RE: SOTW: BMW M5

[LHD]

Riggers said:

Zwoelf said:

I brought this SOTW E32 735i to PH in 2009 if that's the one you mean:



I seem to recall you came and saw it (in a Focus RS, very nice), Laird bought it from me, LHD bought it from him, thence to another PHer unknown to me. Glad to know the old girl's still out there and yes I do still miss her.

That's the fella! My first-ever SOTW (ah, happy days etc)

The car is now no more.

[Riggers]

LHD said:

The car is now no more.

Remind us of its fate again? (if you can choke back the tears)

[Zwoelf]

LHD said:

The car is now no more.

How on Earth did it manage to get killed to death?

[BarnatosGhost]

Zwoelf said:

LHD said:

The car is now no more.

How on Earth did it manage to get killed to death?

It went from that lovely thing up there ^^^ to dead in 2 years??? I'm distraught-by-proxy.

[MadDog1962]

Wonderful.

This was the car of my dreams in 1988.

OK so it could be a money pit, but for a grand it's probably worth the risk. If the worst happened then breaking it for parts would probably return most of your cash. I'd buy this in a heartbeat if I was living in UK, but I'd run something else as a daily driver.

[LHD]

Riggers said:

LHD said:

The car is now no more.

Remind us of its fate again? (if you can choke back the tears)

It blew the head gasket after a particular thraping.

I sold it to a chap who was going to fix her up but the car has now been scrapped.

[rallycross]

Would have been worth it to put the running gear in a nice rust free 635/628 csi shell and sell the rest of it off.

[s38b36]

thewheelman said:

Love M5's of all generations (E39 being my favourite), but surely that number plate is worth more than the car?

Edited with Paint

[theironduke]

What can possibly top this as a SOTW!!

I know not as epic but a ropey Maser Bi-Turbo?

Errr

Any 928's for this money?

Simply EPIC!

[Riggers]

LHD said:

Riggers said:

LHD said:

The car is now no more.

Remind us of its fate again? (if you can choke back the tears)

It blew the head gasket after a particular thraping.

I sold it to a chap who was going to fix her up but the car has now been scrapped.

That's right. You are a bad man...

[Zwoelf]

Riggers said:

LHD said:

Riggers said:

LHD said:

The car is now no more.

Remind us of its fate again? (if you can choke back the tears)

It blew the head gasket after a particular thraping.

I sold it to a chap who was going to fix her up but the car has now been scrapped.

That's right. You are a bad man...

Car wrecker extraordinaire LHD strikes again. You wouldn't take an 80 year old BASEjumping would you? So you treat older cars with a bit of delicacy.

[martynr]

pSyCoSiS said:

Shed of the Decade.

No doubt.

So true.

[K 89]

Awesome car. I ran an E34 525i sport for several months that i bought for £180. Tatty but Never missed a beat.
This is seriously tempting even with the issues mentioned.

[ArmaghMan]

Apache said:

IT'S SOLD! IT IS NO MORE, IT IS AN EX SHED,

Ah The Macau Blue...beautiful plumage!!!
If he hadn't nailed it to the drive it would be pushing up the daisies.

[inman999]

£1000 does not equal a cheap holiday.

[will261058]

Fantastic shed and I cant see the downside either other than the fact that once it broke I would want to fix it then I would be broke too

[gethyped]

Last of of the over engineered 5 series models.
Plus sides Its an M5!
Down sides Its too cheap!

[thewheelman]

pSyCoSiS said:

Johnpidge said:

got to be the shed of the year

Shed of the Decade.

No doubt.

Not even close to the Jag from last week.

[BILL PAYER]

MONEY PIT

[205007]

inman999 said:

£1000 does not equal a cheap holiday.

Correct - train ticket to skegness, dirty B&B and a crate of skol is wayyyyy less than 1k!