your thoughts about a daily driver

[mgold]

If I was You I would definately use E34 M5 touring as my daily car

But beeing more realistic I would buy E34 525TDS touring with A/C and w/o leather seats. The car should easily take care of Your children and Your wife would be rather content because of pretty big space around there inside. It is not a sport car, but it acts very nice for it's weight. And also parts are cheap and it doesn't brake down easily.

If I had 2 children -> I would buy E34 525TDS touring or E39 530d touring for sure. E36 touring is not really big enough to keep You comfortable enough.

That is what I think...

Unfortunately, here in the US we are not blessed with the E34 525TDS or E39 530D.  The only diesel we've gotten from BMW was the E28 524TD, and those are rare and finding someone who knows how to repair them is also rare (parts too).

[jpod999]

I would go with an E28.  I want one really bad now, they are just so awesome looking...i love the interior too.

My dad has an E34 530iT and it's roomy and looks very European.  It's nice but I like the E28's more.

[mgold]

As much as I love the E34, I've ruled them out.  I'm going to probably check out that 328i tomorrow.  If it falls through I'll still be keeping my eyes open.