I would be curious as to how many miles the 1st owner put on it in that year. I have had little problem with mine but those minor ones i mentioned...did throw the drive belt recently and had trouble with the dealer who was in the process of selling out to BMW dealer to get repair and parts in a reasonable time length but finally got it fixed and its running good again! I plan on driving it into work tomorrow! nice to hear from you. I put 2800 miles on mine before the drive belt problem, since Oct of 2005. Do you have a local dealer for service? hope so!