Post a picture of your car here Part 4 (quote a picture, get a 24h ban!!)

Big Nasty

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Feck you anyway with your M-Sport E39

Lol! They're actually like gold dust atm!

Foxhole Norman

Big Nasty wrote: »

Lol! They're actually like gold dust atm!

Tell me about it! I was going to go and take a look at that one in Wesht Cork but it's already sold. So cheap too!

Voodoomelon

I think we'll start to see good E38/E39 prices start to rise. E39 sports with good miles going for €2000-€2500 was a bit ridiculous, they should get a good bit more now.

Foxhole Norman

Don't be saying that now!

Moneymaker

Serious car. Stunning.

Big Nasty

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I think we'll start to see good E38/E39 prices start to rise. E39 sports with good miles going for €2000-€2500 was a bit ridiculous, they should get a good bit more now.

Agreed. There's plenty of SE's about but M-Sports are hard enough to come by of late in the E39 and almost impossible to find in the E38 (in this country anyhow). The thing is both the stance and drive of the Sports as opposed to an SE makes it look and feel like a different car.

Moneymaker

Big Nasty wrote: »

Agreed. There's plenty of SE's about but M-Sports are hard enough to come by of late in the E39 and almost impossible to find in the E38 (in this country anyhow). The thing is both the stance and drive of the Sports as opposed to an SE makes it look and feel like a different car.

Wouldn't mind testing that theory out at the meet in the park :pac:

mooseknunkle

Big Nasty wrote: »

Agreed. There's plenty of SE's about but M-Sports are hard enough to come by of late in the E39 and almost impossible to find in the E38 (in this country anyhow). The thing is both the stance and drive of the Sports as opposed to an SE makes it look and feel like a different car.

Is yours a 530i?

bennyx_o

Posted these in the Detailing thread too. Car has been sitting up for a good while now and looking very sorry for itself, so decided to give it a wash. No before pictures but some afters. Had considered selling and had it up on DD, but I love it too much to sell it

Foxhole Norman

Moneymaker wrote: »

Wouldn't mind testing that theory out at the meet in the park :pac:

I too would like to see that. I have more experience of SE's and I was a big fan of the boat feel. The sports look way better though. I think I just need an extended drive in a sport.

Big Nasty

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Is yours a 530i?

Unfortunately not. Went from a 735 to a 520 (2.2L)

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I too would like to see that. I have more experience of SE's and I was a big fan of the boat feel. The sports look way better though. I think I just need an extended drive in a sport.

En route back from Galway this afternoon we passed a tidy 02 black E39 SE and the woman asks me why our car looks so much better.

I had a pre-facelift E39 SE prior to the 735 and there is no comparison in handling between that and the current bus. Take one out on some twisties and you'll see.

Why am I experiencing deja vu?

mooseknunkle

Big Nasty wrote: »

Unfortunately not. Went from a 735 to a 520 (2.2L)

Ah right,ive a 530i m-sport myself and even after all these years the e39 is still a beautiful car its a pleasure to drive

Foxhole Norman

Lack of open driving limits me right now!

FearDark

jacksie66 wrote: »

Nz has some smashing driving roads. Driving out near akaroa or down at mount cook. Unreal.

Absoltely. My favourite is the road from Christchurch to Queenstown, about 100 miles before you hit Queenstown it's epic!

GvidoR

That Lupo GTI is so awesome, I bet it's really fun to drive.

davycc

bennyx_o wrote: »

Posted these in the Detailing thread too. Car has been sitting up for a good while now and looking very sorry for itself, so decided to give it a wash. No before pictures but some afters. Had considered selling and had it up on DD, but I love it too much to sell it


class little lupo love the speedlines totally make the car imo-are you going to bring it to the pheonix park meet in july?

these hold there value very well if i recall?

bennyx_o

If it's taxed and tested by then I will, if not then unfortunately I wont be

Toyotafanboi

back from me brief intermission. not sure if i posted these pics aready :P

totally in love with the car. really getting it the way i want it. so so comfortable and presentable in contrast to the glanza. new rad, thermo, coolant, oil and filters, plugs and swapped my four brand new "first stop speed" remoulds for 4 part worn dunlops too.

stripped the interior and rug doctor'd it and gave the engine bay a good clean also taxed it for 6 months. have a few more parts ordered for it, but that's quite enough spending for the time being. insurance also halved compared to my glanza renewal, curious to note they don't pull the import card when quoting for this car.

