The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)
Discussion
Crook said:
L100NYY said:
Just a ‘normal’ 964 Turbo in Mint or Midnight would suffice
Very sold but very lovely.https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa24/paris/lots...
For some reason I can’t link to the images on my phone.
L100NYY said:
A fair bit more money but black/black would be preferable over white/grey:Shiny
They just look so right.
L100NYY said:
I parked next to an X5 that vintage yesterday,
A) I think they’ve aged rather well (in the right spec/not chavved)
B) They look relatively compact now
They still have a bit of that old school e39 feel to them.A) I think they’ve aged rather well (in the right spec/not chavved)
B) They look relatively compact now
One of my mates has a 3l petrol he never uses now. It is Gold. He keeps telling me to buy it but I just dont see myself in a Gold Car. I've asked him for some recent pics. I suppose it is a bit different without being too brash.
Yeah, they are about the same size as a new X3. Mine’s totally unmolested… 2005, diesel, 6spd auto, no msport pack so small wheels and standard suspension, nappa leather and ancient sat nav. Only 135k kms (c.85k miles).
It’s a great work van and airport car. Went to Cadiz for a few day last week and it managed 33mpg there and back at 75-80mph.
Meanwhile, I just popped out to get a few bits for a job and this was parked outside the store… not seen one before and I hope it’s a while before I see another.
Good grief… someone’s spent at least €140k on that (starting list price in Spain according to
Google).
It’s a great work van and airport car. Went to Cadiz for a few day last week and it managed 33mpg there and back at 75-80mph.
Meanwhile, I just popped out to get a few bits for a job and this was parked outside the store… not seen one before and I hope it’s a while before I see another.
Good grief… someone’s spent at least €140k on that (starting list price in Spain according to
Google).
L100NYY said:
Neighbour had a 4.8iS and put almost 200k miles on it (kept extending the warranty each year)! Did sound rather good I must admit.
ThisMust be one of the best sounding BMW for a while. I have made a couple of half heart'ed attempts to buy a 4.8is recently. But in the end I decided to just fix my 550 seeing as I've had it nearly 9 years now and so it deserves a bit of TLC. So it's currently under going minor surgery with somebody called Darren Woods. He believes the misfire is being caused by a water damaged control unit for the Valvetronic. No I didnt know what that was but I do now.
L100NYY said:
Neighbour had a 4.8iS and put almost 200k miles on it (kept extending the warranty each year)! Did sound rather good I must admit.
200k in a V8 X5! Did he get Christmas cards from Shell? I do have a huge amount of admiration for anyone who puts big miles on something like that. I managed 120k in a 3 litre 1 Series, but doing it in a V8 is proper dedication
bodhi said:
L100NYY said:
Neighbour had a 4.8iS and put almost 200k miles on it (kept extending the warranty each year)! Did sound rather good I must admit.
200k in a V8 X5! Did he get Christmas cards from Shell? I do have a huge amount of admiration for anyone who puts big miles on something like that. I managed 120k in a 3 litre 1 Series, but doing it in a V8 is proper dedication
…….he replaced it with a 4.4 XDRIVE50I M Sport
bodhi said:
L100NYY said:
Neighbour had a 4.8iS and put almost 200k miles on it (kept extending the warranty each year)! Did sound rather good I must admit.
200k in a V8 X5! Did he get Christmas cards from Shell? I do have a huge amount of admiration for anyone who puts big miles on something like that. I managed 120k in a 3 litre 1 Series, but doing it in a V8 is proper dedication
ATM said:
You need some proper nobbly tyres on that
Not really an option… cars have to have factory fitted wheels and tyre sizes… so I could fit a set of 20’s with a 275/40f 315/35r, as they were homologated for the E53 on a 4.8i, but not a set of big knobblies as they weren’t originally homologated for any version of the car. Plus the ride/handling would be s
t 
Car modding isn’t much of a thing here as the iTV (mot) is super strict. No way you’d get away with a Momo on a 996 here like we all have in the UK. Immediate mot fail…. plus the traffic police would be all over you at one of their regular roadblocks… Spain has a lot of police… but I’ve never seen a speed trap and there are virtually no speed cameras
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