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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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W00DY
7,848 posts
95 months
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McHaggis
7,644 posts
24 months
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W00DY said: I love the colour of those - can someone clarify - which blue is that? Imola blue?
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brightonpad
29 posts
20 months
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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McHaggis said: W00DY said: I love the colour of those - can someone clarify - which blue is that? Imola blue? Imola is red. That should be Avus Blue, it was superseded by Topaz Blue (and by Le Mans Blue in M5s) when the facelift arrived and the engines were revised.
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McHaggis
7,644 posts
24 months
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brightonpad said: Topaz, I believe. Thanks. My favourite, aside from HellRot/Hell Red.
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charltjr
430 posts
64 months
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W00DY said: I would have that in a heartbeat. Goddamn lease..... 12 cruel months to go........
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V8Wagon
1,006 posts
29 months
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cmoose
18,561 posts
98 months
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r129sl said: That has been for sale a long while now. I guess the mileage and the cloth interior put people off but they shouldn't. That and it is not a 3.2. The colour scheme is lovely. Cloth has a certain charm. The 2.8 m104 is the smoothest of 124s except perhaps the OM606 diesel cars (which are painfully slow). It has had the loom done; it must have had the head gasket done before now.
But be realistic: it will need work to be safe and satisfactory. It will need rear suspension bushes (circa £750 for everything, four subframe bushes, ten links, diff bushes, at a specialist). It will need bits and bobs in the steering and the box itself may be worn (maximum £500 including a new or refurbished box). It will need new front shocks (£150 piss easy DIY). It will need new brake and fuel pipes front to back (£150). It will need air con work (budget £500 maximum). It will need other bits and bobs, probably in the front suspension, maybe some brakes, maybe a radiator (budget £500 again). It will need new speakers (£100). And it will need a very thorough service (£500). You may wish to change the engine mounts (£250). Give it all that and it will last another 20 years and provide superior motoring to any new car. A well-sorted 124 is a superb vehicle: you cannot buy cars this good anymore, not new at least. Yeah, it's a shame I haven't the spare cash because I would very happily buy a nice 280E and put that investment in. A better saloon car than anything you can buy new today, at any price.
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Matt_N
4,631 posts
71 months
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W00DY said: Jobbo's got you posting his ads for a bit of extra publicity has he!
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rejn
394 posts
91 months
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r129sl said: loads of good fact-based stuff about what'll need doing on that W124 Thanks for the full response r129sl - very helpful - and if sounds like suspension, brakes, a decent service and fix the aircon should cover it. I agree that you'd need lots of funds put away to get it up to tip top condition, but I'd probably just be looking to run it for a year or so for a bit of fun, get it a 12 months MoT and sell it on. The fact that this particular one has been for sale so long suggests to me that it's probably not the most desirable spec, so I'll probably give it a miss, and find something that I could sell on more quickly...
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Emeye
4,128 posts
92 months
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olly22n
11,750 posts
75 months
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Matt_N said: W00DY said: Jobbo's got you posting his ads for a bit of extra publicity has he! I really want that.
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brightonpad
29 posts
20 months
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The V8 is one of the guys on the 5 forum, where I am a regular. Nice car, believe it's already been sold though.
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S3_Graham
10,640 posts
68 months
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brightonpad said: The V8 is one of the guys on the 5 forum, where I am a regular. Nice car, believe it's already been sold though.
Rob is mumbling about selling his E34 540 manual. Same colour/wheels
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Mr Pies
5,645 posts
56 months
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Can any of you BMW beards tell me, do the 2005 BMW 530i's have many common failures? Gearboxes etc?
Very tempted by this, eBay item no:150885340689
I think it's a stunning car for the money.
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Jobbo
7,227 posts
133 months
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Matt_N said: W00DY said: Jobbo's got you posting his ads for a bit of extra publicity has he! I didn't put him up to it  Nice finger over the top left of the lens there, not sure why I didn't notice that when I uploaded the photos  Olly, deal to be had for a threadist 
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brightonpad
29 posts
20 months
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Mr Pies said: Can any of you BMW beards tell me, do the 2005 BMW 530i's have many common failures? Gearboxes etc?
Very tempted by this, eBay item no:150885340689
I think it's a stunning car for the money. In short, no issues to speak of with the 3.0 petrol, best of the bunch really. The e60 as a range though is not as robust as the e39, mostly electrical gremlins. But a530i sport in either denomination is a lovely thing..
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olly22n
11,750 posts
75 months
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Jobbo said: I didn't put him up to it Nice finger over the top left of the lens there, not sure why I didn't notice that when I uploaded the photos Olly, deal to be had for a threadist I would dearly love to give it a home. But I fear that if I did, it would become my home.
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bmthnick1981
2,794 posts
85 months
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Chaps, another gearbox question - this time E60 related though. The chap I bought my E39 off is thinking of replacing it with an E60 - looking particularly at a 525i SE Auto which is local - he has asked me, and I don't know the answer, do the E60's suffer from the same gearbox issues as certain of the E39's? He is obviously wary having had one gearbox failure but does like the BMW marque and would like to stick with another 5er.
TIA.
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