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[0a]

I wish this was a manual. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C898294

[PowerslideSWE]

0a said:

What a fantastic looking thing. The 728 really was a sweet spot in the range - exceptionally refined, and surprisingly economical when you are just wafting along. Good luck with the purchase!

Great colours on that one as well.

Aren't they just?

My sensible pants tells me to get another V70, I just don't want another.

Thanks, I hope it's not a complete lemon

[Marcq]

This looks good for the money
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C916698
Following on from the avant version last week I think

Edited to add £2295

Edited by Marcq on Saturday 23 September 18:24

[Croutons]

Marcq said:

This looks good for the money
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C916698
Following on from the avant version last week I think

Edited to add £2295

Edited by Marcq on Saturday 23 September 18:24

I started..
To read the advert..
But found myself..
Unable to concentrate..
On anything other than..
The two full stops..
Every bloody line..

I think..
I may need professional help..

[0a]

This looks to be exactly what I want from my next car - BMW straight 6, manual, leather. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C885420



Thoughts?

[Scooobydont]

0a said:

This looks to be exactly what I want from my next car - BMW straight 6, manual, leather. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C885420



Thoughts?

Drivers wing has been repainted. Strange not to mention it seeing the amount of detail in the ad and it is really obvious. It also seem quite expensive to me.

[0a]

Scooobydont said:

0a said:

This looks to be exactly what I want from my next car - BMW straight 6, manual, leather. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C885420



Thoughts?

Drivers wing has been repainted. Strange not to mention it seeing the amount of detail in the ad and it is really obvious. It also seem quite expensive to me.

I noted this and was tempted to post it... but wanted to see if anyone else picked up on it. Really annoying. If you have a good painter you can avoid this nowadays.

[SimonConnell]

Something a little unusual - I'll add the caveat that I think the pricing is off by perhaps £1k but they are genuinely rare enough that it's hard to benchmark.

Dark red metallic, piped cream leather, lots of toys, 3.5 V6 petrol engine, undeniably a barge.

Deliberately not adding a photo, since this is definitely not the car you have in your mind based on the above...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302464041691

[Easternlight]

I think he may have missed a few font options on that ad.

But it could be worse he could have used more colours

[iSore]

^^^ That's £4000 too much. That generation of Espace really was a heap of st.

It's £500 to someone brave.

[harrykul]

Loving that e38 PowerslideSWE. Beautiful.

Isn't that era of 535i a V6? Didn't they move to a straight 6 later in the e34 lifespan?

[cat220]

Scooobydont said:

0a said:

This looks to be exactly what I want from my next car - BMW straight 6, manual, leather. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C885420



Thoughts?

Drivers wing has been repainted. Strange not to mention it seeing the amount of detail in the ad and it is really obvious. It also seem quite expensive to me.

I like it however as mentioned above the drivers wing makes me question what else hasn't been mentioned. At almost 5k it's too expensive in my view, especially compared with the 430 s210 posted earlier. Someone here needs to buy that!

[iSore]

Marcq said:

This looks good for the money
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C916698
Following on from the avant version last week I think

Edited to add £2295

Edited by Marcq on Saturday 23 September 18:24

I have to say, these are a handsome beast. They don't look 13 years old do they?


The £4995 E34 535i is a pisstake. They're a nice car, just not overly desirable. Imagine the current 5 Series when it's 30 years old. Would you really want one?

[ian316]

0a said:

Scooobydont said:

0a said:

This looks to be exactly what I want from my next car - BMW straight 6, manual, leather. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C885420



Thoughts?

Drivers wing has been repainted. Strange not to mention it seeing the amount of detail in the ad and it is really obvious. It also seem quite expensive to me.

I noted this and was tempted to post it... but wanted to see if anyone else picked up on it. Really annoying. If you have a good painter you can avoid this nowadays.

A decent body shop would say to spray the full side so you don't get the step like mine did

[CharlesdeGaulle]

0a said:

I wish this was a manual. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C898294

I wish it wasn't Black, didn't have too many aerials on it, and the vendor didn't use quite so many brackets. I also wish he'd priced it closer to its true value about 3 grand South of where he's pitched it.

[iSore]

It would be nice for £1200 (twelve hundred quid) but in reality, he's not very far adrift. It's probably a three grand car, and a 535i manual is a sought after version. Nice 520i's make 1500 quid plus now.

