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[Emeye]

tobinen said:

MoT day - car dropped off to the garage, key through letterbox. It's a waiting game now. I am optimistic.

I thought every MOT got a Covid19 extension until October or summat? Or is this a car currently without an MOT?

[Emeye]

BigBen said:

Emeye said:

I’d have been driving around in a CLS for a couple of years if only they’d had a 3 belt bench option in the back. I love how they look.

As long as I have 5 usable seats that’s as practical as it gets.

I believe that a 211 back seat is a really simple change and all the mounting points are already in place for the middle belt etc

Ben

I googled this a couple of years ago and what little I found was inconclusive.

[tobinen]

Emeye said:

I thought every MOT got a Covid19 extension until October or summat? Or is this a car currently without an MOT?

You may well be correct but I wanted it done in case I decide to sell it. It passed after a seized seatbelt buckle was un-seized.

[ShampooEfficient]

190E collected from storage today. After a jump, started for the first time in six months and it's as if I'd put it away yesterday. Bloody lovely.

[rider73]

drophead said:

It's disappointing that they can't get their diesels right as even the 4 cylinder ones tend to be a little less grumbly than competitors. BMW just can't engineer an EGR system that is reliable. I thought they'd have learnt from the N47 etc era but the B series (latest) engines look to be suffering as well.

Anyway, enough about the devil's juice.

In a similar vein to W00DY's post, here's a delightfully all caps ad (there's a lot of "FULLY LOADED!!") for a 22k mile 745i with a rather clean MOT history for thread max with a fair and firm haggle:



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Edited by drophead on Tuesday 2nd June 13:47

yum yum - i'd be all over that if it was not 250+miles away :-( looks super nice - must be a casual trader though - because would the advert not state "its my car" at some point instead of just "1 doctor owner"....?

[Emeye]

tobinen said:

Emeye said:

I thought every MOT got a Covid19 extension until October or summat? Or is this a car currently without an MOT?

You may well be correct but I wanted it done in case I decide to sell it. It passed after a seized seatbelt buckle was un-seized.

What's the correct way to un-seize a seatbelt buckle? Is it safe to do or is it now time to replace the buckle? I ask as one of the buckles in the front of our old XC90 occasionally doesn't latch fully, even though it appears to have done so, and I am now obsessed with checking it every time we use it. It appears to be seized open until you give it a wiggle and a push.

I assume WD40 isn't the correct stuff to spray in there. Google here I come....

[SpeckledJim]

Emeye said:

tobinen said:

Emeye said:

I thought every MOT got a Covid19 extension until October or summat? Or is this a car currently without an MOT?

You may well be correct but I wanted it done in case I decide to sell it. It passed after a seized seatbelt buckle was un-seized.

What's the correct way to un-seize a seatbelt buckle? Is it safe to do or is it now time to replace the buckle? I ask as one of the buckles in the front of our old XC90 occasionally doesn't latch fully, even though it appears to have done so, and I am now obsessed with checking it every time we use it. It appears to be seized open.

I assume WD40 isn't the correct stuff to spray in there. Google here I come....

They're pretty robust. I don't think you are at risk of damaging it. If it's sticking then it's likely just got grubby with dust and the general gunge of life.

(my family specialises in the gunge of life.)

If you can prise off the clamshell cover, you should be able to see what's going on, and clean it with a cotton bud or j-cloth around a screwdriver blade, or whatever.

I bet Volvo will want at least £50 for a new one.

(ETA, be careful with a pre-tensioner one - they can be really REALLY expensive.)

ETAA - don't put something oily in there if it'll get on the belt thingy and from there get on your clothes.)

Edited by SpeckledJim on Tuesday 2nd June 16:10

[Bear-n]

drophead said:

It's disappointing that they can't get their diesels right as even the 4 cylinder ones tend to be a little less grumbly than competitors. BMW just can't engineer an EGR system that is reliable. I thought they'd have learnt from the N47 etc era but the B series (latest) engines look to be suffering as well.

Anyway, enough about the devil's juice.

In a similar vein to W00DY's post, here's a delightfully all caps ad (there's a lot of "FULLY LOADED!!") for a 22k mile 745i with a rather clean MOT history for thread max with a fair and firm haggle:



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Edited by drophead on Tuesday 2nd June 13:47

Despite the fact it's a saloon, and I hate saloons*, that seems too good to be true?

• It also won't fit on my drive

[BrettMRC]

Bear-n said:

Despite the fact it's a saloon, and I hate saloons*, that seems too good to be true?

• It also won't fit on my drive

MOT history all ties up...

[tobinen]

SpeckledJim said:

Emeye said:

tobinen said:

Emeye said:

I thought every MOT got a Covid19 extension until October or summat? Or is this a car currently without an MOT?

You may well be correct but I wanted it done in case I decide to sell it. It passed after a seized seatbelt buckle was un-seized.

What's the correct way to un-seize a seatbelt buckle? Is it safe to do or is it now time to replace the buckle? I ask as one of the buckles in the front of our old XC90 occasionally doesn't latch fully, even though it appears to have done so, and I am now obsessed with checking it every time we use it. It appears to be seized open.

I assume WD40 isn't the correct stuff to spray in there. Google here I come....

They're pretty robust. I don't think you are at risk of damaging it. If it's sticking then it's likely just got grubby with dust and the general gunge of life.

(my family specialises in the gunge of life.)

If you can prise off the clamshell cover, you should be able to see what's going on, and clean it with a cotton bud or j-cloth around a screwdriver blade, or whatever.

I bet Volvo will want at least £50 for a new one.

(ETA, be careful with a pre-tensioner one - they can be really REALLY expensive.)

