The Old Colonel is at it again...

Stallingrad

I mean, come on! Must be so few of these left in this condition, where is my credit card?!

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e24-635-csi/

renofan

Ha! I was just on his site drooling over that E24. Its stunning. I'd love to know how he comes across such cars.

Did you see the E34 he had for sale a while ago? A time warp http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/3169/

Stallingrad

Was ogling that E34 a few weeks ago, one day…

vandriver

Another website to put on my faces.

mullingar

Very tasty.

And eligible for cheap tax/VRT in just 8 months too....

noelf

1989 BMW E34 535 SE auto only 35000 miles .. £4995

Jesus, the 190E cosy is a vintage car i wouldn't mind having as a daily.

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/mercedes-190-2-3-16-cosworth-manual/

Atlantic Dawn

cisk wrote: »

Jesus, the 190E cosy is a vintage car i wouldn't mind having as a daily.

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/mercedes-190-2-3-16-cosworth-manual/

And it qualifies for the chaaaapppe tax, €56 a year :pac:

colm_mcm

Bargain!

Vicxas

I dont know where he gets these cars, but they are absolutely gorgeous:



http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e46-3-series-330-msport-sports-auto/

AndyBoBandy

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e34-535-se-auto/

1989 with only 35,000 on the clock!!



want.

Hal1

Stunning 190e on there too.
http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/mercedes-190-2-3-16-cosworth-manual/

Cheensbo

Is it groundhog day in here or what? :pac:

Is it just me or is the e34 priced quite reasonably for what it is??

MetzgerMeister

Anyone know how much the 635 in the original post was up at?

My boss has 2 mint condition E24 635 CSI's in storage.

Stallingrad

Cheensbo wrote: »

Is it groundhog day in here or what? :pac:

Is it just me or is the e34 priced quite reasonably for what it is??

I agree, if it had been twice that I wouldn't have been surprised.

noelf

1995 E36 M3 81000 miles Avus blue metallic only 415 produced worldwide .. £10995

James Bond Junior

noelf wrote: »

1995 E36 M3 81000 miles Avus blue metallic only 415 produced worldwide .. £10995

Drool...

noelf

1993 BMW 850 V12 96000 miles £10995 ..

Stallingrad

noelf wrote: »

1993 BMW 850 V12 96000 miles £10995 ..

Beautiful. What would the VRT be on that beauty?

trout

That Merc though ... some car for 1986 ... 30 years on and I still think it looks good. Awful alloys on it now, but the originals are in the boot.

How much would it cost to bring that over?

elperello

trout wrote: »

That Merc though ... some car for 1986 ... 30 years on and I still think it looks good. Awful alloys on it now, but the originals are in the boot.

How much would it cost to bring that over?

€200 VRT plus the ferry.

Leonard Hofstadter

Stallingrad wrote: »

I mean, come on! Must be so few of these left in this condition, where is my credit card?!

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e24-635-csi/

That's a stunning car, shame it's got metric wheels on it though (judging by the tyre markings), I'd imagine trying to get those tyres changed would be a right pain in the you know what as even when new very few BMWs were ordered with metric wheels and of course BMW got rid of metric wheels after not too long.

The other cars he/she has are also seriously good machines, I don't know how he does it. If you had the money, those cars would be worth every last cent.

The 190 Cossie is gorgeous, I never knew Mercedes used to change the location of the indicator/wiper stalk for right hand drive (if you've ever driven a car with the indicator stalk on the right hand side, it makes such a difference and it's a shame even the Asian manufacturers put it on the left side these days - interestingly for the Asian and Australian/New Zealand markets, they still fit the indicator stalk on the correct side for a right hand drive car) and nor did I know the 190 had a proper handbrake (as opposed to the foot operated one most Mercs have), either!

noelf

1987 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 120000 miles £19995 .. full MB service history ..

Stallingrad

E39 manual 540. Sweet mama.

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e39-5-series-540-4-4-v8-6-speed-manual/

Atlantic Dawn

Stallingrad wrote: »

E39 manual 540. Sweet mama.

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e39-5-series-540-4-4-v8-6-speed-manual/

Love the presentation of the car, they have actually hoovered the carpets of the car in patterns like they do on a football pitch, real attention to detail

Voodoomelon

The spoiler is naff, but otherwise lovely example.

vandriver

My brother did a special courier job for his company in one.Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport in 3 hrs 45.

Edit:don't try this!
Edit edit:when he fell on hard times he sold it for £1800

frozenfrozen

that one doesn't seem as pristine as the others

it's nit picking but the spare tyre is kerbed, and it's not factory m sport it was retrofitted. The inside trim of the drivers door handle is damaged, the exhaust tip chrome plating is coming off, the rocker cover paint is chipping off and in general the whole car gives off the vibe that it was in normal 1996 car condition, and has been given a good valet rather than being a pristine car kept in pristine condition its entire life, for some reason to me anyway.

the other cars listed all seem like super enthusiast / investment vehicles kept in a vault

100% nit picking though

Stallingrad

frozenfrozen wrote: »

100% nit picking though

You sure are! :-)

Can't be that many E39s left in that condition. 1 owner car, M Sport/Angel eyes fitted by Sytner with genuine parts, FBMWSH from new.

But it is a lot of cash for a 20 year old E39.

Voodoomelon

Stallingrad wrote: »

Can't be that many E39s left in that condition. 1 owner car, M Sport/Angel eyes fitted by Sytner with genuine parts, FBMWSH from new.

I've nothing at all to back it up, but good condition E39s are ten a penny in the UK, you see them all the time.

If I could find a 540i in Ireland with decent history, I could have it looking like that one in 2-3 days. People are willing to spend big bucks on cars from the like of the Colonel, it's not always warranted.

