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[ShockDiamonds]

Zwolf said:

Love it. The interior particularly. A V12 in that spec would be phenomenal.

Well mine is now 'officially' for sale (advert not up yet but have spoken to a couple of traders) and have been to see this 740 this afternoon. Looks ok but will get an inspection on it. Trader seems a decent chap. Anybody got any experience of them?

Needs a little work on the rear bumper and there is some rust evident on the boot, but the chap there seems happy to sort something for a deal so will see what occurs. He's due to call back on Monday with a suggestion for a deal.

Meanwhile, if anybody wants T815 HRV and benefit from one obsessive current owner (ie, me ) let us know...

Just to confirm, I'm talking about this one:

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/uvl/large_image_p...

Edited by ShockDiamonds on Saturday 12th May 18:40

[Mustard]

E38Ross said:

olly22n said:

E38Ross said:

it's about time i got proper fitting ones for the E38 to be honest. thoughts on these?

http://www.carmats2u.co.uk/bmw-7-series-car-mats-e...

i'd go for the luxury ones....£32 or so posted. i think black would be ok in my car? totally beige interior but interior plastics, steering wheel etc are all black so surely wouldn't look too out of place? beige mats are just daft...?

thoughts?

thanks

Black, and get them from BMW. There is no alternative.

4 times the price though! Hmmm.

There is, theres an established parts trader who goes to the BMW festival at Gaydon who sells mats that look oem for about half the price... Got some E34 ones, and I have an fetish for oem mats, just struggling to think of the name, they do have an online presence and maybe in BMW car / total bmw

[E38Ross]

Mustard said:

E38Ross said:

olly22n said:

E38Ross said:

it's about time i got proper fitting ones for the E38 to be honest. thoughts on these?

http://www.carmats2u.co.uk/bmw-7-series-car-mats-e...

i'd go for the luxury ones....£32 or so posted. i think black would be ok in my car? totally beige interior but interior plastics, steering wheel etc are all black so surely wouldn't look too out of place? beige mats are just daft...?

thoughts?

thanks

Black, and get them from BMW. There is no alternative.

4 times the price though! Hmmm.

There is, theres an established parts trader who goes to the BMW festival at Gaydon who sells mats that look oem for about half the price... Got some E34 ones, and I have an fetish for oem mats, just struggling to think of the name, they do have an online presence and maybe in BMW car / total bmw

please try to remember their name!!

[Mustard]

May have been Linwar, But I can't see anything on their website, but might be worth a call

Scratch that pretty sure it's

http://www.motormec.co.uk/carpet.html

Edited by Mustard on Saturday 12th May 19:18

[bigdom]

tercelgold said:

Has that been lowered or is it just me? , the fin looks terrible.

Had a free morning, went and looked at it earlier. Agree don't like the fin, the interior is very nice, body is free from any parking dents, however there's lacquer peeling on bonnet roughly size of a mug so will require respraying, also small issue on driver’s door. It has detachable tow-bar, not colour coded. Drives well, brakes without pulling although a bit soggy. Temperamental sunroof, not sure if it just requires new switch. Overall quite nice, not sure whether bringing those issues up to scratch is worth it on a T plate? Oh, and it's just a 740i not an L

[ShockDiamonds]

bigdom said:

Had a free morning, went and looked at it earlier. Agree don't like the fin, the interior is very nice, body is free from any parking dents, however there's lacquer peeling on bonnet roughly size of a mug so will require respraying, also small issue on driver’s door. It has detachable tow-bar, not colour coded. Drives well, brakes without pulling although a bit soggy. Temperamental sunroof, not sure if it just requires new switch. Overall quite nice, not sure whether bringing those issues up to scratch is worth it on a T plate? Oh, and it's just a 740i not an L

Same car that I saw earlier. Haven't driven it yet waiting for chap to confirm figures. Not sure whether I approve of the towbar plate.

[Sump]

It's been resprayed in the past then. Look into why, look at other areas on the car that have had a respray etc.

[deeen]

ShockDiamonds said:

Well mine is now 'officially' for sale (advert not up yet but have spoken to a couple of traders) and have been to see this 740 this afternoon. Looks ok but will get an inspection on it. Trader seems a decent chap. Anybody got any experience of them?

Needs a little work on the rear bumper and there is some rust evident on the boot, but the chap there seems happy to sort something for a deal so will see what occurs. He's due to call back on Monday with a suggestion for a deal.

