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[deeen]

sparks_E39 said:

What do you guys think of this?

2001 manual 530i Sport

I don't really have a preference to manual E39's as the auto is brilliant and still fun... but it looks well looked after, I quite like the look of black E39 Sports.

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/topic/83697-e39-530i-sport...

I'm no expert, but looks expensive to me? 12 years old, 120,000 miles, cloth? I think the seller is making the mistake of thinking the car is worth the sum of his bills.

[Jim the Sunderer]

My E34 525i is about ready for the knacker's yard as it is using more water than petrol.

This 728i caught my eye

190,000 miles and a well-used tow eye... I'm not sure if I'm that brave.

[bga]

Cemesis said:

Having had many an E39, if you are prepared to go for a 540i but want the manual, you need the M5...even more so at 5-6k a year. The 540i and other E39's in my book are about that automatic. The auto in the 540i is great and overtaking is alot of fun.

The manual is even more fun IMO. I would like another 540i but it would have to be a manual.

[GTO Scott]

Just how big a bucket of brave pills do I need for this?

S320 CDi L


http://bit.ly/1bKe6IQ

Sorry about the black bars at the side - posting from my phone.

[r129sl]

I completed the sale of my SEC today. The buyer was charming and seemed very happy with it. My wife has already confiscated the dosh. That said, she was pretty much crying when it went. So, despite all of the scare stories I have heard, the Ebay sales process came up trumps.

Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car...

[texasjohn]

r129sl said:

I completed the sale of my SEC today. The buyer was charming and seemed very happy with it. My wife has already confiscated the dosh. That said, she was pretty much crying when it went. So, despite all of the scare stories I have heard, the Ebay sales process came up trumps.

Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car...

Not quite 5k but... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-56-MERCEDES-BENZ-CL...

[bmthnick1981]

deeen said:

sparks_E39 said:

What do you guys think of this?

2001 manual 530i Sport

I don't really have a preference to manual E39's as the auto is brilliant and still fun... but it looks well looked after, I quite like the look of black E39 Sports.

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/topic/83697-e39-530i-sport...

I'm no expert, but looks expensive to me? 12 years old, 120,000 miles, cloth? I think the seller is making the mistake of thinking the car is worth the sum of his bills.

Looks like a good un. Enthusiast owned and nice to see the cooling system refresh has been done. I wouldnt give £3k for it though. Nearer to £2k for me

[nobrakes]

texasjohn said:

r129sl said:

I completed the sale of my SEC today. The buyer was charming and seemed very happy with it. My wife has already confiscated the dosh. That said, she was pretty much crying when it went. So, despite all of the scare stories I have heard, the Ebay sales process came up trumps.

Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car...

Not quite 5k but... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-56-MERCEDES-BENZ-CL...

Stretching it for this thread, but helluva motor. Doubt if there's many of them exist.

[bmthnick1981]

W220 S600 just finished at £2650;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-MERCEDES-S600-L-AUT...

Really fancy one of these next.

[r129sl]

nobrakes said:

texasjohn said:

r129sl said:

I completed the sale of my SEC today. The buyer was charming and seemed very happy with it. My wife has already confiscated the dosh. That said, she was pretty much crying when it went. So, despite all of the scare stories I have heard, the Ebay sales process came up trumps.

Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car. Must not buy another car...

Not quite 5k but... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-56-MERCEDES-BENZ-CL...

Stretching it for this thread, but helluva motor. Doubt if there's many of them exist.

That is so much car for the money and so much more stylish than the usual AMG-bodykitted diesel riff-raff trash. Is there a 12 step programme for this addiction?

[Fox-]

deeen said:

I'm no expert, but looks expensive to me? 12 years old, 120,000 miles, cloth? I think the seller is making the mistake of thinking the car is worth the sum of his bills.

Perhaps to somebody it's worth closer to the sum of its bills. If I needed another E39 I wouldn't be particularly bothered whether its 2k or 3k or 4k but I would be very bothered about its history, condition and the owners attitude to running it. If it means paying 'over book' for one with proper tyres, a good service record and great condition then so be it. Depends if you want a 'best' barge or a 'bargain' barge. Really nice examples are very hard to find now - why let one walk for the sake of a grand extra (Assuming it's a minter, of course!).

You could quite easily buy one that needs at least a grand worth of work doing to sort it out. Whats wrong with therefore paying 'over book' for one which needs nothing?

[edo]

I want this. Le Mans next year?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RELIANT-SUPERVAN-TROTTER...

[sparks_E39]

Fox- said:

You could quite easily buy one that needs at least a grand worth of work doing to sort it out. Whats wrong with therefore paying 'over book' for one which needs nothing?

