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[r129sl]

sparks_E39 said:

All very well and good pal, but have you ever tried to drive from North Dorset to Orlando FL?



In all seriousness I'm with you. We are planning a little break up in the Highlands in the summer. O/H wants to plane it and rent a car, I'm all for driving.. hopefully in a 190!!

Drive. Even if you're coming from Land's End it's probably quicker than flying and a heck of a lot more agreeable. Plus you have your own car while you're there, with all that that means. And you can take what you want and buy what you want. From Manchester upwards the journey will be a pleasure.

My fear of flying protects me from having to go to Orlando. I have in mind a sabbatical tour of the United States of America. You know, if the numbers come up. I would want to take my own car. And I think we too would cross the Atlantic by ship. In summer 2003 I did borrow a small fortune in order to fly in style, setting my personal best (and unlikely to be bettered) of 1,340mph.

Finally, the best numberplate I ever saw was MA02 FLY spaced MAD 2 FLY. It was on a Mondeo, slightly incongruously.

Edited by r129sl on Monday 27th February 08:57

[SimonTheSailor]

That Alfa does look epic but with a list of things to do already and the current owner already saying how expensive they are to run - how much is this thing going to cost ??!!

[SimonTheSailor]

Could you get that BMW on a classic car insurance policy ?

[SimonTheSailor]

anonymous said:

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Looks like somebody liked it - appears to have been sold.

[BorniteIdentity]

SimonTheSailor said:

Could you get that BMW on a classic car insurance policy ?

Nope. Not easily.

You MIGHT find that there's somebody somewhere that will do it (in the same way that Peter Best insure a Rover 75 as a classic as they have a long relationship with the MG owners club) - but you'll likely find it not a lot cheaper than a low miles standard policy.

Good luck trying to get the vendor of that BMW to answer the phone too...

[derin100]

SimonTheSailor said:

Could you get that BMW on a classic car insurance policy ?

Which BMW?

[BorniteIdentity]

derin100 said:

Which BMW?

I took it that he meant the convertible E36.

[S3_Graham]

r129sl said:

Drive. Even if you're coming from Land's End it's probably quicker than flying and a heck of a lot more agreeable. Plus you have your own car while you're there, with all that that means. And you can take what you want and buy what you want. From Manchester upwards the journey will be a pleasure.

My fear of flying protects me from having to go to Orlando. I have in mind a sabbatical tour of the United States of America. You know, if the numbers come up. I would want to take my own car. And I think we too would cross the Atlantic by ship. In summer 2003 I did borrow a small fortune in order to fly in style, setting my personal best (and unlikely to be bettered) of 1,340mph.

Finally, the best numberplate I ever saw was MA02 FLY spaced MAD 2 FLY. It was on a Mondeo, slightly incongruously.

Edited by r129sl on Monday 27th February 08:57

If looking around a plane and having flying explained to you would help at all, I'd gladly show you round some aircraft at Farnborough.

They really are much safer than driving. If you could understand the inherent redundancy that goes into the design it would probably put your mind at rest (3 completely independant hydraulic systems for instance). Most accidents are human error and most are light aircraft.

That said, Id rather drive to Europe and make the journey part of the adventure.

[mccrackenj]

W00DY said:

mccrackenj said:

I remember the pics of yours, lovely colour. Wasn't it, for want of a better term, 'one coat' paint too? i.e. not clearcoat over base? I would have loved to have a go at that with a machine polisher & some top quality polishes & waxes.

It was indeed. I'm yet to own a proper machine polisher, but even doing it by hand was immensely satisfying.

Any excuse for another picture. Thanks! Just lovely.

[derin100]

BorniteIdentity said:

derin100 said:

Which BMW?

I took it that he meant the convertible E36.

T-Reg...so 1999. Only 18 years old. But I'm sure I had my 8-Series on a so-called "Modern Classic" policy once when it was only 15 years old...actually maybe I still do! The Mrs sorts all of that sort of stuff out.

[SimonTheSailor]

BorniteIdentity said:

I took it that he meant the convertible E36.

Yes. Sounds like it might have gone.

[Krikkit]

S3_Graham said:

r129sl said:

Drive. Even if you're coming from Land's End it's probably quicker than flying and a heck of a lot more agreeable. Plus you have your own car while you're there, with all that that means. And you can take what you want and buy what you want. From Manchester upwards the journey will be a pleasure.

