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S3_Graham
10,785 posts
69 months
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Zwolf said: S3_Graham said: The E38 740 was a hound  "Hound" is perhaps a tad harsh. It's a once £50k motor for under £3k and with 100k+ miles under its wheels. It's not going to be box-fresh is it? - Needs new rear light clusters. The "jewel" ones all seem to fade and crack a little bit with time. Not hard or dear to sort.
- Needs all four wheels refurbishing. Par for the course. Again, cheap and easy enough to sort.
- Window surround rubbers perished. They all do that, it's not a water seal, it's for sound-deadening. Easy to live with or even change.
- Oil leak from rocker cover - it's an M62. They all do it. Again, DIYable for not very much money.
- No accompanying invoices to the stamped book - that's the norm, it's very rare to see all the accompanying paperwork.
- The 35k of unstamped history I will concede is the one thing that gives cause for concern, but if present condition is otherwise good...
You could throw £1k at sorting all of the above and changing the gearbox fluid and you'd end up with a car the equal of anything GMS or U7 would sell you for £5-6k. If you want a genuinely mint one, be prepared to pay a significant premium for it accordingly.  Maybe not 'hound' but it's priced at the higher end of the market, it's just tatty round the edges and certainly didn't have the 'wow' factor I expected
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s m
8,264 posts
73 months
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Jobbo said: E30M3SE said: Correct, 'sunflowers' are called Styling 39 M-Doppelspeiche II in BMW speak. Just to confuse you (and myself) I meant the earlier sunflowerish ones, style 22. They were referred to as M-Double Spoke, but so were the style 24s; the later sunflowers (style 39) weren't ever fitted to the E36 M3 3.0 were they?  I knew what you meant Simon  That's why I specified the 'staggered' bit, there's always some oddities but yes you're right on that I think. The 22s were specced as a '5' set from new as you got a full size spare By the way, on the Style 24s I believe the extra cost of the wider rears wasn't just the extra 1" each side ( tyres were same), upgrade to forged all round - hence the near £1k cost
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
76 months
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S3_Graham said: Maybe not 'hound' but it's priced at the higher end of the market, it's just tatty round the edges and certainly didn't have the 'wow' factor I expected It's not though, it's the cheapest 740i Sport currently available, so isn't going to be the best one. Indeed it was posted as it was posted as a challenge to find a 740i Sport for under £3k, so there evidently aren't reams of them available at the price. 2001 Y with 100k miles for £3,4752001 Y with 71k miles for £5,250GMS car at twice the price: 2001 Y with 75k miles for £5,995Double the price, but I'll bet it's not double the car of that silver one at half the price. £3k in your back pocket is plenty enough incentive for me to sort the niggles at my own leisure...
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olly22n
11,922 posts
76 months
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2 thoughts for the day.
The 355 is now my favourite obtainable donkey.
More stickers are coming for the Porsche.
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S3_Graham
10,785 posts
69 months
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Zwolf said: S3_Graham said: Maybe not 'hound' but it's priced at the higher end of the market, it's just tatty round the edges and certainly didn't have the 'wow' factor I expected It's not though, it's the cheapest 740i Sport currently available, so isn't going to be the best one. Indeed it was posted as it was posted as a challenge to find a 740i Sport for under £3k, so there evidently aren't reams of them available at the price. 2001 Y with 100k miles for £3,4752001 Y with 71k miles for £5,250GMS car at twice the price: 2001 Y with 75k miles for £5,995Double the price, but I'll bet it's not double the car of that silver one at half the price. £3k in your back pocket is plenty enough incentive for me to sort the niggles at my own leisure... I guess I wasn't taking into account the 'sport' premium. I need to re-think and up my budget I think!
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chris116
517 posts
38 months
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
76 months
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Not great pics, but it looks a decent spec. £13k seems a lot for an M3 with nearly 90k miles - CS notwithstanding, does it not? Mind you: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4099034.htm  I'll never stop wondering at the sort of buyer that buys such a car new, then does an average of ~300 miles per year in it. You'd have to possess a level of love for the E46 that goes beyond all rational sense surely to buy one over for instance: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4058324.htm  Both £36k.