[dscam]

0a said:

Scooobydont said:

0a said:

This looks to be exactly what I want from my next car - BMW straight 6, manual, leather. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C885420



Thoughts?

Drivers wing has been repainted. Strange not to mention it seeing the amount of detail in the ad and it is really obvious. It also seem quite expensive to me.

I noted this and was tempted to post it... but wanted to see if anyone else picked up on it. Really annoying. If you have a good painter you can avoid this nowadays.

Judging by the (mis)placement of the boot badge there may be a chance that's been painted in the past too. Never a £5k car but the E34 may be starting to see some appreciation in value after years of being in the shadows. Current M5 prices have me cursing letting mine go when they were all seemingly between £2-5k!!

[PowerslideSWE]

harrykul said:

Loving that e38 PowerslideSWE. Beautiful.

Thanks Harry and 0a

Got the car home after a 500 mile soaking wet round trip.

All was not as well as it seemed however, the car was ALOT rustier than the seller said, alot as in hole in one door rusty... so he had to re-fund me a few 100, which he surprisingly did w/o any grumbling at all, the cluster has dead pixels, and by that i mean alot dead , no way to see if the milage is correct nor to see any messages what so ever, ABS/DSC-lights on after 50 km/h, will investigate via computer tomorrow.

Positives:

Tracks straight, zero vibrations of any kind, everything apart from the already mentioned stuff works, good stereo, interior in great nick, it shows that the leather in a 7 is of far better quality than an e39, it's in really good condition and it's clean inside and nothing is scuffed or broken, even the crummy cup holders work fine. No advisories on the latest MOT and pretty ok on petrol aswell, 8.5l/100 km or 33.23 mpg despite rather brisk progress in the rain. It's also very very quiet.

It has a new fuel tank fitted at a BMW dealer, new shocks, new rotors and pads all around and a few other bits and bobs. The engine bay was bone dry, oil changed 2 weeks ago, coolant level spot on and the engine and gearbox runs creamy smooth.

Obligatory petrol station fill up shot. You will not need the Hubble telescope to spot the rust on the bootlid I'll spare you the duct tape on the passenger door

[phil_cardiff]

PowerslideSWE said:

harrykul said:

Loving that e38 PowerslideSWE. Beautiful.

Thanks Harry and 0a

Got the car home after a 500 mile soaking wet round trip.

All was not as well as it seemed however, the car was ALOT rustier than the seller said, alot as in hole in one door rusty... so he had to re-fund me a few 100, which he surprisingly did w/o any grumbling at all, the cluster has dead pixels, and by that i mean alot dead , no way to see if the milage is correct nor to see any messages what so ever, ABS/DSC-lights on after 50 km/h, will investigate via computer tomorrow.

Positives:

Tracks straight, zero vibrations of any kind, everything apart from the already mentioned stuff works, good stereo, interior in great nick, it shows that the leather in a 7 is of far better quality than an e39, it's in really good condition and it's clean inside and nothing is scuffed or broken, even the crummy cup holders work fine. No advisories on the latest MOT and pretty ok on petrol aswell, 8.5l/100 km or 33.23 mpg despite rather brisk progress in the rain. It's also very very quiet.

It has a new fuel tank fitted at a BMW dealer, new shocks, new rotors and pads all around and a few other bits and bobs. The engine bay was bone dry, oil changed 2 weeks ago, coolant level spot on and the engine and gearbox runs creamy smooth.

Obligatory petrol station fill up shot. You will not need the Hubble telescope to spot the rust on the bootlid I'll spare you the duct tape on the passenger door

Are you going to sort the rust or just enjoy it as is?

[PowerslideSWE]

phil_cardiff said:

Are you going to sort the rust or just enjoy it as is?

Some of it have to be adressed I reckon. The southern Swedish winter weather is brutal, too cold not to pour enormous amounts of salt on the roads and warm enough that the roads hardly ever freeze with all that salt on them, so it's a constant salty slurry everywhere, and that'll wreak havoc on the already crusty bits I reckon. Paint is out of the question since the M5 needs quite alot done this winter and funds are not un-limited, so I'm thinking grinding/sanding, rust-proofing, primer and possibly plastidip it I can find a colour similar to this one.

Or I can just accept that it's an £800 car thats comfy, quiet and relatively frugal and live with the rust