Still looking. I might get another 5 series after all. They seem to be less expensive to purchase and the sellers are more willing to negotiate on the price than sellers with 3 series. They tend not to budge much at all.
Keeping everybody posted......
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1994 530i 5 speed - RIP due to a dipshit that can't do overshoulder checks and ran over the front end with his Jeep!
1989 325i - RIP due to a knucklehead that rammed the car in the butt doing 50 km/hr while I was stopped at a intersection!!
New ride: 1998 318i