning big lunks into muscle cars, sports sedans or...anything really, besides big lunks to haul your junk to the mountains.

Flame suit zipped ;-)