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[r129sl]

tobinen said:

If you have the time and means, then why not?

Therein lies the problem.

As for the 4.2, while the absolute performance is not much better than the 3.2, in the real world it feels much stronger and you don't have to work it so hard. It is also the most economical car in the range!

[tobinen]

r129sl said:

And the mileage is back to 53k, "double checked on a road test" whatever that means!

My interpretation from the previous ads is that the odometer reads 83,000+ and they've ascertained by driving it up the road that it's kms displayed.

[tobinen]

r129sl said:

Therein lies the problem.

As for the 4.2, while the absolute performance is not much better than the 3.2, in the real world it feels much stronger and you don't have to work it so hard. It is also the most economical car in the range!

Yes, I average 24 mpg in my daily commute and I've seen 28 mpg on a run to Cambridge and back. Town driving is pretty horrendous but I don't do much of that. Pretty good overall I think.

[derin100]

bob-lad said:

derin100 said:

If you can get Purple past Mission Control then you'll have my utmost respect! I got a £44 old NAD Cassette deck through today without being noticed...but a purple E38 would be worthy of a Croix de Guerre!

I've managed to slip around the 'Darkside of the Moon' and whilst Houston was temporarily incommunicado, for a brief few hours, mysteriously found that another asteroid had been sucked into my orbit and has now landed on my surface today.

Inexplicably (and very suddenly), I now find myself staring up from the foot of yet another huge mountain-peak to climb!

What is wrong with me?

Nothing. That's lovely, and I dare say once you've had your cleansing way with it it'll be properly stunning.

Edited by bob-lad on Saturday 13th February 07:49

Those photos are from the vendor and are a bit flattering.

Although it's got very low mileage(something like 58K) the car has been unused for 4 years and so is a completely unknown quantity that I had to have trailered directly to my mechanic's garage. It's a huge risk and even if I'm lucky (which generally I'm not!) at best it will require major decommissioning.

I'm already sitting with a parts list that's running to two sides of A4 just of stuff that I know that I'll need to renew.

It will also require paintwork if it is to become "MINT MINT MINT". Not because it's at all bad but because there's really no margin between "ok" and "show". The odd dink and scratch here and there etc etc that will not be amenable to detailing.

The colour is Ascot Green which is quite rare and one of my favourite colours on the E34. It's the same as the 525i my wife had a few years ago and if I can get this 540i looking as good as that one did I'll be very pleased:

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/index.php?spg...



However, the interior on this 540i is to die for! Even without doing any cleaning it is gorgeous and in absolutely perfect condition:

[harrykul]

That looks fantastic, great find Derin. So are you going to keep it this time?

[V12 AMG]

cat220 said:

I think I'll look into that, would you recommend anyone in particular or I suppose more importantly who to avoid.

Tradex weren't great. DNA are good. Sorry I can't help more than that.

[0a]

That's a lovely interior, much better than the e39s with leather which usually look like a bin bag stretched over the seat to me.

[derin100]

harrykul said:

That looks fantastic, great find Derin. So are you going to keep it this time?

I haven't really thought that far Harry. In fact, I don't think I was "thinking" at all!

I'm in the middle of a couple of weeks off from work, sitting around doing nothing except endlessly browsing the internet looking at cars and getting bored. Next thing I know I'd spotted this on Thursday morning, been up to Conwy to see it that afternoon, spoke to my friend about getting it transported on Friday morning at 7 am and within an hour he says: "They're picking it up within the next hour!" and by lunchtime it was already at my mechanic's place!

I hadn't even got my story straight yet for the impending return of SWMBO.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

derin100 said:

Derin - brilliant work! Good luck with the alibi.

r129sl said:

I have been offered a really tidy w140 S420. For free.

There could never be any doubt chum; that's got you written all over it.

The 'for free' bit always helps balance the books. The automotive equivalent of 'divide by zero', which seems to be the opposite of my experience which in general is 'multiply by two'.

Some fantastic thread action.

[BigBen]

tobinen said:

r129sl said:

And the mileage is back to 53k, "double checked on a road test" whatever that means!

My interpretation from the previous ads is that the odometer reads 83,000+ and they've ascertained by driving it up the road that it's kms displayed.

