My new car

Cyrus

Hi folks

I picked up this 530i sport a couple of weeks ago now, ive given it a polish and had the wheels refurbished, only plans are to get a crack in the front bumper repaired and keep it well polished and clean

Its a 01 auto 530i sport, 51k miles (about 230bhp and similar torque) plenty fast for my needs, extras include full leather heated sports seats, dual climate control, xenon headlights, 18" BMW M Parallell rims, sun roof and other usual sport extras oh and a useless built in bmw phone

some pics this morning (incl one of the family fleet Pa's E60, Maa's e46 and my e39)

SoBe

nice motor man,best of luck with it.

btw you blanked your plate out and left your dads showing

Cyrus

yeah more worried about my own tbh

BigTommyBomb

Why do people blank their regs out on pictures online considering that anyone can see your reg and car type out in public.

DukeDredd

Well wear Cyrus - she's a beaut!

Cyrus

BigTommyBomb wrote:

Why do people blank their regs out on pictures online considering that anyone can see your reg and car type out in public.

does it really matter

BigTommyBomb

I'm just being curious. Thought there might be a particular reason for it.

whiskeyman

Say someone steals a car similar to his, an opportunist might spot the car here, and put his plates on the stolen car.
When traces are done by the cops etc..., the robbers will be clean and Cyrus will be getting a loud knock on the door!
Can apply for speeding tickets etc...

Nice car btw man. Safe & happy driving with it

kifi

Its a nice car alright, its a pity theres no equivalent of autobahn here in Ireland.
Hope you have access to a race track!

SGKM

Fantastic Car man, thats a great spec. Is that the oone that was for sale in Lamb and O'Connor?

Cyrus

SGKM wrote:

Fantastic Car man, thats a great spec. Is that the oone that was for sale in Lamb and O'Connor?

yep

Cyrus

kifi wrote:

Its a nice car alright, its a pity theres no equivalent of autobahn here in Ireland.
Hope you have access to a race track!

power is handy for overtaking etc, much safer get in and out i say!

SGKM

I remember I saw it advertised there a couple of months ago and thought to myself that it was a cracking used buy!! And it had everything bar the Comms Pack, but you dont really need that.

What kind of MPG are you getting out of it? My dad used to have an e39 530d Sport Auto and was only 28 when it was quoted to do 34. And yours it quoted at 26, as far as I can remember.

Cyrus

31 or so on a trip from say wexford to dublin

20 or so around the city :eek:

drdre

Beautiful.I was actually going to ask you about this today.to put up pictures but you did it before me

colm_mcm

Great colour, best of luck with it.

drdre

colm_mcm wrote:

Great colour, best of luck with it.

Yeah i have to admit i never really liked red but now its getting to me.Ive seen quite afew red gti's and now this bmw looks really nice in red.

fletch

Looks gorgeous! Nice pics too

Cyrus

cheers guys

bmoferrall

Cyrus wrote:

I picked up this 530i sport a couple of weeks ago now

Is it too early to talk about your next car?
Don't know about you, but I'm getting excited already

legs11

why not go the distance and get a M5 with all the bells and whistles? if you can get a 3 litre i mean, lovely car though.

drdre

legs11 wrote:

why not go the distance and get a M5 with all the bells and whistles? if you can get a 3 litre i mean, lovely car though.

theres a 20k price difference maybe thats why. :rolleyes:
http://carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=453327&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20BMW%20M5%2C%20Year%3A%202002%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=10175629&CFTOKEN=31436589

legs11

400 horses:eek: ,

bloody hell.

TCP/IP

were did u get the wheels refurbished

drdre

legs11 wrote:

400 horses:eek: ,

bloody hell.

Yep and insurance and tax is another bloody hell

unkel

Looks great, Cyrus

Cyrus wrote:

Pa's E60, Maa's e46 and my e39

Ah! You never mentioned the family history before on here

Cyrus

bmoferrall wrote:

Is it too early to talk about your next car?
Don't know about you, but I'm getting excited already

lol cheers BM, ill hang on for 12mths with this on i reckon, delighted so far

@unkel, yeah dad has had about 8 bmws over the past 12 years, ive always had an affinity for them!

Cyrus

TCP/IP wrote:

were did u get the wheels refurbished

www.wefixalloywheels.com

bennyx_o

Looks good, and has good spec. Best shape 5 series, IMO.