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[Mr Tidy]

Max M4X WW said:

Morning all,

Can anyone please recommend an auto transmission specialist in Hampshire or Surrey who could do a "total exchange" fluid change and service (filter?) on my E39 525i?

Many on the E39 Facebook page use a bloke in Dartford, but it's a bit of a trek and will waste half a day.

The posts above reminded me of this!

Thanks

You could try RBM Hampshire in Hook. https://www.rbmhampshire.co.uk/contact-us

Ross set up in 2019 after 15 years at Sytner and I've been taking both my BMWs there ever since.

Very happy with the work and prices, and he will do jobs that aren't in the BMW service schedules.

[Crook]

Very Friday budget but there's one of these (I don't know of what caliber for it wears no badge) that lives around the corner from me. It's the deepest of blues, almost black, with these wheels on, and I think it looks absolutely stunning. I would happily have one with dark blue leather.
That and an S63 Cabriolet and I'd be about as modern car as I could possibly get.

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/16401771

[dmsims]

[LayZ]

Hard disagree. I have done a 180 on this. Old Cayennes are now cool because they properly engineered them with real off road ability, big towing capacity and drove better than anyone else had ever done it. Modern ones are worse estate cars, especially tarted up ones with sports pretensions.

S class cabrios are wonderful though, so agree on that. I want one.

[Crook]

I've only ever been in old ones as a passenger and those were mainly being rallied around a field quite successfully however the current ones I think are not bad looking (but very wheel sensitive) and as much as I hate to admit it, being in a car on stilts that feels pretty immense and accelerates like a scalded cat with a nice soundtrack is not a terrible sensation.

I've walked past this thing on the street however many hundred times and it's gone from a "looks okay" to " really quite like it".

Obviously it's no '70s Cherokee Chief but it'd do.

[W00DY]

Talking of Cayennes, I thought this looked massive VFM.




https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2014-porsche-c...

I think I could live with the white.

[Crook]

That is an odd colour combo!

Maybe do like the Veedubbers do and cover it in stickers?

[The Count]

It being an import would put me off

[Crook]

Doing a bit of a search for a nice old AMC Jeep estate car and I had no idea they kept the Grand Wagoneer going with 'wood' until 1991!!!



1991

[biggbn]

Crook said:

Doing a bit of a search for a nice old AMC Jeep estate car and I had no idea they kept the Grand Wagoneer going with 'wood' until 1991!!!



1991

Proper that! Love them.

[biggbn]

W00DY said:

Talking of Cayennes, I thought this looked massive VFM.




https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2014-porsche-c...

I think I could live with the white.

Reqlly like that age Cayenne, GTS for me!

[SunsetZed]

biggbn said:

W00DY said:

Talking of Cayennes, I thought this looked massive VFM.




https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2014-porsche-c...

I think I could live with the white.

Reqlly like that age Cayenne, GTS for me!

Looks like someone is hoping to punt it on for a decent profit straight away:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404218...

[martynr]

SunsetZed said:

biggbn said:

W00DY said:

Talking of Cayennes, I thought this looked massive VFM.




https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2014-porsche-c...

I think I could live with the white.

Reqlly like that age Cayenne, GTS for me!

Looks like someone is hoping to punt it on for a decent profit straight away:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404218...

Never thought you could buy from Chris and try to sell for more. Their website usually sells higher than anywhere else. Unless these times have gone now.

[AlexNJ89]

The Count said:

It being an import would put me off

I don't buy imports either but I don't actually know the reason why. I just don't buy them because everybody else says they don't buy them.

[Timberwolf]

It's weird, isn't it? The only thing I can think of is the oft-repeated line that insurance is more expensive, but I've never tested that by trying to get a quote.

Years ago in the MX-5 world the wisdom was that you wanted an import, because the Japanese ones were higher spec than the average UK car, tended to get interesting special editions, and were much better looked after than local ones where if your shopping didn't fit in the boot you could just poke your carrots through the holes in the sills to free up some room.

In the case of Japan there's the 180km/h speedometers and the different FM band which need sorting, but those aren't hard-to-solve problems. And yet still I ended up buying a UK one...

Edited by Timberwolf on Friday 26th April 20:06

[The Count]

AlexNJ89 said:

The Count said:

It being an import would put me off

I don't buy imports either but I don't actually know the reason why. I just don't buy them because everybody else says they don't buy them.

Quite a myriad of reasons to put me off. On par with CAT D cars; you know they've been fixed to a standard, but it would niggle with me and might be troublesome to sell too.

Some reasons here (although doesn't mention insurance issues, with some companies not covering you, to higher prices)

https://www.theaa.com/car-buying/buying-an-importe...

[dscam]

biggbn said:

Crook said:

Doing a bit of a search for a nice old AMC Jeep estate car and I had no idea they kept the Grand Wagoneer going with 'wood' until 1991!!!



1991

Proper that! Love them.

Me too.

I recall SpeckledJim of this parish is also a massive fan.

Proper money for a good one now.

[donkmeister]

That list is about the size of it. Certain cars can be a pain if you don't speak Japanese too - Elgrands for instance. Who wants stickers on all the buttons?!

Surprisingly, point 11 doesn't hold in 2024. I often find it quicker, cheaper and easier to order parts directly from Japan for my UK model Japanese cars!

ETA they didn't mention the frustratingly low speed limiters I notice

[defblade]

Interesting semi-colon use on that list.

When I had a JDM Subaru Legacy GT Spec-B 2.0 twinscroll estate, I made a point of recording the time and date I spoke to the insurance to check they knew what they were insuring... the price was much closer to what I'd expect for a cooking UK 2 litre, not one with Bilsteins and a bloomin' great turbo strapped to it. "We work from the number plate and the description from the DVLA." And the V5 just said 2.0.
So I believe I was covered, and cheaply too... but I always held a nagging worry at the back of my head that they'd suddenly become a lot less keen after a crash.

[Crook]

dscam said:

biggbn said:

Crook said:

Doing a bit of a search for a nice old AMC Jeep estate car and I had no idea they kept the Grand Wagoneer going with 'wood' until 1991!!!



1991

Proper that! Love them.

Me too.

I recall SpeckledJim of this parish is also a massive fan.

Proper money for a good one now.

I’ve loved the whole catalogue of AMC Jeep products since the local garage of my childhood was a stockist (Howe’s Motors in Eaton Bray) and had everything from Golden Eagle CJ-7s, Renegades, Cherokee Chiefs, Comanche pickups, a DeLorean and a JPS Capri. The owner raced an AMC Javelin that still competes in historics.