Nice E39 from the Old Colonel

Stallingrad

Good E39's are getting rare and some are asking crazy money, this one looks like quite good value and being the 2.5 auto is arguably the sweet spot of the range.

http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e39-5-series-525-m-sport-auto/

Vicxas

Old Colonel have some absolutely stunning cars.

Leonard Hofstadter

Vicxas wrote: »

Old Colonel have some absolutely stunning cars.

It looks lovely but it would want to have plenty of work done to justify that price; it will need to have had the CCV (oil breathers), oil filter housing gasket, rocker cover gasket and entire cooling system replaced, not to mention a gearbox service (even though they're supposed to be 'sealed for life', which we all know means 100,000 miles). Also the suspension can be a bit soft on the E39 so I would hope some suspension components have been replaced at this stage.

All of these are necessary jobs on a car that age, the cooling system and the oil leaks are well known problems that that engine; if they haven't failed yet, they are likely to do so in the not too distant future.

The E39 is a stunning car though and the M54 fitted to that one is a really fantastic engine; not the fastest, or most frugal engine ever made, but it's silky smooth with plenty of torque at low revs and bags of character when you want to push on and have fun with it.

SEPT 23 1989

When I win the lotto I am taking a car transporter and a sportsbag full of notes over to the Old Colonel

polan

Average engine, average spec, below average miles. Worth 3,000, but not over 5k.

If it was a 535i/540i, it'd be a totally different story altogether.

gitzy16v

Gorgeous but pricey

CalamariFritti

captainspeed wrote: »

It looks lovely but it would want to have plenty of work done to justify that price; it will need to have had the CCV (oil breathers), oil filter housing gasket, rocker cover gasket and entire cooling system replaced, not to mention a gearbox service (even though they're supposed to be 'sealed for life', which we all know means 100,000 miles). Also the suspension can be a bit soft on the E39 so I would hope some suspension components have been replaced at this stage.

All of these are necessary jobs on a car that age, the cooling system and the oil leaks are well known problems that that engine; if they haven't failed yet, they are likely to do so in the not too distant future.

The E39 is a stunning car though and the M54 fitted to that one is a really fantastic engine; not the fastest, or most frugal engine ever made, but it's silky smooth with plenty of torque at low revs and bags of character when you want to push on and have fun with it.

You probably know much more than I do about these cars, but I have driven one of those for 13 years and it had no engine or gear box problems whatsoever. I sold it in February with 250,000 km on the clock. Admittedly it had the M52TU engine and not the M54.

I agree on the suspension though. The consensus seems it's a bit over engineered and while very smooth it doesn't like less than good roads over time and you want to take it very handy over speed bumps. I had to replace a few struts and bushings over the years even though I was aware of all that.

Best car I ever had, smooth as silk and sits on the road like a tank. Absolutely glorious to drive, but I was just not enough of an enthusiast to bring her back to full glory what with the money and time I'd have to commit. She was only a pre-facelift SE model too and you would have wanted a higher spec to make it a lifetime project car.

Henry Ford III

KGF have some astonishing old cars. Eye watering prices too.

James Bond Junior

Henry Ford III wrote: »

KGF have some astonishing old cars. Eye watering prices too.

Have a look at hollybrook sports cars up north for stuff a bit closer to home. They have lovely e36 328i for £9750. Nuts money but gorgeous.

unkel

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Have a look at hollybrook sports cars up north for stuff a bit closer to home. They have lovely e36 328i for £9750. Nuts money but gorgeous.

Crazy money! Not even worth anywhere near half that. Looks nice though

Linky

ofcork

Lovely looking car I see one parked in Patrick st cork regularly its mint.

Foxhole Norman

ofcork wrote: »

Lovely looking car I see one parked in Patrick st cork regularly its mint.

That's my buddies one I'd say, Oxford Green 530D on Parallels?

Leonard Hofstadter

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

That's my buddies one I'd say, Oxford Green 530D on Parallels?

I know the car you're on about and I used to see it all the time when I lived in Cork but that was years ago, it would have been parked in Pana in evenings often enough. Still with the same owner then? I always thought it was a mint looking car although I haven't seen it in quite a while now!

Foxhole Norman

captainspeed wrote: »

I know the car you're on about and I used to see it all the time when I lived in Cork but that was years ago, it would have been parked in Pana in evenings often enough. Still with the same owner then? I always thought it was a mint looking car although I haven't seen it in quite a while now!

Yep same owner, he runs the Tung Sing, that's why it'd always be on Patrick Street

Henry Ford III

Henry Ford III wrote: »

KGF have some astonishing old cars. Eye watering prices too.

https://www.kgfclassiccars.co.uk/details.php?cid=757

ofcork

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Yep same owner, he runs the Tung Sing, that's why it'd always be on Patrick Street

Yeah always see it in the evenings parked outside penneys.

Leonard Hofstadter

unkel wrote: »

Crazy money! Not even worth anywhere near half that. Looks nice though

Linky

It looks well but it's a real shame it's an automatic!