ETAA - don't put something oily in there if it'll get on the belt thingy and from there get on your clothes.)

Edited by SpeckledJim on Tuesday 2nd June 16:10

SJ is there or thereabouts I would say, however the garage did mine as I was unaware of it (rear one never used by me) and charged me £24 in labour only.

[0a]

I also took my old merc for a drive today, and treated it to a wash. Such a nice solid old thing, and I had forgotten how pleasant a reasonable size straight 6 is.

[728 days later]

Bear-n said:

drophead said:

It's disappointing that they can't get their diesels right as even the 4 cylinder ones tend to be a little less grumbly than competitors. BMW just can't engineer an EGR system that is reliable. I thought they'd have learnt from the N47 etc era but the B series (latest) engines look to be suffering as well.

Anyway, enough about the devil's juice.

In a similar vein to W00DY's post, here's a delightfully all caps ad (there's a lot of "FULLY LOADED!!") for a 22k mile 745i with a rather clean MOT history for thread max with a fair and firm haggle:



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Edited by drophead on Tuesday 2nd June 13:47

Despite the fact it's a saloon, and I hate saloons*, that seems too good to be true?

• It also won't fit on my drive

Presumably the issues associated with this particular engine shouldn’t have materialised yet? Looks very nice and clean indeed and exactly the sort of fastidious ownership one would like to buy off. Ventilated/cooled seats too!

[tobinen]

0a said:

I also took my old merc for a drive today, and treated it to a wash. Such a nice solid old thing, and I had forgotten how pleasant a reasonable size straight 6 is.

Very good 0a, especially with your £3,000 of climate control

(£5,810 adjusted for inflation according to the BoE)

[josh00mac]

W00DY said:

Macron said:

Cheapest petrol, an example of one at 6k, 176k. Most are an awful lot more.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2020...

Nicely specced thing and looks good for the miles. Bet it'd go well with a remap.

I was trying to post this from AT last week. Looks great, has worn incredibly well (care taken with it) and, if the SH stacks up, should be fine. This is standard mileage on the continent.

[anonymous-user]

728 days later said:

Bear-n said:

drophead said:

It's disappointing that they can't get their diesels right as even the 4 cylinder ones tend to be a little less grumbly than competitors. BMW just can't engineer an EGR system that is reliable. I thought they'd have learnt from the N47 etc era but the B series (latest) engines look to be suffering as well.

Anyway, enough about the devil's juice.

In a similar vein to W00DY's post, here's a delightfully all caps ad (there's a lot of "FULLY LOADED!!") for a 22k mile 745i with a rather clean MOT history for thread max with a fair and firm haggle:



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Edited by drophead on Tuesday 2nd June 13:47

Despite the fact it's a saloon, and I hate saloons*, that seems too good to be true?

• It also won't fit on my drive

Presumably the issues associated with this particular engine shouldn’t have materialised yet? Looks very nice and clean indeed and exactly the sort of fastidious ownership one would like to buy off. Ventilated/cooled seats too!

I truly do not believe that 21st century BMW give a damn about how well their cars last past maybe 8 years - two years past the point that the 2nd in house financed owner has moved on to the next one. If it has the performance, economy, technocrap, and a decent drive to get it out of the showroom door two or three times over it's first six years what do they care about knackered EGR valves and other failing overengineered and underdeveloped technology when they are 8-10 years old? We're not their customers, our needs are utterly irrelevant past maintaining some residual value in the asset when it finally leaves the dealer (and in house finance) network at 6 ish years old.

The relative conservativism you see from the likes of Toyota and Lexus, despite having the development budget to match all the technology in a BMW/Mercedes/Audi, is because they sell lots of cars to private owners who keep them for >ten years, so it has to be something that can last. Who on earth would buy a Toyota or Lexus if it was as poorly engineered and short lived as a BMW, Audi, or TATA Jaguar?

I was fascinated to recently learn that the European "premium" manufacturers are the only ones who really sell any volume of cars via PCP in Australia, everyone else does it over 5-6 year HP finance and people tend to keep their cars for a long time. Not an ownership model the Europeans can support anymore. Similarly in the US hardly anybody runs them new other than on a lease because they're widely considered to be an absolute nightmare out of warranty.

[0a]

tobinen said:

Very good 0a, especially with your £3,000 of climate control

(£5,810 adjusted for inflation according to the BoE)

Means I purchased the climate control and got the rest of the car free, in that case!

[Krikkit]

728 days later said:

Presumably the issues associated with this particular engine shouldn’t have materialised yet? Looks very nice and clean indeed and exactly the sort of fastidious ownership one would like to buy off. Ventilated/cooled seats too!

Not comfort seats though, which is a negative.

Seems like a good car to buy and use sparingly for a few years until the E65 is leaving the doldrums.

[tobinen]

XJ40 Sovereign (unsure if this is the 3.6 or 4.0), recent paintwork, low mileage, no leaper, headlining OK, due diligence required - offers on £3,000

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/28929784...

[tobinen]

0a said:

tobinen said:

Very good 0a, especially with your £3,000 of climate control

(£5,810 adjusted for inflation according to the BoE)

Means I purchased the climate control and got the rest of the car free, in that case!

You're probably owed money.

[Usget]

Krikkit said:

Anyone in our noble band hand an F10? They're creeping towards thread in petrol form now, although a lot of the big-engined ones are miles away yet, the odd 523i is getting there.

e.g. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202... Up for thread budget before haggle.



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Quite handsome cars, and a nice-looking interior superficially. Never been in one though.

I'd like an F10. For me they're still "new cars".

I wonder what the difference is mechanically between the N53b30 in the 523 vs the 528, or whether it's just a chip detune in the 523? 250+bhp would be plenty in a nice wagon like that.