My fear of flying protects me from having to go to Orlando. I have in mind a sabbatical tour of the United States of America. You know, if the numbers come up. I would want to take my own car. And I think we too would cross the Atlantic by ship. In summer 2003 I did borrow a small fortune in order to fly in style, setting my personal best (and unlikely to be bettered) of 1,340mph.

Finally, the best numberplate I ever saw was MA02 FLY spaced MAD 2 FLY. It was on a Mondeo, slightly incongruously.

Edited by r129sl on Monday 27th February 08:57

If looking around a plane and having flying explained to you would help at all, I'd gladly show you round some aircraft at Farnborough.

They really are much safer than driving. If you could understand the inherent redundancy that goes into the design it would probably put your mind at rest (3 completely independant hydraulic systems for instance). Most accidents are human error and most are light aircraft.

That said, Id rather drive to Europe and make the journey part of the adventure.

I would generally agree RE: safety - stats are a difficult thing to really determine if an appropriate risk factor, but during the last 15 years there have been very few accidents involving large passenger aircraft from European origins involved in fatal accidents.

If the cost wasn't so prohibitive I'd always choose to drive rather than fly, but when you can get to various European capitals for <£100 (even including parking at the airport etc) it's a no-brainer for me, especially when time is short.

That said r129, I totally agree about how dreadful airports are.

[SimonTheSailor]

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[harrykul]

Advice please bargistas:

I'm sitting outside MB Belfast having gone to buy a new lock barrel and key for the s124, and a slam panel plate for the r129. Armed with id and the log books, I was then informed that they have to physically see the car and photos the bin plate themselves! So he's expecting me to do a 150 mile round trip, twice!

Is this BS, it's the first I've heard of it.

[r129sl]

harrykul said:

Advice please bargistas:

I'm sitting outside MB Belfast having gone to buy a new lock barrel and key for the s124, and a slam panel plate for the r129. Armed with id and the log books, I was then informed that they have to physically see the car and photos the bin plate themselves! So he's expecting me to do a 150 mile round trip, twice!

Is this BS, it's the first I've heard of it.

They're usually happy for me to email them pics of the car and scans of the docs. I assume you're known to them so they may be equally happy for you to do the same.

[harrykul]

Hi Jonathan, not known enough apparently! Not impressed at all.

[Krikkit]

I can see them being paranoid for security, but that takes it too far. Surely a V5, ID in your name at the same address and a credit card would be more than enough should an issue arise?

[Bonefish Blues]

cat220 said:

Bonefish Blues said:

cat220 said:

As other have now mentioned you won't get an anywhere decent 129 for mod thread budget, even if you could its only lap belts in the rear.

Couple of CL's were mentioned a few pages back, big cars though.

A nice Volvo C70 t5 convertible might be worth a look.

3-point belts can be fitted in the rear of a 129.

http://www.quickfitsbs.com/gallery_mercedes.php

C70s are very cheap, and the 2.4GTs much more plentiful than the T5s.

I know they can, however if you're on a tight budget and only looking at spending £2500 on a car then its unlikely you want to spend another £500 getting rear belts fitted.

The 2.4 GT is indeed more common that's why id go for a t5.

I was posting it for wider reference, in case useful to others.

Agree a T5's nice, assuming good one can be found, but the 2.4 can be taken to a similar output without modification, hence the thought of fishing in the bigger pool.

[pitchfork]

Re. classic insurance.

I had my E39 3.0d - which is probably about as white goods as you can get, relatively-speaking - on a classic policy, so I'd say that yes, you can get an E36 on a classic. 15-years old seems to be the minimum age for Beemers.

[olly755]

My insular life and simpleton outlook, plus the fact I don't do any of it too often, finds wonderment in all form of transport (I'm the one gazing at Burmantofts and grout gaps at London Underground stations, soaking up the engineering marvellousness whilst everyone around me tuts and blows for getting in the bloody way). But I still see flying as having the most romance. Airports are (only just) more tolerable than traffic congestion and eyes-down lunatics coming at you on the wrong side of the road whilst checking their Facebook status. Plus you can have as many Bloody Mary's as you like on a plane, and I do enjoy a risk and a big wodge of turbulence, so being reputedly more likely to kill you only adds to the appeal.

anonymous said:

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I love that. Utilitarian, yet as classy as it comes: all the better for a few battle scars and patina. And so cheap for one so advisory free. How do cars like this last for more than an hour in the classifieds?