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[CB 987]

Loving the E39 resurgence, I still regret getting rid of my Imola manual saloon.

I found this earlier quite rare to find a 530i manual sport touring, especially one with sub 80k and FBMWSH! Strong money, but try finding another one!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

[texasjohn]

Atlantis Blue on the E39 works for me.

I wish that my car (W211) wasn't black, not sure what colour options were available on the Sport models at the time but anything other than black or bloody silver on a Mercedes is a win for me.

[hornetrider]

CB 987 said:

Loving the E39 resurgence, I still regret getting rid of my Imola manual saloon.

I found this earlier quite rare to find a 530i manual sport touring, especially one with sub 80k and FBMWSH! Strong money, but try finding another one!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with unicorn.

[CB 987]

hornetrider said:

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with unicorn.

Whilst on the topic of 'unicorn', I found out last week that a 2004/53 540i manual sport touring lives locally, I have spotted it twice now, looks very well looked after. Need to find out where it lives or try and leave a note on it... I understand it is one of only 12 RHD 540i manual sport tourings!

[hornetrider]

CB 987 said:

Whilst on the topic of 'unicorn', I found out last week that a 2004/53 540i manual sport touring lives locally, I have spotted it twice now, looks very well looked after. Need to find out where it lives or try and leave a note on it... I understand it is one of only 12 RHD 540i manual sport tourings!

I drove one of those before buying mine and was massively underwhelmed. Gear shift was like punting a gondola along Weston beach and the steering felt lifeless at the dead ahead and just a bit cumbersome. It also didn't carry its extra weight well. I had a 530iA Touring at the time which was nicely sorted and hopping back into it immediately after it felt dynamically in another league.

That was in the morning and in the afternoon I drove the 550i... and put down a deposit immediately.

[thelawnet]

Something different?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

A big fat American car. 3.6l v6, pre-2006 for road tax purposes, 44,000 miles

[hornetrider]

I'll pass.

http://m.whatcar.com/;tab=OnTheRoad/car-reviews/ca...

[Laidback66]

boks!!!

Got a phone call at 9pm last night.
Seller of the Lexus GS430 had just taken a deposit.

Gutted. He had owned it since it was 1yr old and had a complete Lexus history!

So, that makes 2 cars in 2 days I have missed out on...
Mrs LB says it is a sign I should not be getting the Lexus and should get an A8 instead

[hornetrider]

Snoozers are losers

On a serious note. If there's anything you see that you are properly interested in then I wouldn't post it until you've a) bought it or b) ruled it out. This is a thread with a big audience and in sure thousands of lurkers.

[Laidback66]

hornetrider said:

Snoozers are losers

On a serious note. If there's anything you see that you are properly interested in then I wouldn't post it until you've a) bought it or b) ruled it out. This is a thread with a big audience and in sure thousands of lurkers.

Thanks mate!

You are right and that is wise advice I will heed.

Back to the searching...

[jonnydm]

Laidback66 said:

hornetrider said:

Snoozers are losers

On a serious note. If there's anything you see that you are properly interested in then I wouldn't post it until you've a) bought it or b) ruled it out. This is a thread with a big audience and in sure thousands of lurkers.

Thanks mate!

You are right and that is wise advice I will heed.

Back to the searching...

That and the fact that there are many traders scouring AT ads just like that to pounce on as soon as they come up, or who lurk to be there when the price is lowered. Missed out on a Z4 that went as soon as the price went down earlier this year and then a 545 Sport that was up at £4500 and spent a while after that at a trader for £6k+.

If you see it and it looks good, go get it.

[hornetrider]

jonnydm said:

That and the fact that there are many traders scouring AT ads just like that to pounce on as soon as they come up, or who lurk to be there when the price is lowered. Missed out on a Z4 that went as soon as the price went down earlier this year and then a 545 Sport that was up at £4500 and spent a while after that at a trader for £6k+.

If you see it and it looks good, go get it.

A good point. You may well see it back up at a trader for a 2k premium. Because of all the prep, obvs.

Was watching a BMW R1200RT on the bay earlier in the summer, sold for 3.2k, which was a bit of a steal (but bizarrely, the bike had been wrapped). Within 24 hours it was up at 4995 from a trader and he even copied the original advert text word for word, lazy fker.

[E24man]

I suspect there are many 'Traders' who search this thread for items to double and bump very quickly.

[jonnydm]

E24man said:

I suspect there are many 'Traders' who search this thread for items to double and bump very quickly.

As well as 'journos' taking 'hints' from here and The Thread.

[NervySi]

hornetrider said:

If there's anything you see that you are properly interested in then I wouldn't post it until you've a) bought it or b) ruled it out.

And on that note (long-time lurker here)... I am collecting this at the weekend:




3.2 Sovereign with 78k. Very smart inside and out, and the headlining is mostly still above scalp level

[mickyveloce]

Back to 124's now chaps.

After three years without one, I've just bought an unbelievably low spec white 1994 E280 auto.

pictures and better description to follow, but it's my first Merc with steel wheels.

Anyone getting married on the cheap, give me a call

[Justayellowbadge]

thelawnet said:

Something different?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

A big fat American car. 3.6l v6, pre-2006 for road tax purposes, 44,000 miles

Whilst its looks are more than a tad 'self employed pharmaceutical retail and distribution operative' I rather like that.

Even Koreans of a similar age and mileage would be more.

[thelawnet]

Justayellowbadge said:

Whilst its looks are more than a tad 'self employed pharmaceutical retail and distribution operative' I rather like that.

Even Koreans of a similar age and mileage would be more.

Yep.

They will have sold millions of these things in the US, for the money now it's excellent. For the new £40k, of course not.

Here's an American review of the car for comparison http://www.cnet.com/uk/products/2005-cadillac-cts/

It's a low mileage barge that's pretty reliable, decently fast and it seems like a good choice to me for a few thousand miles a year.

[SpeckledJim]

Justayellowbadge said:

thelawnet said:

Something different?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

A big fat American car. 3.6l v6, pre-2006 for road tax purposes, 44,000 miles

Whilst its looks are more than a tad 'self employed pharmaceutical retail and distribution operative' I rather like that.

Even Koreans of a similar age and mileage would be more.

I get confused (so, so confused) but is that a shared platform with a Saab 9-5?

[thelawnet]

SpeckledJim said:

I get confused (so, so confused) but is that a shared platform with a Saab 9-5?

Apparently not

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Sigma_platform
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM2900_platform
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Epsilon_platform#E...