Meanwhile, if anybody wants T815 HRV and benefit from one obsessive current owner (ie, me ) let us know...

Just to confirm, I'm talking about this one:

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/uvl/large_image_p...

Edited by ShockDiamonds on Saturday 12th May 18:40

sorry i'm confused... what car are you selling?

[ShockDiamonds]

deeen said:

sorry i'm confused... what car are you selling?

My 750i. T815 HRV. The linked car is one I am considering as a replacement.

[albundy89]

Pardon me but has this turned into a huge big appreciation of BMW motorworks,are there any other Barges to offer???

[volks al]

albundy89 said:

Pardon me but has this turned into a huge big appreciation of BMW motorworks,are there any other Barges to offer???

my e430 is ticking along nicely

[hornetrider]

albundy89 said:

Pardon me but has this turned into a huge big appreciation of BMW motorworks,are there any other Barges to offer???

Who are you?

[jonnydm]

brickwall said:

V8mate said:

W00DY said:

jonnydm said:

Now less than 24hrs to go on the auction for the 540T Sport Manual.

What do people think it will go for?

And how much do you think I should set my max bid at?!

Just over 3.


Bid around £3250 and you're doing alright if you plan to fix it up.


Do it.

No way. That car is tatty. And tatty is worse than borky. It's generally unloved and untended. Way too many seemingly minor imperfections that just don't roll up into the 'whole thing' well. Smells fishier than a Birds Eye dustbin.

Real shame, as it's such a pretty thing from 25m.

Leave it Jonny.

Went for £3500.

Wasn't able to look at the auction whatsoever since yesterday afternoon so just found out that I didn't win. I debated raising my max bid to £2750 but didn't bother in the end.

Seems there were 9 individual bids from 2 people in the last day and as said went up £1k in the last hour so clearly those 2 wanted it.

[bmthnick1981]

albundy89 said:

Pardon me but has this turned into a huge big appreciation of BMW motorworks,are there any other Barges to offer???

There was a brief deviation to Swedish barges by some but thankfully we are now back on to BMW's.

I bought an Alpina B3 3.3 Saloon (Switch-Tronic) today. Not really a barge more of a mini 'sporting' barge. Might be a bit more fuel efficient than the V12

[hornetrider]

bmthnick1981 said:

I bought an Alpina B3 3.3 Saloon (Switch-Tronic) today. Not really a barge more of a mini 'sporting' barge. Might be a bit more fuel efficient than the V12

LINK

[richtea78]

Pictures please, even though its not a barge!

[jonnydm]

bmthnick1981 said:

albundy89 said:

Pardon me but has this turned into a huge big appreciation of BMW motorworks,are there any other Barges to offer???

There was a brief deviation to Swedish barges by some but thankfully we are now back on to BMW's.

I bought an Alpina B3 3.3 Saloon (Switch-Tronic) today. Not really a barge more of a mini 'sporting' barge. Might be a bit more fuel efficient than the V12

Indeed there was a minor distraction but most of us realised the error and moved back to Bavaria. How is the Pina? Really fancy one some day - waiting for facelift B10 3.3 Manuals to come down to about £4k.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-MERCEDES-BENZ-C32-A...
Yes I know this is over budget but I'm 99.9% sure that its the one posted and discussed about a week ago. Trader who had it up told me he sold it to a trader for £4500. Does look great although makes me dubious about the M3 trade in quote. Why put it? I'm all for making money selling cars including private individuals but nothing annoys me more than the half way trader. Either you're pukka or not.

[bmthnick1981]

Mate put me on to it and purchased locally so no link i'm afraid. Bit of a project, needs some bushes etc, a good service. Idea is to get it tidied up so I can use it daily rather than the 750i. Will post pics etc once it looks a bit better! Currently filthy and looking a bit sorry for itself in the garage!

[Fox-]

jonnydm said:

Indeed there was a minor distraction but most of us realised the error and moved back to Bavaria. How is the Pina? Really fancy one some day - waiting for facelift B10 3.3 Manuals to come down to about £4k.

Will they ever? Mint Alpina's never seem to get that low.

[sam303]

ShockDiamonds said:

My 750i. T815 HRV. The linked car is one I am considering as a replacement.

And where might we find the ad for this 750i?