The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

[Pennyroyal Tea]

Gruber said:

Liking your moves, Grubes.

[Pennyroyal Tea]

Olly!!


Ground control to major Tom:



And the money shot:






I thought this merited some cross-postage from our sister thread. Apologies*

*not sorry in the slightest

[jeremyc]

Pennyroyal Tea said:

Olly!!

Impressive work. Full house on the registration snd headlights.

There has probably been a small explosion somewhere in the middle of a Lincolnshire field of veg.

[rejn]

jeremyc said:

Pennyroyal Tea said:

Olly!!

Impressive work. Full house on the registration snd headlights.

There has probably been a small explosion somewhere in the middle of a Lincolnshire field of veg.

Lovely. Silver over black 24v is pretty much my perfect spec. I'm not so sure about the headlights (though easily fixed I guess).

In other news, the MINI (from a few pages back) has now been delivered to Mrs rejn and she is very happy indeed - apart from driving it home, I haven't driven it yet! She absolutely loves it so my brownie points account is over-flowing. The kids love it, too - despite almost freezing temperatures over the weekend they wanted the roof down everywhere we went!

[Justayellowbadge]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C586013#

Words. I'm struggling.

[Pennyroyal Tea]

[anonymous-user]

jeremyc said:

Pennyroyal Tea said:

Olly!!

Impressive work. Full house on the registration snd headlights.

There has probably been a small explosion somewhere in the middle of a Lincolnshire field of veg.

What's the button on the side of the seat-back for? Is that the release to tip it forwards?

[rejn]

Justayellowbadge said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C586013#

Words. I'm struggling.

advert said:

Only the pictures can tell the full story.

They are not wrong there.

I guess the most positive thing I can find to say is that it would be one of the more characterful £8500 car purchases.

[TheRocket]

Pennyroyal Tea said:

Output Flange said:

TheRocket said:

on the subject of BMW's and modified cars i'm not sure this will be appreciated on this thread but warrants a post, personally I really like bits of it (colour and wheels) but it's probably a bit too low and 'scene' but here goes, just in case

Edited by TheRocket on Tuesday 8th March 17:00

Don't mind modified BMWs, but I don't think those wheels have been very well done - the polished rim with the dull-looking magnesium doesn't work for me.

Photoshop, Shirley?

On air suspension which can be put on the floor almost when stationary, but am curious to know at a sensible ride height is the handling destroyed ? I'm guessing ride would be great, handling and grip/feedback less so

[ferrisbueller]

Diesel Meister said:

( ETA: Another, still silver but private sale = higher miles and slightly more sane price of £4k pre-haggle)

Better. Much.

[L100NYY]

ferrisbueller said:

Diesel Meister said:

( ETA: Another, still silver but private sale = higher miles and slightly more sane price of £4k pre-haggle)

Better. Much.

Slightly disappointed to find that it has black leather, not the tan i thought it had going by the lighting in the first picture.....

[ferrisbueller]

Diesel Meister said:

ferrisbueller said:

Yes, toppy.

That really is base spec.

Cheap(er) tax, too.

Agreed, but pretty much my ideal spec (no frills), other than colour and franchise wallet-violation. Even one owner, low miles cars can be obscene at the moment. This is effectively a niche spec version of a hugely mass produced vehicle (a fleet special if we're honest, the 3er). For £5-6k I'd be very interested though, provided all in order and no big bills lurking. But I guess in reality that might be a £7k car.

At that price you might as well spend more and get something else I guess.

/Goes back to hunting 986s

I'm with you. Less frills, less to go wrong and, depending on what you're used to, you won't miss them. The only thing I could do with is bluetooth connectivity but it's not the end of the world. However, I'd stretch to leather and I'd replace the silver trim. Earlier car avoids the pitfalls of direct injection, too, albeit at the expensive of about 10 bhp. Factor in £400 to swap the runflats off, too.

I still see them as value at 7k. I prefer mine to a Boxster, for sure. Coupe worth a look, too.

[ferrisbueller]

Gruber said:

ferrisbueller said:

Let's see some more about your CS then Gruber!

MattOz had the front to sell "mine" to someone else when he'd done with it In many ways that's a good thing, I think. However, I do miss the snarl of the cold start in the garage. And the ferocity with which is approached the redline.

The sad truth is I collected it at the weekend, drove it home and (due to being wiped out by a bug these last three days) haven't driven it since.

But its enthusiasm for the redline is just as I (and you) remember. And the steering feels wonderfully direct (ETA: and not just in comparison to the Defender...). And it looks lovely.

I just need to find some time to drive it. But for now, it is sitting downstairs looking like this:

Edited by Gruber on Tuesday 8th March 23:07

Yes, Gruber. Yes. I think IB will be a good investment colour, too, due to it being a CS only hue.

ETA. I found the steering much better than the standard M3. Actually, to the extent if I had a standard one I'd probably have to find a way to retro fit.

Edited by ferrisbueller on Wednesday 9th March 11:30

[ferrisbueller]

L100NYY said:

ferrisbueller said:

Diesel Meister said:

( ETA: Another, still silver but private sale = higher miles and slightly more sane price of £4k pre-haggle)

Better. Much.

Slightly disappointed to find that it has black leather, not the tan i thought it had going by the lighting in the first picture.....

Funnily enough, I fell for that as well.

ETA. Looking at those rims. I quite like them. Was considering a swap to the Si's BBS jobs but those would be much cheaper.

Edited by ferrisbueller on Wednesday 9th March 11:27

[ferrisbueller]

I might keep posting and see if I can fill a page with my own inane Bayernische musings.

[Hitch78]

Diesel Meister said:

Oddly appealing choice if you need four seats, if extra strong money (for my taste - no idea about values of E90s but suspect this sort of spec was rare and is increasingly so as time went on):

1. 330i
2. spanish
3. 17s
4. cloth interior
5. no nav

What's not to like (other than about £3k of Sytner Tax deducted from the price and a lightly less dull colour)?

De-badge and travel briskly (and occasionally slideways), incognito.
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I have a later 325i SE of similar spec which still has the 3.0 but with some of the addenda not included so a lower state of tune at about 220bhp. I love it for the mix of station car park anonymity (debadged as option) and 7k rpm goodness. I bought it as a stop-gap on returning to the UK last year and apart from some initial trouble with my back and the sports seats it has been faultless and I think it will stay.

[NomduJour]

[L100NYY]

AMG Hammer in ze rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MzqNn8kJqQ

[ferrisbueller]

Get it bought!

[TheRocket]

NomduJour said:

Can't remember when I last saw one in the flesh, but that is ageing rather well