Some years ago, I was introduced to the idea of ‘bangernomics‘ – buying cars at the very bottom of the depreciation curve and enjoying a year of cheap motoring before moving onto something else. Particularly appealing to me was the fact that, if you knew what you were looking for, you could buy some very nice cars for very little money. This was how I ended up with a 1999 BMW 528i.
After a few months with that car, though, I started to stray from the ‘bangernomics’ philosophy. Discovering that many of the parts were reasonably priced, I could turn some spanners in
