RE: SOTW: BMW 635CSi

[Sharknose]

prubbert said:

Had this on my desktop for a while......

Doesn't this belong to a PH'er?

(apart form the obvious give away in the windscreen)

That would be me then!

Here's another pic:



My M635 was recently insured for £25K - I only wish I'd paid £950 for it!

Edited by Sharknose on Friday 24th September 16:14

[carinaman]

I saw a dark green E34 with chrome wheelarch trims earlier.

Given that 928Ss are priced comparably with an ex-Garlic £6K 944S2 priced at £4K I've seen a few reviews online where the 928S betters the 635CSi.

You'd have to think the 928 was more special given it doesn't share bits with a 5 series?

[johnpeat]

Sharknose said:

That would be me then!

Here's another pic:



My M635 recently been insured for £25K - I only wish I'd paid £950 for it!

Good God that is fking astonishingly lovely - no really BMW didn't make em that lovely - you're a hero!!

[theironduke]

carinaman said:

I saw a dark green E34 with chrome wheelarch trims earlier.

Given that 928Ss are priced comparably with an ex-Garlic £6K 944S2 priced at £4K I've seen a few reviews online where the 928S betters the 635CSi.

You'd have to think the 928 was more special given it doesn't share bits with a 5 series?

I prefer the interior of the 6, especially in Highline Spec. 928's have nasty interiors, in my experience.

A 928 though, even in S vintage, will have 310 horses....

[anything fast]

sklar said:

Gruber said:

I bought mine from them about 2 months ago. Great chaps to deal with, thoroughly recommended and they've got some cracking cars.

More photos of mine, and the others they've got in stock, at www.4starclassics.com

I NEED that M635.

THIS CAR IS THE DOGS bkS!!! IN BLACK... I AM JEALOUS... WELL DONE THAT MAN YOU HAVE A FINE AUTOMOBILE

[prubbert]

johnpeat said:

Sharknose said:

That would be me then!

Here's another pic:



My M635 recently been insured for £25K - I only wish I'd paid £950 for it!

Good God that is fking astonishingly lovely - no really BMW didn't make em that lovely - you're a hero!!

'no really BMW didn't make em that lovely'. They don't anymore unfortunately.

[Miles Perry]

Old 6ers can be a money pit for some items like wings and door rubbers, but for a lot of the service items and things like discs, they are cheap. These cars while on the face of it look complex, they really are quite straight forward to work on. In many ways they seemed to be designed to be repaired and have parts replaced by a guy with a spanner. And from experince they are pretty bomb proof.
My have owned my 6er for over 10 years and its still one of the few cars where I can just stand and keep looking at it. As I have mentioned in a pervious thread I was so dissapointed with the look of the new 6 series, and although my car is over 21 years old it always attracts a lot if positive comments where ever it is.
However it's off the road until the spring when it will be refreshed with enough mods to see off many of todays coupes and Gt's and still fit me like a pair of old slippers. I think as and investment in a old classic these are unbeatable, find the right one and you will never loose any money

[Horsetan]

My '83 635CSi is still going, at 182,000 miles. I've owned it for over 14 years.

For the first time in its 27+ year life it needed welding on the sills. It then went through the MoT and passed, just like it always does. Yes it needs more work here and there, but these are things that are done gradually, and almost everything on it is accessible.

I couldn't part with it.

Edited by Horsetan on Friday 24th September 18:54

[carinaman]

The Horror, the horror.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-635-CSi-KOENIG-AUTO-WHIT...

[carinaman]

So from a running, maintaining and modifying perspective they're much better than a 928, XJS or Mercedes SEC?

[rallycross]

I love the old 6 series, still one of the best looking cars to come from BMW and lovely to drive, asnd even nice to just passenger in with such nice seats, large glass area with thin pillars, and a nicely sculpted dash/seats - just a lovely design.

However this one is an old dog not worth saving as it lets the 6 series side down with horrible colour, horrible seats, naff modifications.

[carinaman]

This is one I referred to earlier in this thread:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-635-6-Series-M-Manual-/2...

There was also a racing team in Bristol selling a nice looking for one for about £3K. I should get out more.

[birdcage]

My other halfs, she hates it!

Edited by birdcage on Friday 24th September 19:51

[EDLT]

To avoid the money pit problems, couldn't you just.... bodge it?

Its never going to be worth as much as some of the M-cars in this thread, so I'd just keep in MOTs and oil changes for a few years then scrap it tbh.

[OllieWinchester]

Isn't the worst thing about the way these things rust is that they do it in innaccessable spots where they can quietly fizz away into a pile of ferrous dust without you being aware? Pretty cars but I think I'd much rather an E28. Seats look lovely though...

[williamp]

A quick question on these:

Whats the difference between high-line and low-line? I hear a lot of these, but I cannot tell from looking.

[sklar]

williamp said:

A quick question on these:

Whats the difference between high-line and low-line? I hear a lot of these, but I cannot tell from looking.

I believe the Highline has the leather trimmed 'everything' in the cabin - dash, console, headlining and all over the seats rather than facings only.

[Gruber]

sklar said:

williamp said:

A quick question on these:

Whats the difference between high-line and low-line? I hear a lot of these, but I cannot tell from looking.

I believe the Highline has the leather trimmed 'everything' in the cabin - dash, console, headlining and all over the seats rather than facings only.

Yep - leather everywhere on the highlines. And electric seats. And different bumpers, heavier set without the chrome.

I went for a non-highline intentionally, because I prefer the chrome-bumper look.

[Gruber]

birdcage said:

My other halfs, she hates it!

Really? Why?

[johnpeat]

Gruber said:

birdcage said:

My other halfs, she hates it!

Really? Why?

Because it's in doom blue?

Otherwise I'm wondering too...