Post a picture of your car here, part 3 (Quote A Photo, GET A 24 HOUR BAN!!!)

Marty McFly

So was in London for four days ( serious spot for car spotting) and whilst I was away decided to treat the car to a full valet arrived back to this, this evening .









Only thing that irritated me was the whole car was spotless but they never bothered doing the exhaust pipe so with the rest the car immaculate it really stood out.

MetzgerMeister

No matter how clean you get it, it will always be a 316d :pac:

Marty McFly

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

No matter how clean you get it, it will always be a 316d :pac:

:pac::pac: fook off you.

GvidoR

Yep, new car again.

toastedpickles

Wehey! Astra buddy! Watch for crappy wiper motors and crappy suspension :pac:

MetzgerMeister

Mercedes hub caps :P

Kintarō Hattori

CianRyan wrote: »

Goodbye, friend.

Got to keep the key and a reg plate. Reg is going on my wall.

Wait- what happened? I missed this......... what?!

GvidoR

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Mercedes hub caps :P

Don't blame me, blame the previous owner.

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

Don't blame me, blame the previous owner.

What happened to the bm?

GvidoR

toastedpickles wrote: »

What happened to the bm?

The insurance on it was insane. €233 per month on third party (without fire & theft)

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

The insurance on it was insane. €233 per month on third party (without fire & theft)

Ah feck that, nobody needs that

GvidoR

toastedpickles wrote: »

Ah feck that, nobody needs that

Are you saying nobody needs insurance or nobody needs to stick with a car with high insurance?

maceocc2

GvidoR wrote: »

Are you saying nobody needs insurance or nobody needs to stick with a car with high insurance?

Insurance? Pfft who needs it.

Seriously though, I actually think we should adapt a AU or NZ model for car insurance. Easier for people to get started.

toastedpickles

GvidoR wrote: »

Are you saying nobody needs insurance or nobody needs to stick with a car with high insurance?

Nobody needs to stick with high insurance, doesn't matter about the car, what im trying to get at is, if you can afford it, and you love the car, by all means go for it, but if it's just a run about or whatever, then don't.

Just my way of seeing things, like i've been trying to get insured on a 2.3 saab 9-5 aero, I cannot for the life of me get past the name of the car on the phone let alone get a quote, and the ones i do get are in the region of 2/3k but if i had that I'd glady do it because i love those cars, but if it was on my astra I'd get a bus.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

maceocc2 wrote: »

Insurance? Pfft who needs it.

Seriously though, I actually think we should adapt a AU or NZ model for car insurance. Easier for people to get started.

Easier full stop
No need for checkpoints etc

I think we should put tax and 3rd party insurance on fuel. Work with the UK so that they do the same in the north.

CianRyan

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Wait- what happened? I missed this......... what?!

Myself and another lad from Boards were out for a spin during the summer, it got foggy and wet so we were heading down from the Dublin mountains. Hit a slippy patch and my brakes locked up on a bend... Right across the road I go, so a Tarmac bank and through a fence.
Thankfully there was no one injured, a bit stiff the next day though.

Big Nasty

GvidoR wrote: »

Don't blame me, blame the previous owner.

The <snip>!?! :eek:

Kintarō Hattori

CianRyan wrote: »

Myself and another lad from Boards were out for a spin during the summer, it got foggy and wet so we were heading down from the Dublin mountains. Hit a slippy patch and my brakes locked up on a bend... Right across the road I go, so a Tarmac bank and through a fence.
Thankfully there was no one injured, a bit stiff the next day though.

Have you gotten anything else since then?

Chris_Heilong

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Have you gotten anything else since then?

He has a Blue MX5.

Scortho

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Have you gotten anything else since then?

His full licence!

CianRyan

Well the lads have filled you in, expect I've probably gotten fatter.
I used to spend a lot of my free time during the week walking in the mountains, no car to get up there right now though.

The MX5 is sitting in wait or some much needed insurance.

Marlow

Recently added another bimmer to the collection.

A little hint.



Needs some tidying up. But this concludes a 4 year hunt.

/M

bear1

What is the IX? Never ever saw a 525 IX. Post more pics

challengemaster

bear1 wrote: »

What is the IX? Never ever saw a 525 IX. Post more pics

i = petrol
x= 4wd
E34

One of the rarer BMWs around. and it's a touring. Nice find Marlow!

bear1

How much was that picked up for? If I can ask

Marlow

As CM pointed out, it's 4WD.

BMW was very late to the 4WD game. Before the X5, which was launched in '99, there was the E30 325iX and the E34 525iX. No other engines could be got and the 525iX was only build approx 9000 times.

Around 800 of these are RHD.

That's the reason, why you don't see them on the road often. I've been trying to buy one for 4 years, on and off. But the one above, I specificly missed out on 3 years ago, when it came for sale in London. So when it dropped to a feasable price, I couldn't let it go again.

It has the usual E34 Touring electrical issues, needs a refresh of the bodywork and is plain standard at the moment. But I'll get to that over time.

I'll get some more pictures over the days.

/M

Alanstrainor

Such a cool car, I have a hankering for an estate now!

MetzgerMeister

Is it RHD Marlow?

DIdn't BMW only sell the ix's on the continent and only in LHD for years?

jprboy

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Is it RHD Marlow?

DIdn't BMW only sell the ix's on the continent and only in LHD for years?

Said in his post that "Around 800 of these are RHD".

I'm assuming his is but he hasn't specifically stated that it is.

MetzgerMeister

jprboy wrote: »

Said in his post that "Around 800 of these are RHD".

I'm assuming his is but he hasn't specifically stated that it is.

Exactly, hence why I asked if his was RHD or not.