Lovely Cars: Interesting, Classic, Retro, Barge 5-10k

[Sterillium]

0a said:

After having it repainted I cannot afford to ever sell it!

[0a]

Sterillium said:

0a said:

After having it repainted I cannot afford to ever sell it!

[golfer19]

W00DY said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

How about some Japanese retro muscle?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C984643



Pity it's LHD, but it's cheap.

If the 240Z didn't exist then I think I'd like the 280ZX rather more, but since it does I'd always know that i'd settled.

The 240z is a lovely thing but way outside the budget.
The 280 does look good value.

[Lowtimer]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

How about some Japanese retro muscle?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C984643

We haven't had the advert for ages, so here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWF-hH1nloo

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Lowtimer said:

We haven't had the advert for ages, so here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWF-hH1nloo

If only they still made ads like that, TV might be worth watching again.

[bob-lad]

Lowtimer said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

How about some Japanese retro muscle?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C984643

We haven't had the advert for ages, so here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWF-hH1nloo

I recently saw a repeat of Car S.O.Sage where Fuzz and his idiot sidekick renovated a 240z.
Car S.O.S

[bob-lad]

I like these pre-facelift models.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C943212



But I want this engine.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C980983
But not in this car.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Haggle needed, but nice.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C868860

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I'd really like an Alpine. I missed the boat when they were generally around the 6-8k mark, but this looks reasonably priced and rather nice.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C981501

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Looks classy.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C975253



£8500 seems reasonable doesn't it? You might struggle to find a parking space big enough, but what a majestic thing it is.

[Sterillium]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

That is beautiful. I'm tempted to measure my empty garage.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Sterillium said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

That is beautiful. I'm tempted to measure my empty garage.

As the ancient Chinese proverb (probably) said: 'fools measure; wise man simply buy, drive and be happy forever'.

[Prinny]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Sterillium said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

That is beautiful. I'm tempted to measure my empty garage.

As the ancient Chinese proverb (probably) said: 'fools measure; wise man simply buy, drive and be happy forever'.

I truly think this is where “if you have to ask” analogies come from. This car is superlatively huge, even by today’s standards. If you have to measure, it is (guaranteed*) not to fit.

*there’s always statistical outliers.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Prinny said:

I truly think this is where “if you have to ask” analogies come from. This car is superlatively huge fking brilliant, even by today’s standards.

Slight amendment to fix.

[Slow]

Whats peoples thoughts on the early f01/f02 BMW 7ers. Something like this look stupidly good value for money.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Prinny]

Slow said:

Whats peoples thoughts on the early f01/f02 BMW 7ers. Something like this look stupidly good value for money.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

In my experience (not owned one but driven several), they’re much more reliable than the previous generation (which I do own). That said, lots & lots of electronic complexity. The engines are in lots of other BMW’s (unless you go 760), so no fears there, they’re known quantities. Check everything works, go for a test drive, then check again! If the battery is on the way out, all sorts of spurious faults can appear. A battery will be around £250 for an AGM one of proper size.
Parts costs outside of the engine will be high. BMW do an M-tax, but the 7 gets pretty close too.
As far as driving goes, they’re smooth, high-speed conveyor’s. You can throw it around, and it’ll do the business, but it’s tiring, and not much fun - you’re out of the design parameters.
From experience, the ride isn’t sufficiently good on 20” wheels for the purposes of the car. 19” OK, 18” best.

Go in with your eyes open, enjoy it for what it is, and expect it to take a further bath on values yet - the market for one is tiny - and you could enjoy it. Considering where you are though (you in particular Slow), if you want the ‘luxury’, get (another) FFRR - it’ll be more useful, with similar costs. (imo).

[Slow]

Prinny said:

Slow said:

Whats peoples thoughts on the early f01/f02 BMW 7ers. Something like this look stupidly good value for money.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

In my experience (not owned one but driven several), they’re much more reliable than the previous generation (which I do own). That said, lots & lots of electronic complexity. The engines are in lots of other BMW’s (unless you go 760), so no fears there, they’re known quantities. Check everything works, go for a test drive, then check again! If the battery is on the way out, all sorts of spurious faults can appear. A battery will be around £250 for an AGM one of proper size.
Parts costs outside of the engine will be high. BMW do an M-tax, but the 7 gets pretty close too.
As far as driving goes, they’re smooth, high-speed conveyor’s. You can throw it around, and it’ll do the business, but it’s tiring, and not much fun - you’re out of the design parameters.
From experience, the ride isn’t sufficiently good on 20” wheels for the purposes of the car. 19” OK, 18” best.

Go in with your eyes open, enjoy it for what it is, and expect it to take a further bath on values yet - the market for one is tiny - and you could enjoy it. Considering where you are though (you in particular Slow), if you want the ‘luxury’, get (another) FFRR - it’ll be more useful, with similar costs. (imo).

I was 100% set on another FFRR then a 750i straight piped (I assume) rumbled past. Didn't realize they had got quite so cheap.

[Prinny]

Fair enough - at the end of the day, it’s fair to say you’re car-mad. .

(in a good way, I hasten to add!)

Give one a go, you might like it.

(The only thing I’d swap mine for is an FFRR (or a newer 760 - that don’t count though)- I have no need for the off-road, which is why I got a 7 instead).

[Slow]

Ive had an older e38 730i and I liked it bar the 8mpg which was due to gearbox faults/leaky fuel tank above half a tank.

Been a passenger in the latedt 7 series lwb but not driven any since the e38.

[defblade]

Slow said:

Whats peoples thoughts on the early f01/f02 BMW 7ers. Something like this look stupidly good value for money.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

My phwooooooarrrrrrr meter just went off the scale at that price....


....however my Borkage Alarm set off lights and sirens, sent the USA to DefCon1, revised its own scale to logarithmic to cope, and then simply exploded.






Caveat: this is based on absolutely zero experience of the model (although too much experience of running cars I can't really afford )