Time differences experienced on this forum & Your age?

[Dave]

... After considering a broken E28 M5 with rust from top to bottom and a boot leaky enough to be used as a swimming pool

Any more info on this car as it sounds just what I might be daft enough to be looking for?

I should still have the contact info knocking around my office at work. I'll see if I can find it tomorrow. It was on autotrader.co.uk a few weeks ago, but the ad is gone now.

Dave...

[sharkfan]

How many mid-30's drivers are there of the NEW 6 series (excepting those who've been able to get them as Company cars...) that you've seen on the road?
Me, I've only seen guys in their 50's+ driving the new 6!

Met a guy in a local supermarket car park the other day with a spanking new 645i in black, mid 30's, nice chap, (own) company director; he was a lot more interested in my pair of sixes than chatting about his own new toy, especially as someone had seen fit to key the whole nearside of it whilst he'd been parked in a swanky Manchester Hotel car park the week before.

How many people in there mid 30's will be driving the new 6 series in 20 years

Lets not kid ourselves too much here chaps; there were equally strong howls of derision when the E24 followed the E9 back in the early seventies, and I have no doubt there is a generation of teenagers and early twenties guys and gals who think the latest Six is fine, fine thing.

Time is relentless, lest you should forget.

Sharkfan

P.S. Open the boot and it does look like a Porsche 911 though...................

[Kaotiq635]

Must say the last BMW that I liked to look of was the E34.

I have days I like the E36, other days not so much.

The current 5 is horrible

Actualy of the current models the Z4 is OK and the 1 series is OK in the flesh, had a look at one at the recent motorshow, looks better than in pictures.

I have an E30 so my opinions on that are biased

My favourite would be the E9 3.0Csi

But I do love the E24, more practical than an E9 and well now I have one

Just my crazy ideas, as always YMMV

Cheers,
Iain.

[sharkfan]

Must say the last BMW that I liked to look of was the E34.

I think this is one of the smoothest, most cohesive BMW designs ever - the original was so good that very few bodywork modifications worked on it - I think especially good in touring form with 17 inch alpinas

Sharkfan

[UKDaveJ]

Must say the last BMW that I liked to look of was the E34.

I think this is one of the smoothest, most cohesive BMW designs ever - the original was so good that very few bodywork modifications worked on it - I think especially good in touring form with 17 inch alpinas

Sharkfan

Have you not bought one yet Kevin?

Dave

[sharkfan]

Someone please, please hold me back

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEWA:IT

Divorce and a full driveway draw me nearer.......help me !!!!

[ElectricSix]

[quote="UKDaveJ"]
So why not post your age, bet we have a pretty wide spread!
I'm 35
[quote]

Well, seems we have a pattern emerging. I'm 38 (39 in 15 days time). My current car is my first 6 and first BMW - a 1986 Royal Blue 635CSi. I'll post a picture when I can.

BTW - this is back on e-bay again:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEWA:IT

Drool!

[UKDaveJ]

Someone please, please hold me back

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEWA:IT

Divorce and a full driveway draw me nearer.......help me !!!!

Go for it mate - she'll understand.........eventually!

Tell you what, I'll give her a call & persuade her that you NEED that car!

Dave

[sharkfan]

Go for it mate - she'll understand.........eventually!

Tell you what, I'll give her a call & persuade her that you NEED that car!

Dave

Trudy saw this and giggled..........Is this a good sign :?

Anyone in Kent anywhere near Birchington??

Sharkfan

[UKDaveJ]

Go for it mate - she'll understand.........eventually!

Tell you what, I'll give her a call & persuade her that you NEED that car!

Dave

Trudy saw this and giggled..........Is this a good sign :?

Yes, I'd say it is. :)

Mind you, it could just be that she thought my comments were funny.......... Or at the idea of me ringing on your behalf!
It would also be a nice car for her to drive, she likes grunt after all.
Andrea & Chris said to say Hi to her btw.

If you get it, we can both refurb our alloys at the same time & swap tips etc.....

Did you ever look any further into the LHD E34 M5 Touring I emailed you about sometime ago? It looked a real beaut to me

Dave

[sohlman]

Currently 27 years old, and bought the six when i was 20 with my university grant.

[bfons]

Just turned 32 in November. I bought my 1980 633csi about 9 years ago. She has 138,000 miles on her. I bought the L6 last November. She has 86,000 when I bought her but have it up to 93,000 now.

I am the proud owner of Usermail.com which is an Email Hosting company. I inherited Bigcoupe.com from Thom Anderson last March. The first thing I did was added this forum. I'm very happy I did.

This is the second year I have done a 6 Series calendar and an ///M calendar is in the works.

[Dave]

... After considering a broken E28 M5 with rust from top to bottom and a boot leaky enough to be used as a swimming pool

Any more info on this car as it sounds just what I might be daft enough to be looking for?

I found the info. From my hastily-written notes and failing memory:

- Needs bodywork -- the rear of the car is especially rusty, but there are bad bits all around
- Needs clutch work, the owner said. It seemed (and sounded) okay when I tried it, but the owner claimed it needs a throwout bearing.
- 154,000 miles
- No MoT, and the tax ran out at the end of November.
- Power assist on the brakes, uh, wasn't.
- Asking price was 3950. I'd say it was worth about half that, but maybe that's just me.

The seller's phone number is 07977 271 342, in Birmingham.

I've attached the pic that was on autotrader.co.uk, for what it's worth.

Dave...

[m3cecotto]

Thanks, I'll maybe phone him and go for a look, but the price does seem steep for a restoration project needing big buckets of cash spent. Not as steep as this though:-

M5 1987
104,000 miles. bmw m5 e28 model 1987 only 187 produced for the uk market.fsh,mots/receipts ect,been garaged for last five year,needs slight recommisioning to put on road,ie service and exaust. [renfrewshire]

Price: ?8,000

Owner's not answering phone or e-mail.