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Krikkit said:
I'd have to retrofit some nicer trim, but for bottom of thread budget a working E39 with some recent work, 58% moon miles, comfort seats in a fetching hue sounds good to me. Manual isn't ideal of course, and exterior festering I'd run a managed retreat.
Ignore the mockers, manual is just fine on an E39. I went out of my way to get one after two auto versions and much prefer it. Even Americans, normally insistent on slushmatic in their family saloons, seem able to manage it. Some people have trouble with the clutch delay valve at first but a lot of people get on with it fine. It's all of half an hour's work to remove it: 10 minutes if you've done it before.https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?...
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?...
I was certain I would remove mine for about 10,000 miles and then I realised I didn't want or need to any more, though it still takes me about five minutes to reacclimatise when I jump into it out of the Porsche.
The boot lid: almost all E39 saloons now either have rust there or have had it attended to by a body shop. If it's only in the one panel it's an easy and inexpensive repair. Same goes for bonnets and front wings. With all E39s nowadays It's much more important to focus on genuine structural corrosion in things which don't easily unbolt. Apart from the obvious floorpan, suspension mounting points, jacking points, rear arches and so on, under the fuel filler cap is a must-check place. If it's rotten there, walk away.
I don't like the trim on that car but that's a matter of personal taste.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one. There's something Saville-esque about motorists that refer to the car as a 'she' or, even worse, give names to their cars. The one-marque club site forums are full of this sort of pre-teen-girl nonsense and I find it utterly nauseating.
Further to which: "Naturally being an S-class she has every conceivable extra" can only come from someone who's never actually seen a Mercedes price list.
Lowtimer said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one. There's something Saville-esque about motorists that refer to the car as a 'she' or, even worse, give names to their cars. The one-marque club site forums are full of this sort of pre-teen-girl nonsense and I find it utterly nauseating.
Further to which: "Naturally being an S-class she has every conceivable extra" can only come from someone who's never actually seen a Mercedes price list....or a full compliment of 12 cylinders
(Not that my Lucienne does either....)
16" and 17" wheels are both in the sweet spot for the non-M E39. On either it will ride very well as long as all the suspension is correct and unworn. He's put a 520i badge on the back of that for a laugh but has not completed the illusion by changing to the 15" wheels that were standard on the small petrol-engined models, probably in part because the 530i shares its brakes with the 540i and I doubt the 15" wheels fit over them. Also TBH they would be a bit on the puny side for a 530i.
0a said:
S3_Graham said:
Blown2CV said:
he wants it for himself, just wanted to sanity check it with the thread massive!
My last foray into a W126 went pear shaped. (it wouldn't start the day after I got it home, then the brakes totally failed after 15mins of driving) have somewhat put pay to me being able to get away with any kind of old car with the OH at the moment!!I'm just trying to get someone else divorced.
The 36 engine has a design flaw, in that the wiring loom runs across the top of the engine and has a nasty habit of shorting and damaging the ECU. New Looms are/were £500 plus from Mercedes.
That aid I had a C36 and absolutely loved it. The note from the I6 is really nice (like an M3 only deeper).
These AMG's are also lovely Q cars, flying ever so nicely under the radar.
I have a W210 E55 and without the badges it could pass for an E220 taxi.
Lovely looking thing. Under 1000 miles in the last decade by the looks of things, so will need a bit more fettling to get just so, but :
Jaguar XJ6L £3750
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C799103
Jaguar XJ6L £3750
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C799103
bob-lad said:
Lovely looking thing. Under 1000 miles in the last decade by the looks of things, so will need a bit more fettling to get just so, but :
Jaguar XJ6L £3750
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C799103
I'd seen that and, in fact, thought I'd posted it somewhere. It's irritating that there are so few external pics, and the interior colour doesn't really work with silver, but I like it. A lot. Jaguar XJ6L £3750
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C799103
ETA the one I posted was this, well over budget:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
This looks lovely. I'd much rather buy it than post it, but I'm supposed to be down-sizing.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C822816
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C822816
0a said:
This e32 730 looks okay in the admittedly iffy pictures https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-730i-v8-auto-e32...
