Water was getting into the electrics through a crack in the seal at the bottom of the windscreen. - A bit of silicone sealant and clearing the drainage channels fixed it.
Great car, it can still cut it against modern machinery (don't believe all this turbo diesel torque malarkey). Effortless performance and lasts like Stone Henge. It's a comfortable cruiser and a motorway mauler. Oh how we laugh at the Backward Baseball Cap Brigade! You won't meet much else day to day that will challenge you (well you might, but it'll be a short lesson for them).
Be warned it'll eat soft sport tires and is very partial to a drop of unleaded if you decide to go head butting the horizon.
The exhaust note and sound of the straight six will send a shiver down your spine in tunnels and multi-storey car parks. Chassis is still fresh and the driving experience is solid. I drove an IS200 sport recently and couldn't wait to get back behind the blue and white propeller. It has been called a poor mans M3 and it gives you a taste for less than half the price, it's the only way to fly!
I drove my dads company car the other day, the 325I SE and buy god was this car responsive any gear it would zoom up to speed, I didn't even have to use the kickdown, but if I did it thrust ahead like an electric motor no complain from the engine whatsoever, no hesitation or flat spots in the rev range whatsoever! this will really corrupt people, as they will be driving fast so effortlessly, did I mention there is no vibration or noise in the cabin at ALL, no noise, well appart from the stereo if that's on, but it's so smooth, it's difficult to tell if the engine is on or not, plus the engine itself is mechanically super smooth, no excessive noise insulation here like mercs to get a hoover like noise from the engine, cylinder noise is naturally cancelled out, no balancer shafts needed here!
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