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The Old Colonel is at it again...

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    mullingar wrote: »
    I wonder if it's complete with the famous Toyota cheat restrictor bypass.....

    Unfortunately not, its a 2.0 gt - non turbo. It would be fairly pricey at £1450 I reckon.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭noelf


    BMW 850 77000 miles £12995 ..had a look on autobild.de they are a lot more expensive in Germany ..

    http://youtu.be/48w7sVv56uA


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    noelf wrote: »
    BMW 850 77000 miles £12995 ..had a look on autobild.de they are a lot more expensive in Germany ..

    http://youtu.be/48w7sVv56uA

    Was out for a walk last week with the missus and an 850 drove past us and gunned it as he left a roundabout. The noise was just....


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    Anyone lusting after a mint E39 for peanuts with a full BMWSH, apart from me? Right colour, spec and engine, so much want...

    http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e39-5-series-525-se-saloon-auto/


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭noelf


    BMW 325 M Sport Auto 91000 miles 1990 £16995 .. Anyone that has one must be over the moon .. the price of these cars is still climbing ..

    https://youtu.be/BEU5eJX9hiE


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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,662 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Wasn't aware of this price climb, what's the draw?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭goochy


    With that mileage that's a bit ott


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    Having been in the market for semi classic bmw recently, an auto wasn't even something I considered and I drive a auto as a daily. Lovely car but it needs to be a manual.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭noelf


    1998 BMW 328 M Sport coupe auto 48000 miles (e36) .. Leather interior £11995 ..


    ×××××××× Never Driven In Wet xxxxxxxxxx


    https://youtu.be/Ss0aXqc2LVE


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior




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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter



    That is amazing, if I had that kind of money I'd definitely buy it!


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Alpina B10's and 540i/6 Speeds are starting to go for mad money these days.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    Alpina B10's and 540i/6 Speeds are starting to go for mad money these days.

    I was messimg around on pistonheads etc when I found that Alpina and others such as the 540i and was thinking of your car as it happens. Don't sell her FN!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 532 ✭✭✭PurvesGrundy


    People are truly obsessed with BMW on this forum.


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    People are truly obsessed with BMW on this forum.

    Don't post in this thread again.

    I've deleted a tonne of posts rambling on about how you dislike BMW's. It really doesn't have a place in this thread.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭noelf


    BMW 318 E30 convertible 64000 miles £7995 .. Only 200 made in this edition ..

    Good to see this thread is still going ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    noelf wrote: »
    Good to see this thread is still going ;)

    One of my favourite threads on Boards.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,214 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Very tasty E46 M3 SMG box for 11K:
    http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e46-m3-3/

    Looks like it might be in Ireland or was in Ireland as it was last serviced by Frank Keane.


  • Registered Users Posts: 26,282 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    ongarite wrote: »
    Very tasty E46 M3 SMG box for 11K:
    http://oldcolonelcars.co.uk/listing/bmw-e46-m3-3/

    Looks like it might be in Ireland or was in Ireland as it was last serviced by Frank Keane.

    that was in 'specialist cars' showroom afair , Jason mustn't have been able to shift it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    that was in 'specialist cars' showroom afair , Jason mustn't have been able to shift it.

    Probably much easier (and more profitable) to send one back to the UK sadly, especially now that there's VRT refunds on exports.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    noelf wrote: »
    BMW 318 E30 convertible 64000 miles £7995 .. Only 200 made in this edition ..

    Good to see this thread is still going ;)

    That colour is fantastic.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭Stallingrad




  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    That boot spoiler though... hardly a factory option.


  • Registered Users Posts: 15,276 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    That boot spoiler though... hardly a factory option.

    Does look a bit naff alright


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    pardon the effrontery, is there any Audi equivalent of the oldcolonel ??

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭James Bond Junior


    galwaytt wrote: »
    pardon the effrontery, is there any Audi equivalent of the oldcolonel ??

    My monacle just fell into my glass!!!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,421 ✭✭✭tc20


    nice one JBJ :D

    not an Audi equivalent, but if you're after youngtimer Mercs, MTSV is worth a butchers.
    Prices are on the high side, but these are pristine examples - mostly W124/W201s

    http://www.mtsv.co.uk/Showroom.htm

    not too many on the books at the moment, but he has a "coming soon" section also.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,540 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter



    I think it's too pricey, it's only an SE and I don't like that spoiler either. Personal opinion but I would prefer if it had a manual gearbox as well (although it not being a sport is much more of a deal breaker for me as they look much sharper in sport spec).

    The only way it could justify that price is if it's had the VANOS seals, oil filter housing gasket, rocker cover gasket, cooling system and transmission fluid changed. Some of the suspension bits should have been changed as well - that aluminium suspension can be a bit fragile and parts are not cheap.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,139 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    I think it's too pricey, it's only an SE.

    I'd have no problem with an SE auto in an E39 525i.

    If it was an E34 then the sweetspot would be a Manual 525i Sport all day long.

    Clean E39's with good history becoming very rare, I can see this selling quickly.

    My only concern with any UK car of this age would be rust on the underside, corroded brake lines and so on.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    It's tidy and in good nick for sure but not exactly an appreciating classic. Too much IMO.


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