That was my thoughts at the time it was a KMs vs. miles problem. Strong money for that car at auction I would have thought. Then again 600s seem to be going the way of their 560 predecessors.

Regarding the free W140 do it and that, in the words of Forest Gump, is all I have to say about that.

Ben

[r129sl]

derin100 said:

Those photos are from the vendor and are a bit flattering.

Although it's got very low mileage(something like 58K) the car has been unused for 4 years and so is a completely unknown quantity that I had to have trailered directly to my mechanic's garage. It's a huge risk and even if I'm lucky (which generally I'm not!) at best it will require major decommissioning.

I'm already sitting with a parts list that's running to two sides of A4 just of stuff that I know that I'll need to renew.

It will also require paintwork if it is to become "MINT MINT MINT". Not because it's at all bad but because there's really no margin between "ok" and "show". The odd dink and scratch here and there etc etc that will not be amenable to detailing.

The colour is Ascot Green which is quite rare and one of my favourite colours on the E34. It's the same as the 525i my wife had a few years ago and if I can get this 540i looking as good as that one did I'll be very pleased:

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/index.php?spg...



However, the interior on this 540i is to die for! Even without doing any cleaning it is gorgeous and in absolutely perfect condition:

Wow, Derin, that is a lovely looking car. Its existence even makes sense of the insanity of your disposal—last week, wasnt it?!—of the previous one. I'm really looking forward to seeing this turn out. Now, those clear indicators... what's the plan there?

[Pothole]

Nice looking V90 Luxury Edition up for Auction at H&H Donington on the 24th soon





Lovely colour and back on the original wheels could do double that mileage with little fuss

Edited by Pothole on Saturday 13th February 12:48

[Max M4X WW]

derin100 said:

bob-lad said:

derin100 said:

If you can get Purple past Mission Control then you'll have my utmost respect! I got a £44 old NAD Cassette deck through today without being noticed...but a purple E38 would be worthy of a Croix de Guerre!

I've managed to slip around the 'Darkside of the Moon' and whilst Houston was temporarily incommunicado, for a brief few hours, mysteriously found that another asteroid had been sucked into my orbit and has now landed on my surface today.

Inexplicably (and very suddenly), I now find myself staring up from the foot of yet another huge mountain-peak to climb!

What is wrong with me?

Nothing. That's lovely, and I dare say once you've had your cleansing way with it it'll be properly stunning.

Edited by bob-lad on Saturday 13th February 07:49

Those photos are from the vendor and are a bit flattering.

Although it's got very low mileage(something like 58K) the car has been unused for 4 years and so is a completely unknown quantity that I had to have trailered directly to my mechanic's garage. It's a huge risk and even if I'm lucky (which generally I'm not!) at best it will require major decommissioning.

I'm already sitting with a parts list that's running to two sides of A4 just of stuff that I know that I'll need to renew.

It will also require paintwork if it is to become "MINT MINT MINT". Not because it's at all bad but because there's really no margin between "ok" and "show". The odd dink and scratch here and there etc etc that will not be amenable to detailing.

The colour is Ascot Green which is quite rare and one of my favourite colours on the E34. It's the same as the 525i my wife had a few years ago and if I can get this 540i looking as good as that one did I'll be very pleased:

http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/gallery/index.php?spg...



However, the interior on this 540i is to die for! Even without doing any cleaning it is gorgeous and in absolutely perfect condition:

Can I ask where it was advertised? I never seem to see this sort of thing crop up!

[0a]

I was just thinking the same!

I'd also like to know where Mark at MTSV finds his low mileage gems.

r129 apologies I realise I never progressed our discussion about The Man. I will try and give you a call next week. That w140 must be taken on, especially at that "price".

[E24man]

derin100 said:

E34 stuff.......again

Didn't I mention (not very many pages back) you ought to get another E34..... and you declined

[Pennyroyal Tea]

JF87 said:

...Wonderfully Thread Barge acquisition...

[0a]

43k mile s500 for £3,990. With those little wheels it must ride supremely well. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Anyone feeling (p)lucky?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C673306



£2500. Seller looks a likeable chap judging by what I think I can see in the background too.

[0a]

Lovely looking old thing: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[0a]

Slightly over budget, but a 6.0 w12 with 4 wheel drive and not too many miles is a rare thing indeed. I bet this is a nice place to cover big journies in grim weather. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...