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S3_Graham
10,785 posts
69 months
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Madness, the E46 does look nice in white
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Output Flange
12,493 posts
81 months
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Today, so far: A trip to North London to view my old E28, thinking it might shortcut some of the project I'd intended to do with the red 518i - it won't. Rusty underneath, rusty on top. It's about 5 different shades of green now, and the interior is looking tired. The auction finishes at 9pm tonight, and I'm not the current highest bidder. I don't intend to bid again either, but we'll see what happens after a few drinks tonight... I noticed the last service invoice for the Audi mentions that the cam cover gaskets are weeping - the wisps of smoke from the bonnet confirm that they've not yet been remedied, so £28 in parts to collect on Tuesday and I'll sort that out. Otherwise thoroughly impressed with it still. Lastly, this was being driven around Berko today:   Brand new MP4 Spider. As I heard it approach I thought it sounded a bit rough, then realised it was being drowned out by a 1.0 Micra with a drainpipe exhaust following behind. I'm assuming it's a customer car given it still has the seat covers and delivery film on it...
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S3_Graham
10,785 posts
69 months
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Output Flange said: Today, so far: A trip to North London to view my old E28, thinking it might shortcut some of the project I'd intended to do with the red 518i - it won't. Rusty underneath, rusty on top. It's about 5 different shades of green now, and the interior is looking tired. The auction finishes at 9pm tonight, and I'm not the current highest bidder. I don't intend to bid again either, but we'll see what happens after a few drinks tonight... I noticed the last service invoice for the Audi mentions that the cam cover gaskets are weeping - the wisps of smoke from the bonnet confirm that they've not yet been remedied, so £28 in parts to collect on Tuesday and I'll sort that out. Otherwise thoroughly impressed with it still. Lastly, this was being driven around Berko today: Brand new MP4 Spider. As I heard it approach I thought it sounded a bit rough, then realised it was being drowned out by a 1.0 Micra with a drainpipe exhaust following behind. I'm assuming it's a customer car given it still has the seat covers and delivery film on it... My Uncle is on the production line for them
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Gruber
4,209 posts
84 months
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Zwolf said: I'll never stop wondering at the sort of buyer that buys such a car new, then does an average of ~300 miles per year.
I understand the white e46 and the blue rs4 have come from the same PO.
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S3_Graham
10,785 posts
69 months
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Gruber said: Zwolf said: I'll never stop wondering at the sort of buyer that buys such a car new, then does an average of ~300 miles per year.
I understand the white e46 and the blue rs4 have come from the same PO. Someone trying to speculate?
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Great Pretender
23,975 posts
84 months
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Zwolf said:  If anyone actually buys that, they need shooting.
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
76 months
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I'll be willing to stake a lot that this one is one of the best out there, even as a pricey pre-facelift: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4052434.htm  The same £9k it was marketed for in June 2009 with 20k miles fewer. That said, it had been kept as a new car with FBMWSH up to that point and wanted for nothing, either mechanically or cosmetically.
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Output Flange
12,493 posts
81 months
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Fresh leather on the wheel by the look of it.
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
76 months
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Output Flange said: Fresh leather on the wheel by the look of it. As was is June 2009:     The gearknob's been changed too, for the better all leather one. The brushed aluminium has been swapped for piano black trim too by the look of it.
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E30M3SE
6,750 posts
66 months
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Looks like it to me.
For the better imo.
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melvster
5,508 posts
55 months
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Some nice Lotus at Oulton Park today. Honda Conversion      And there was this old banger in the car park.  Stunning.
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tdm34
4,761 posts
80 months
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melvster said: LHD said: Christ Lefty, you are on form tonight ;-) Not as much as me, i've brought a 1985 JRG 928S2 auto in today against a Focus Diesel for £2800!! it's done 128k with history and drives really well (the a/c is borked natch) i'm now trying to talk SWMBO into letting me have it.......
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dazren
21,770 posts
131 months
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Good luck with that Rob.
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