RE: SOTW: BMW 520i Touring

[leon9191]

Nice car I like it, it has however, caused a little bit of friction in the world of PH's for some reason.

Would condsider this but just bought an e30 and her indoors wouldnt entertain another old German.

Edited by leon9191 on Friday 10th December 17:15

[petrolveins]

I've spent too much time this week looking at various E34s on the interweb, wondering if I could afford one next year as a uni shed...

[redstu]

I like e34s but I'm in two minds about this one. Just the things that would put me off, I think the price is too high without leather and a bigger engine.

Of course I'd really like an m5 e34 estate which would be a perfect le mans chariot but if one was available at shed money it wouldn't be worth buying!

[ellisd82]

pSyCoSiS said:

Jonny_693 said:

"Selling on behalf of a friend".

The only time this is acceptable is if the friend is dead or blind. Are they so fking stupid they can't write their own advert?
If thats already been said i'm posting from my phone and can't be arsed to trawl through 4 pages of posts.

The friend is on currently on holiday in the South of France at the moment, with no access to put adverts up. Beside, I can write a better advert than him.

He doesn't have a PH account. You never done a favour for a friend before?

Some people really do talk out of their backsides on these posts.....

Edited by pSyCoSiS on Friday 10th December 14:26

I Advertise here for my Brother and Dad when they sold their cars/bikes. They are computer literate, but if I have and active account I can get it done much quicker. You are right to be cautious, but must also bear in mind that people do help others

I never state it is on behalf of someone, I just write it as if I was them and give their contact number so I am out of the loop. Saves everyone time and effort. I think my bother is putting his FTO up for sale soon, so I will be advertising here for him, not to got OT

[Jonny_693]

ellisd82 said:

pSyCoSiS said:

Jonny_693 said:

"Selling on behalf of a friend".

The only time this is acceptable is if the friend is dead or blind. Are they so fking stupid they can't write their own advert?
If thats already been said i'm posting from my phone and can't be arsed to trawl through 4 pages of posts.

The friend is on currently on holiday in the South of France at the moment, with no access to put adverts up. Beside, I can write a better advert than him.

He doesn't have a PH account. You never done a favour for a friend before?

Some people really do talk out of their backsides on these posts.....

Edited by pSyCoSiS on Friday 10th December 14:26

I Advertise here for my Brother and Dad when they sold their cars/bikes. They are computer literate, but if I have and active account I can get it done much quicker. You are right to be cautious, but must also bear in mind that people do help others

I never state it is on behalf of someone, I just write it as if I was them and give their contact number so I am out of the loop. Saves everyone time and effort. I think my bother is putting his FTO up for sale soon, so I will be advertising here for him, not to got OT

Precisely. That's all I was saying, last time I looked mobile phones still work in france. The owner can answer any questions and then get you to show the potential buyer the car. That's the way I would have gone about it. Anyway, good luck with the sale.

[J.P.W.]

green-blood said:

currently in the running to pick up a similar age, half the mileage, manual 520i 24v with leather, salloon for 500 EURO

red cars are always over priced :-)

Howya GB? I've been watching this thread thinking about the same car you're after ;-). I couldn't even persuade the missus to go for a 10 y/o E39 so a 15 y/o E34 is NFC.

Properly on-topic, I like this a lot. Tourings are lovely and the colour really works.

Edited by J.P.W. on Friday 10th December 19:49

[ian_touring]

Ace SOTW. Looks hot in red, alloys very nice too. It won't break any land speed records but thats not really the point of this capacious mile muncher.
"Back of the net!"

[Nuppy]

Love E34's. This looks nice, even if it doesn't have leather etc. Take it for what it is, a proper BMW built like a bank-vault..!

[Nigel Worc's]

Nice shed. (much better than putting an "over" with a poxy K series engine on here).

I've had three E34's two 2,5's, one auto, one manual, and a manual 1.8 estate (yes it was me !)

I bought them all with about 80,000 on, and took all of them to this mileage with no issues (one had a new battery, one had a pair of dampers) apart from that just standard servicing

Put some silicon grease on the sunroof runners (before it burns the motor out), and everything will be hunkydory.

