Thanks Nick, yea just wouldn't be the same anymore. Onwards and upwards indeed, I think I've had all the fun I could have with flagship non M cars with the Z4 and 335i and I think it's time I go for the real deal. I'm really glad to have the e39 to keep me going in the mean time, if I had bought a sh*t box for family duties as everybody was recommending I think I would've been depressed now!
Thanks Moe, not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but yea I think I realised I wasn't interested in fixing it and wanted it gone to minimise additional costs such as towing and storage etc. I'm happy with what I got for it all things considered. If circumstances were different I would've loved to have kept it as a track car indeed.