Quote Originally Posted by Gar
facelift sports still sell but unfortunately the demand for prefacelift se's is very low
It is a sport (suspension,steering,seats,shadowtrim)- but back in the day bmw didnt put sport bumpers on E39s, msport appeared in 99. Also has facelift lights . Still probably doesnt help.

Didnt realize they have dropped so much - there is alot of 520 junk around the 500 mark - think mine is worth more than those.

Sounds like breaking it or keeping it as a project are the only options these days ?