I tried to find another E34 with about 80,000 ish, but failed, so now I'm in an E39

Fuel economy, well I could get 30 to the gallon from the 2.5's on a run, but only about 31 from the 1.8, it was just too low powered.

My present 2.8 averages about 35, with the best I've ever managed of 39.2 ..... I couldn't quite hit the 40.

The BMW 5 series is just a superbly reliable mile muncher

[IanMorewood]

Doesnt do anything for me, sorry.

[will261058]

The E34 was a brilliant car, had a 525i saloon, but its a heavy beast and needs to be at least a 2.5 as the fuel consumption suffers with the smaller engine as well as the performance whilst it is a very smooth unit. Would be fine on the motorway though.

[derin100]

IanMorewood said:

Doesnt do anything for me, sorry.

Perhaps these would (or would have)?

In ascending order:

1) http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/525it/index.html

2) http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/e34_525i/index.html

3) http://www.bmwclassics.co.uk/e34_525_saloon_calyps...

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

(last link is the third from last non-M5 E34 Saloon ever built on the very last day of production)


You can buy E39 5-Series far cheaper than a really good E34 now (I know because my wife and I both have E39 Tourings as our daily drivers) but the E34 is still IMHO the best 'built' 5-er of all.

[Nigel Worc's]

derin100 said:

You can buy E39 5-Series far cheaper than a really good E34 now (I know because my wife and I both have E39 Tourings as our daily drivers) but the E34 is still IMHO the best 'built' 5-er of all.

The steering and fuel economy are much better on the E39, apart from those, I'd agree with you

[derin100]

Nigel Worc's said:

derin100 said:

You can buy E39 5-Series far cheaper than a really good E34 now (I know because my wife and I both have E39 Tourings as our daily drivers) but the E34 is still IMHO the best 'built' 5-er of all.

The steering and fuel economy are much better on the E39, apart from those, I'd agree with you

E39 is a better car dynamically.

[yinujim]

Nigel Worc's said:

derin100 said:

You can buy E39 5-Series far cheaper than a really good E34 now (I know because my wife and I both have E39 Tourings as our daily drivers) but the E34 is still IMHO the best 'built' 5-er of all.

The steering and fuel economy are much better on the E39, apart from those, I'd agree with you

Far more things go wrong in a E39. Long term, an E34 is cheaper.

[yinujim]

kpb said:

Nice car but i've been frightened off the 150bhp 2.0 straight six. They have a growing reputation for porous heads and having tried to help source a replacement recently (for my brother's early E39) i've been shocked how many are being advertised with 'minor' overheating problems, or on their second engine, or up as spares or repairs. Some independents won't repair them either.

Its not the same engine. E39 520i has a M52 which is a more delicate engine due having a alloy block. Cook it and it render the engine scrap.

M50 in the E34 is much stronger (iron block).

Edited by yinujim on Saturday 11th December 01:33

[gatesy24]

petrolveins said:

I've spent too much time this week looking at various E34s on the interweb, wondering if I could afford one next year as a uni shed...

Yes, you could drive to a demonstration about the cost of tuition, in a gas guzzling, bright red BMW. Should go down well lol

The SOTW would be better in manual form. 150bhp may look a bit gutless when compared to other larger engined BMWs but it's still competitive when compared with a modern 2.0 N/A petrol engined car and a lot smoother than most of them to boot.

Edited by gatesy24 on Saturday 11th December 03:44

[bob1179]

Like many here, I love the E34, it is such a great motor and one of the best looking BMWs to date.

I used to have an E34 Touring, I had the 540i version and it was such a great motor, loads of poke and very much a 'sleeper'.

I would definitely buy another one.

[Morningside]

Very tempting. But I think I would avoid red as I have never seen and old one where its fully colour coordinated.

[pSynrg]

Logbook in the post, selling for a friend? I thought this kind crap had died with Arthur Daley's sheepskin.

Car gets a 7 - ad gets a 0

Oh and since when do you think 'oh I'll sell my car while I'm on holiday in the south of france'? Sure, that'll get 'em through the door...

Edited by pSynrg on Saturday 11th December 14:08