£7k maybe for a 50-80k miles example, 130k miles is a bit of a stretch for that money.

Leonard Hofstadter

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I've nothing at all to back it up, but good condition E39s are ten a penny in the UK, you see them all the time.

If I could find a 540i in Ireland with decent history, I could have it looking like that one in 2-3 days. People are willing to spend big bucks on cars from the like of the Colonel, it's not always warranted.

£7k maybe for a 50-80k miles example, 130k miles is a bit of a stretch for that money.

E39s in good nick are impossible to find in the UK, especially Sports. Trust me, I started searching for an M54 engined BMW back in August, I wanted an E39 originally, and after about a week I decided I'd never find one with the spec I wanted in the condition I wanted for the price I wanted to pay, so I switched to looking for an E46 and it still took me several weeks to find a car in good enough condition. Whereas the 3 and 5 series sold in pretty similar numbers in Ireland (and in more recent times, the 5 series has fairly comprehensively outsold the 3 series), it's the complete opposite in the UK, for every 5 series BMW GB sells they sell at least three 3 series. We prefer lower spec and less powerful cars to them - but we do buy larger cars than they do, an Irish person would rather a 520d SE with no options over a 320d M Sport with a few nice extras, which is what a British buyer would prefer given the choice.

There's plenty of rubbish cars in the UK as well - the only real advantage is you're more likely to find exactly the engine, spec and gearbox you want if, like me, you are after something quite specific. Especially with older cars when they still liked to buy petrol engines, you're much more likely to find a larger engined petrol one in the UK than in Ireland - although finding one that's been well looked after for a decent price is not so easy!

Voodoomelon

Maybe so, the price could be the biggest hurdle to proper nice examples, of which there are many. You just need to be prepared to pay for them. A 10 second search:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&M=921&SortOptions=PriceHighToLow

Probably the best value:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/e39-5-series-96-04/bmw-e39-530i-aegean-edition---1-of-150-made---62k-miles-3-owners-3-months-warranty-included/6074474

km991148

Vicxas wrote: »

I dont know where he gets these cars, but they are absolutely gorgeous:



http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e46-3-series-330-msport-sports-auto/

And I was wondering what I could get for Christmas

I keep a 99 avensis over in the UK - its the same price for tax as well!

Anyone want to buy a 99 Avensis - fewer than 95k miles..?

Stallingrad

Take my money!

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e34-m5-3-6/

James Bond Junior

Calypso red was one of the nicest colours BMW ever did.

beer enigma

km991148 wrote: »

And I was wondering what I could get for Christmas

I keep a 99 avensis over in the UK - its the same price for tax as well!

Anyone want to buy a 99 Avensis - fewer than 95k miles..?

Thought that was mine for a moment till I saw the roof :eek: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92743664&postcount=2276

noelf

Only 47000 miles ..

Leonard Hofstadter

Stallingrad wrote: »

Take my money!

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e34-m5-3-6/

That M5 is just amazing, apart from the pedals, they either look non standard or else they're in very poor condition. Otherwise, that is one heck of a car, although it looks a bit low - I guess it could be on coilovers? I much prefer the older M cars where the styling was more subtle like it was on the E34s and only the real anoraks knew what they were rather than the modern ones where styling is completely different even to the M Sport models.

noelf

Alpina B10 (E39) £9995 ..

galwaytt

Voodoomelon wrote: »

If I could find a 540i in Ireland with decent history, I could have it looking like that one in 2-3 days.....

No help, I know, but I know where there's a 540i languishing. ....no history though......

James Bond Junior

galwaytt wrote: »

No help, I know, but I know where there's a 540i languishing. ....no history though......

Germaniks, a poster on here as a lovely silver one.

millington

frozenfrozen wrote: »

that one doesn't seem as pristine as the others

it's nit picking but the spare tyre is kerbed, and it's not factory m sport it was retrofitted. The inside trim of the drivers door handle is damaged, the exhaust tip chrome plating is coming off, the rocker cover paint is chipping off and in general the whole car gives off the vibe that it was in normal 1996 car condition, and has been given a good valet rather than being a pristine car kept in pristine condition its entire life, for some reason to me anyway.

the other cars listed all seem like super enthusiast / investment vehicles kept in a vault

100% nit picking though

Exactly! I'm surprised to see a car like that from them. If it was a genuine facelift Msport then I'd understand but it's just had most (not all) of the Msport parts fitted to an early car

MetzgerMeister

Would it be possible that Old Colonel does the same thing Beshoffs do as in someone is selling their car, Beshoffs take it for a clean up, pictures and advertise it on the person's behalf?

noelf

2003 BMW 320 E46 £5995 ... 32000 miles !

ohnonotgmail

noelf wrote: »

2003 BMW 320 E46 £5995 ... 32000 miles !

lovely looking car but is the low mileage really worth the premium price? I bought a 2004 320i coupe in december for less than half that.

noelf

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

lovely looking car but is the low mileage really worth the premium price? I bought a 2004 320i coupe in december for less than half that.

VRT over €1300 ..

ohnonotgmail

noelf wrote: »

VRT over €1300 ..

So about a third of the cost of that one.

noelf

BMW 318 is 16 valve twin cam .. 50000 miles £13995 ..

James Bond Junior

noelf wrote: »

BMW 318 is 16 valve twin cam .. 50000 miles £13995 ..

I had the chance to buy an immaculate e30 318is in red a few years ago. Not a spot of rust and full beige m leather seats for €1500. I'm majorly kicking myself now.

millington

noelf wrote: »

2003 BMW 320 E46 £5995 ... 32000 miles !

The best thing about about these low milage cars is I now have proof when I tell people that leather & plastics in a 10+year old BMW shouldn't be super shiny and slippery!

noelf

1998 Mazda MX5 mark 1 54000 miles £4995 ..