CianRyan

Where's it imported from, not Japan anyway?

Noccy_Mondy

That is one fine corolla, any interior pics?

Toyotafanboi

CianRyan wrote: »

Where's it imported from, not Japan anyway?

no, no just the UK.

its just interesting all the companies that tell you "we just don't insure any imports" do actually insure imports when it suits them. i appreciate the corolla is a much lower risk car, it's just not nice being lied to.

GvidoR

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

no, no just the UK.

its just interesting all the companies that tell you "we just don't insure any imports" do actually insure imports when it suits them. i appreciate the corolla is a much lower risk car, it's just not nice being lied to.

When I rang about a price on 1.6 JDM Integra, they told me if I wasn't already insured with them they wouldn't have even given me a quote, but since I was already a customer they asked €2900 or something very close to that.

That same place also asked if my Bora was a Japanese import.

CianRyan

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

no, no just the UK.

its just interesting all the companies that tell you "we just don't insure any imports" do actually insure imports when it suits them. i appreciate the corolla is a much lower risk car, it's just not nice being lied to.

They alway tell me it's Jap imports, luckily for me my Jap import came here from England. :pac:

Toyotafanboi

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

That is one fine corolla, any interior pics?

this one's not the best and definitely a repost. been threatening to go on a drive with the DSLR for a while now.

its T3 spec so got nicer seats, the same ones used in the t-sport afaik and some chrome splashed around on the gear stick, door handles and vents and stuff. stereo controls and leather on the steering wheel, air con, trip computer and extra tweeter speakers. all items that most people on here would come to expect in any car, but they tart the corolla up nicely.

to be honest i don't know my own comfort now that i have remote central locking. i still keep putting my key in the door.

davycc

GvidoR wrote: »

When I rang about a price on 1.6 JDM Integra, they told me if I wasn't already insured with them they wouldn't have even given me a quote, but since I was already a customer they asked €2900 or something very close to that.

That same place also asked if my Bora was a Japanese import.

Yea basically the "computer says no" and would flag your Bora as being an import of some kind so they would have to ask you as 99% of these fookers know nothing about cars and imports etc.

(I worked for AXA , Zurich, Eagle Star ins, Quinn Direct and a few life insurers too cant beat the 1/2 price staff rates though I had a 96 Supra TT 6sp insured for 800euro fully comp )

davycc

New corolla is looking tasty TFB especially that interior:)

Noccy_Mondy

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

this one's not the best and definitely a repost. been threatening to go on a drive with the DSLR for a while now.

its T3 spec so got nicer seats, the same ones used in the t-sport afaik and some chrome splashed around on the gear stick, door handles and vents and stuff. stereo controls and leather on the steering wheel, air con, trip computer and extra tweeter speakers. all items that most people on here would come to expect in any car, but they tart the corolla up nicely.

to be honest i don't know my own comfort now that i have remote central locking. i still keep putting my key in the door.

Friend of mine has a corolla the spit of your's (but it's 05 and dark blue). Drove it once, not for long, or very far mind, but I was really surprised by how it responds and drives - the cabin is quite nice too, especially with the T4 spec!

GvidoR

davycc wrote: »

cant beat the 1/2 price staff rates though I had a 96 Supra TT 6sp insured for 800euro fully comp )

That'd be at least 1/4 price for me, I'd say.

davycc

GvidoR wrote: »

That'd be at least 1/4 price for me, I'd say.

Get a job in an insurance co it will be grand;) when I was 19ish and 1st got my full licence I was paying 3600 punts TPFT on a 94 Golf Gti 16v 2litre so I feel your pain:)

Toyotafanboi

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Friend of mine has a corolla the spit of your's (but it's 05 and dark blue). Drove it once, not for long, or very far mind, but I was really surprised by how it responds and drives - the cabin is quite nice too, especially with the T4 spec!

yeah it's not painfully underpowered or anything, the best way to describe its performance is "acceptable" :P i like the way they thought to create a system to blip the throttle when the clutch is pressed so it goes smoothly into the next gear. t4 would be nicer again with the digital climate control and whatnot. they're still no golf though :pac:.

hovering around 40mpg mixed too, which is sound, given what it is.