540i from Madison.

[Laishes]

Hello everyone,

My name is Andrew Laishes.

Just went to my first WIbimmers meet on Saturday the 22nd and figured I would make an intro post on here. I recently (last tuesday) sold my honda civic and picked up an e39 BMW 540i 6 speed (last thursday) with just over 125k miles.

I have lived in Madison all my life so I know the area well; hoping to meet more members, attend more events, and get further involved into the WIbimmers community.

Enough talk; here's what she looks like as it sits.

[Laishes]

Just a stock e39! Nothing too impressive but hopefully my ownership will make the car look and sound better and better.

[REKIII]

Nice e39!!  Very cool.  Thanks for joining!

[Laishes]

Thanks; yeah I believe I got a good deal on it; looks like the previous owner took care of cooling issues aswell. (replaced radiator, stainless steel braided coolant lines).

[YoungCR]

Was great meeting you Andy! Always good having more 5er's join up, especially E39s!

[Laishes]

Thanks Chris you too man; I hope to see the famous 528e in action soon!

[wasnt m3]

Welcome! Good meeting you yesterday!

[Laishes]

Thanks TJ you too man. Glad you brought the wagon out. Thing looks so sick. I'm hoping to see that m3 of yours aswell pretty soon.

[Brian.]

Loving your car man! Thanks for stopping by yesterday an lending a hand!

[240sxguy]

Nice car man!

[Laishes]

Thanks man. Yeah it's relatively clean and it's a manual; so it's a start!

[BMWben]

Andy and I had a good time seeing what she could do on saturday  . I get photo credit too!

[240sxguy]

Laishes said:

Thanks man. Yeah it's relatively clean and it's a manual; so it's a start!

Our cars are very similar.

[Laishes]

Your wheels look much nicer though. Mine have clearcoat peeling and they're dirty!

[Laishes]

Ofcourse! Photo creds to Ben and Chris. Without photos this introductory post wouldn't be worth shit.

[Ryan...]

Welcome! The 540i/6 is the 2nd car I wish I'd have never sold.

[Laishes]

Thanks! Yeah I absolutely love the car thus far; my only complaint is ... well.... not a very big one... but.... the cupholders are kinda small for my big American beverages.

[240sxguy]

Laishes said:

Your wheels look much nicer though. Mine have clearcoat peeling and they're dirty!

My clear on the lips isn't looking so good. I might take them apart and fix that this winter. They're not bad enough where the aluminum is hopelessly damaged (yet).

[240sxguy]

Laishes said:

Thanks! Yeah I absolutely love the car thus far; my only complaint is ... well.... not a very big one... but.... the cupholders are kinda small for my big American beverages.

They'll be broken before you know it, don't worry.

[Laishes]

Well I'm planning on putting in different cupholders eventually. I just don't want it to look cheap; so we'll see.