To buy an E39 worth owning you would have to spend the guts of cheap E90 money. The E39 simply isnt worth it and like your E36 you will end up having to throw money at it whereas you can buy a nice E90 with a warranty from a mian dealer and have hassle free motoring and actually enjoy the car rather than fearing for when the next thing might go wrong.

I'm a great fan of the E39. Driven quite a few back when they were reasonably fresh and should have bought one then but chickened out.

My personal opinion is that you will get a better experience from owning the more modern car.

Having driven both cars I would still buy a Z4M! :wink:

But the E90 wins over the E39 in terms of dynamics. Smaller engine builds speed faster. E90 is more nimble.

An E90 saloon with the DCT box I would see as a potential next car for me.