Love that. Decent MOT history too. Really, really like that and I don't care it's 'only' a 3.0 V8.Used to like gazing at these as a kid outside Sytner Nottingham when they were new.
Fun Bus said:
Love that. Decent MOT history too. Really, really like that and I don't care it's 'only' a 3.0 V8.
Used to like gazing at these as a kid outside Sytner Nottingham when they were new.
Same here. When new it may not have been the engine of choice, but now we have to get what we can take. It is unlikely to be seeing service as a high miler, and doesn't have the power in any variant to win the traffic light grand prix. Used to like gazing at these as a kid outside Sytner Nottingham when they were new.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
bob-lad said:
Lovely looking thing. Under 1000 miles in the last decade by the looks of things, so will need a bit more fettling to get just so, but :
Jaguar XJ6L £3750
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C799103
I'd seen that and, in fact, thought I'd posted it somewhere. It's irritating that there are so few external pics, and the interior colour doesn't really work with silver, but I like it. A lot. Jaguar XJ6L £3750
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C799103
Both cars are lovely. I never understood how people could buy so many cars and keep them in a huge barn, but given enough money and space I'm fairly confident that I could now undertake such a task.
W00DY said:
hornetrider said:
Nice that. Looks very tidy.
W00DY said:
So i need to replace the headlight adjusters on the E39, well one side, but I suppose it's better to do both. Is there a decent guide out there? I know a few of you have experience with it!
Do both sides!Buy the replacement parts from ebay or similar for about a fiver, pick up the Meguiar's headlight cover polishing kit as well while you've got them off the car
4 screws for each light, wiggle them out of the corner.
Using hairdryer or heat gun on low, soften the black gunk holding the front cover on (or stick 'em in the oven if you're not married
) and slowly pull it away. Shake all the old bits of cream cheese out. Wonder how the rest of the light is fine, yet they decided to make those parts out of said cheese. Using a variety of fingers, pliers, screwdrivers etc, get the new bits in there (it's all fairly obvious once you're there, and there's plenty of pics and vids of this about).
Polish the covers to lovely clear as-new condition.
Warm the gunk up again and stick the covers back on. Drop back in car and adjust aim. Watch your lights take their bow when you switch on
You can, according to the webs, cut holes in the top of each light and fiddle the adjusters in that way.... taking the covers off is much easier, honest.
Riley Blue said:
W00DY said:
hornetrider said:
Nice that. Looks very tidy.
defblade said:
W00DY said:
So i need to replace the headlight adjusters on the E39, well one side, but I suppose it's better to do both. Is there a decent guide out there? I know a few of you have experience with it!
Do both sides!Buy the replacement parts from ebay or similar for about a fiver, pick up the Meguiar's headlight cover polishing kit as well while you've got them off the car
4 screws for each light, wiggle them out of the corner.
Using hairdryer or heat gun on low, soften the black gunk holding the front cover on (or stick 'em in the oven if you're not married
) and slowly pull it away. Shake all the old bits of cream cheese out. Wonder how the rest of the light is fine, yet they decided to make those parts out of said cheese. Using a variety of fingers, pliers, screwdrivers etc, get the new bits in there (it's all fairly obvious once you're there, and there's plenty of pics and vids of this about).
Polish the covers to lovely clear as-new condition.
Warm the gunk up again and stick the covers back on. Drop back in car and adjust aim. Watch your lights take their bow when you switch on
You can, according to the webs, cut holes in the top of each light and fiddle the adjusters in that way.... taking the covers off is much easier, honest.
^ Apparently, depending on when the lights were made, the 'black gunk' doesn't soften, so the heat/bake method doesn't work.
I went straight in with the hobby tool and glued the bits back on when I was done. When they're mounted, you can't see the cuts.
Aside: what is 'amateur sleuthing'? (According to the T&C's, we can't do it.)
I went straight in with the hobby tool and glued the bits back on when I was done. When they're mounted, you can't see the cuts.
Aside: what is 'amateur sleuthing'? (According to the T&C's, we can't do it.)
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