New car - finally some pics

unkel

Well, got it in February but better late than never...

Love it to bits







DON'T BE SCARED:

unkel

Too big to fit the screen :eek:

Seth Brundle

nice, very nice

ondafly

lovely car Unkel - always pondered picking up one of those, but I think having to hand over the Road Tax would kill me.

Dr. Dre

Looks quite nice indeed.

DMC

Not James Kilbane!!!! noeeeeee!

ToxicPaddy

Ohhh very nice, what size engine did you get unkel???

Shes in good nick alright..
Id love one but as one of the other guys said, the maintenance and car tax would
kill me

Tox

unkel

Thanks for the kind remarks guys

Originally posted by ToxicPaddy
what size engine did you get unkel???

It's a 735iA, with 3.5l V8. Tax is bad, anything 3000cc and more is €1343. Insurance doesn't seem to matter for me much what car I get. Comprehensive insurance went down about 10% compared to my previous car that was smaller, with a smaller engine and worth a lot less

Any large saloon car with an engine over 2.5l and a value of up to about €25k seems to be the same insurance (even a Rolls Royce with 6.75l V8 - have checked this)

Maintenance is not too bad. I have the car serviced by a small family owned garage that specialise in BMW and Merc. They are very reasonable and more importantly, I trust them. Tyres are expensive, but my mileage is not high

With mainly Dublin area traffic, I do slightly better than 20MPG

The equivalent version of my car with full spec now is about €120k :eek: Dunno why people buy something like that, but I'm not complaining

Dr. Dre

Actually Unkel, you should probably post a link to the pics as opposed to using the img tags. It'd be kinder to people on 56k modems and they'd be more likely to view them. Give a file size also.
Then you'll get even more plaudits

Lainey

nice car......... beep beep.... i'd like one of those myself too.. inside is gorg

leeroybrown

Nice car but next time link the images and definitely resize down anything you post up in IMG tags. They're over half a meg combined.

herbie747

I usually slag everything, but I like the interior.

unkel

Originally posted by herbie747
I usually slag everything, but I like the interior.

LOL, I shall take that as a compliment then

leeroybrown, have been on 56k (and lower) for many years myself, so I did limit the file sizes. Total for the 4 pictures is half a MB, so about 1 min download time

Suppose some people can't wait that long

Gmodified

very nice! except this singing boy on the screen

bigtimecharlie

Hi unkel

Nice car. Have picked up a 316i which is my first step into BMW's. Any chance that you will mention the family owned garage that did the service for you. After 4 month's my baby is due some attention.

Thank's in advance

Turner

Ya what garage for the service... my 318is could do with one and im staying well away from any BMW dealers.

Kalina

Very nice, enjoy driving it... and all the stares!!

mike65

unkle you flash git you!

I bet NO-ONE lets you out of side roads into traffic! (apparently big BMWs have this effect on ppl who drive tiny boxes)

The pix are too big to view on my 600x800 res so pleeeeeze make' em smaller (think of the sad 56k-ers).

Mike.

Oh yes nice wheels...

silent

Originally posted by mike65
I bet NO-ONE lets you out of side roads into traffic! (apparently big BMWs have this effect on ppl who drive tiny boxes)

I actually do the oposite as most bmw drivers wont slow you down and you have something to look at when you are stuck in traffic

Seth Brundle

Originally posted by Chief---
Ya what garage for the service... my 318is could do with one and im staying well away from any BMW dealers.

Have a look at www.bmwcarclubgb.co.uk/ireland - there are a number of BMW specialists listed in the contacts page
K.

leeroybrown

leeroybrown, have been on 56k (and lower) for many years myself, so I did limit the file sizes.

I can see that you've knoecked down the file size a bit but 1t wouldn't have hurt to resize them down from 1600x1200. The file size doesn't really affect me at all as I'm sitting at the end of a 10Mbit line here (0.5 second download time) buton 56k it would be a killer. What gets me is that I've got to scroll over to see them even though I'm at 1280x1024

unkel

Originally posted by leeroybrown
I'm sitting at the end of a 10Mbit line here

:eek: Wanna trade your line for my motor

Points taken - have decreased dimensions (now 1024*768) and size (total now 240KB) of the pictures

halkar

All you need is a Sky dish and you are sorted
Nice one, all the best

Farls

very classy car.

Ah what it will be like to be qualified and have money!

/* drools */

Farlz

unkel

Well people what can I say? Thank you all very much for all those lovely comments :cool:

Here some specific replies:

Originally posted by ToxicPaddy
Id love one but as one of the other guys said, the maintenance and car tax would
kill me

Aye tox, I believe your annual mileage is pretty high - 20MPG would be a killer for ya. You could always dream / think about a E39 (just replaced model) 530 diesel. Was thinking about getting one myself, but just couldn't afford the going rate for them. As said, maintenance is not too bad at all

Already planning my next car: an E60 (latest model 5 series) 535d. Don't like the looks of the car at all yet, but I'm confident it will grow on me.....

Ta Lainey, have never seen any person on boards.ie with 40 posts per day, you must like it here :cool:

bigtimecharlie and Chief---, have PM'd you details of the garage - hope it works out as well for ya as it has for me, these guys are sound as a pound

Originally posted by mike65
Oh yes nice wheels...

The car was registered in October 1996 in the UK and given a once over by an aftermarket company. They de-badged the car, installed a Nokia carkit, lowered the body and stiffened the suspension, replaced the brake discs with massive ones and changed the wheels for 18" BMW original alloys with 245/45 tyres. The stickers they left behind marketing their company were the first things to go during my ownership

I bought the car from the company director that imported the car into this country in May 2001

Originally posted by mike65
I bet NO-ONE lets you out of side roads into traffic!

Still thinking about that one, it's happened and it hasn't :dunno: I am generally a very courteous driver myself, letting people in and trying to be as smooth as possible. Can't stand ignorant drivers though and there are many of those about as I need not tell you guys :mad:

Originally posted by silent
I actually do the oposite as most bmw drivers wont slow you down and you have something to look at when you are stuck in traffic

Nothing to add there m8

unkel

Originally posted by halkar
All you need is a Sky dish and you are sorted

ROFL - it's got a connection for dvd but

Most people I tell the car's got a telly say something like "oh yeah, you need that" followed by: :rolleyes:

They are right of course. Mind the teletext is coming in dead handy when picking up people from Dublin airport. Park along one of the roads in the airport somewhere, keep checking the teletext for the time they landed. Ring them 10 - 15 minutes later and tell them to go to departures where you'll pick them up. No paying for parking, no carrying around luggage, no wasting time. Sweet