True, although as you say good one's with nothing needed are hard to come by. I'd say £3.5k looks to be a good figure for a really lovely E39 Sport, but even then a lot of owners of the good one's will take the "if it isn't broke don't fix it" approach which is fair enough, whilst I'm a big fan of pre-emptive maintenance. I've pretty much factored in to my budget a cooling system refresh- at the very least rad/water pump and viscous fan (the aforementioned black manual sport had this work done recently) Although I guess it's worth doing the whole lot..

I've even begun looking into costs of parts, because I'd get it done pretty much straight away. I had a Nissens rad fitted to my 528 4 years ago and it's been fine, but I've heard mixed reviews on them. I have been reading that Behr make the OEM one and it's around £150, a better bet perhaps? 4 years ago the going rate for an entire cooling system refresh was around £500 including labour from an indie. Still sound about right?

[northwest monkey]

bmthnick1981 said:

W220 S600 just finished at £2650;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-MERCEDES-S600-L-AUT...

Really fancy one of these next.

You really don't. Neighbour of mine runs a garage specialising in electrical work. A customer of his brought one of these in on a low loader - it just won't work. The bodywork is good, interior lovely, buttons all work but the engine doesn't work. It turns over but won't fire. They've replaced coil packs (pattern and proper ones), ECUs, modules - all sorts but it refuses to play. There are no faults showing when they interrogate it. The bill with my neighbour so far for a non-running car is about £3k. The really daft thing is that this car is now effectively scrap. The interior may be worth something and the metal probably weighs a bit but that's it. The engine won't even be suitable for another car & you can't just drop a replacement engine from say an S500 into it as you'd have to replace all the electronics so the cost doesn't justify it. Bloody shame really as they are a lovely car.

It's this sort of car that will help push the price up of the older, more "serviceable" cars as you can nearly always keep them on the road.

[3sixty]

V8Wagon said:

I wonder if this will end within thread budget?

Looks like a lovely thing....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A8-4-2-QUATTRO-S-li...

Impeccable taste Sir, I was about to post this

[Jobbo]

Fox- said:

You could quite easily buy one that needs at least a grand worth of work doing to sort it out. Whats wrong with therefore paying 'over book' for one which needs nothing?

That one, or any other apparent minter, could easily need a grand of work doing fairly quickly. Replacing a couple of suspension bushes and some coolant hoses doesn't nearly amount to all of the possible things which might go wrong.

[3sixty]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/audi...

Fairly big miles, but looks to have decent history and the fact the belts have been changed twice and ahead of schedule points towards a good owner?[url][url]

Edited by 3sixty on Monday 17th June 08:20

[louiebaby]

CampDavid said:

sparks_E39 said:

Really after a Sport now, had an E39 SE for 5 years!

Personally I think it's time for you to become a man, leave the 6 cylinder toys of youth behind and purchase a V8.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

Something odd is going on with that link, as it links to a silver 530i touring. A nice one, that I've sent on to a non-Threadist who might be interested, but not a 540i...

[bmthnick1981]

northwest monkey said:

You really don't. Neighbour of mine runs a garage specialising in electrical work. A customer of his brought one of these in on a low loader - it just won't work. The bodywork is good, interior lovely, buttons all work but the engine doesn't work. It turns over but won't fire. They've replaced coil packs (pattern and proper ones), ECUs, modules - all sorts but it refuses to play. There are no faults showing when they interrogate it. The bill with my neighbour so far for a non-running car is about £3k. The really daft thing is that this car is now effectively scrap. The interior may be worth something and the metal probably weighs a bit but that's it. The engine won't even be suitable for another car & you can't just drop a replacement engine from say an S500 into it as you'd have to replace all the electronics so the cost doesn't justify it. Bloody shame really as they are a lovely car.

It's this sort of car that will help push the price up of the older, more "serviceable" cars as you can nearly always keep them on the road.

That's a pretty scary story! Still want one.

[SuperHangOn]

bmthnick1981 said:

northwest monkey said:

You really don't. Neighbour of mine runs a garage specialising in electrical work. A customer of his brought one of these in on a low loader - it just won't work. The bodywork is good, interior lovely, buttons all work but the engine doesn't work. It turns over but won't fire. They've replaced coil packs (pattern and proper ones), ECUs, modules - all sorts but it refuses to play. There are no faults showing when they interrogate it. The bill with my neighbour so far for a non-running car is about £3k. The really daft thing is that this car is now effectively scrap. The interior may be worth something and the metal probably weighs a bit but that's it. The engine won't even be suitable for another car & you can't just drop a replacement engine from say an S500 into it as you'd have to replace all the electronics so the cost doesn't justify it. Bloody shame really as they are a lovely car.

It's this sort of car that will help push the price up of the older, more "serviceable" cars as you can nearly always keep them on the road.

That's a pretty scary story! Still want one.

me too.

I bet a specialist like Haynes would manage to get it up and running again, randomly chucking parts at a car in hope is always going to end in ruin