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[treetops]

A Volvo estate is one of the few estate cars that can pull off the old money trick....

[lost in espace]

treetops said:

A Volvo estate is one of the few estate cars that can pull off the old money trick....

And a Defender

[jonnydm]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C287683

Think this deserves a place here - think it looks ok for the money.

[Fox-]

I dont like those but purely as a personal preference thing. Objectively, a tidy, well kept and shiney example still looks like 'some generic posh Audi'.

This is a good thing.

[chrisispringles]

treetops said:

A Volvo estate is one of the few estate cars that can pull off the old money trick....

Depends, the V50 has a whiff of repmobile to it and the current R-Design models look a little too new-money, the older and more plain the exterior, the better I reckon. I'd say that old, poverty-spec Mercedes E-Class' and Subaru Legacys/Outbacks are the only others that can do the same.

[V8Wagon]

I'm liking the 2.7t Audi. Lot of posh car for £2k there.

Imola E39 anyone....?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3755713.htm

Dunno why the numberplate lives on the dash though.

[Fox-]

V8Wagon said:

I'm liking the 2.7t Audi. Lot of posh car for £2k there.

Imola E39 anyone....?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3755713.htm

Dunno why the numberplate lives on the dash though.

Poor thing

[Jobbo]

V8Wagon said:

I'm liking the 2.7t Audi. Lot of posh car for £2k there.

Imola E39 anyone....?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3755713.htm

Dunno why the numberplate lives on the dash though.

Replica alloys, nasty.

[phil_cardiff]

Fox- said:

Caruso said:

I've just got back from a holiday to Cornwall in my E39 540 Touring. I can't remember who said it, but the thing about the 540 is that 'it's never the wrong car'. Whether it be cruising effortlessly on the motorway, tackling an endless succession of bends on country back roads, bellowing past a dawdler on a wider single carriageway, or nosing quietly into the car park of a posh hotel...it just always felt like the right car for the job. I even managed a respectable 27mpg for the whole trip.

That nicely sums up whats so great about the E39.

I'd imagine the day will one day arrive where you can no longer nose quietly into the carpark of a posh hotel in an E39 without people wondernig if you've made a wrong turn. I don't think we are quite there yet - plenty of original-owners still have them - but the E34 hasn't got it anymore so the E39's day will sadly arrive at some point.

People still think mine is a 'flash car'. This cannot last.

Cut it out fan boys, the E39* isn't the right car for a b-road blast. And this is coming from someone who thinks that E39s are fantastic.

• not including the M5, though that still wouldn't make my top 20 picks.

[Slapon]

Lovely 530i Aegean on eBay at the moment.

[hornetrider]

Slapon said:

Lovely 530i Aegean on eBay at the moment.

Extended leather

[Zwolf]

Slapon said:

530i
Aegean
on eBay

There will be bork.

[Slapon]

Will let you know, chap sounded great on the phone. Going to go see it next weekend.

[Mustard]

Slapon said:

Lovely 530i Aegean on eBay at the moment.

Is this the one with new engine AND gearbox AND vanis unit ? whilst no bad thing you have to ask why (I knw gearbox failures are not that uncommon at 120k pus, but it does beg the question)

Edited by Mustard on Sunday 1st April 11:08

[deltashad]

My smoker, they're very cheap right now and I love it. After a 735 and ML500 this is my favourite smoker. Goes like the clappers with a gorgeous V6, its pillarless and loaded with goodies

[Slapon]

No one bidded on that LS400 that was on auction!

Edited by Slapon on Sunday 1st April 11:32

[W00DY]

jonnydm said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C287683

Think this deserves a place here - think it looks ok for the money.

Top find

A whole lot of motor for the money.

[hornetrider]

mattman said:

Sad day
Have finally found a suitable xc90 for the misses today so the e39 528 touring is to be off in p/x - looks like I'll be leaving the world of barge for a while. Was offered £1000 for it (99/T with 66k ans a few dinks and scratches) - did consider flea bay but can't be bothered with the wasters - just wish I hadn't spent out on new pads all round on Friday!

Will be keeping an eye on this thread though - once a barger, always a barger!

Or you could always try mentioning it somewhere it would reach it's target audience?

[Slapon]

Hmm sounds interesting.

So I can either go for a top of the range E39 or bottom of the range E39.

Now I am just confused.

The Aegean on eBay has really got me thinking but now I don't know which E39.

[V8mate]

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