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760Li - Am I mad?

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    #92
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Nerd fact of the day -- the E38 "735i" in The Transporter was actually a 750i... with a manual box. Must've been a hoot to drive.


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    #93
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Just to add to the mix, the 750s in Tomorrow Never Dies were actually 740s, x16 of them in fact. Just two remain as far as I know, one privately owned and the other in a museum.

    They actually have a V12 sound to them in fairness, dubbed no doubt. Presumably it was cheaper to destroy V8s than V12s. :)


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    #94
    lomb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭lomb


    So the moral OP is you should have by all means bought the 760 but you needed to budget for drilling a few holes in the exhaust backbox:D


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    #95
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    VolvoMan wrote: »
    I remember the 750iL sounding pretty good in Tomorrow Never Dies.
    Probably wasnt the real engine note. They dub in more exciting engine notes that keep pace with the action in pretty much all movies where you notice the engine/exhaust noise.


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    #96
    staker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭staker


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2336465

    If I could afford the tax every 12 months(€1566),I would.. Serious amount of car for 8 grand. Kids could go hungry too..


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    #97
    *Kol*
    Registered Users Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    staker wrote: »
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2336465

    If I could afford the tax every 12 months(€1566),I would.. Serious amount of car for 8 grand. Kids could go hungry too..

    The kids wouldn't go hungry. You go could buy them breakfast rolls in the petrol station because you would be visiting there so often!! :D


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    #98
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    staker wrote: »
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2336465

    If I could afford the tax every 12 months(€1566),I would.. Serious amount of car for 8 grand. Kids could go hungry too..

    Those wheels are shockingly dull though.


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    #99
    *Kol*
    Registered Users Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    Those wheels are shockingly dull though.

    Easily changed though.


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    #100
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    For another €2-3k including tyres. :D


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    #101
    kirving
    Registered Users Posts: 5,972 ✭✭✭kirving


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtwJvgPJ9xw&feature=player_detailpage#t=14s

    Serious value for money with one of these! 5 years and I'll have (an old)one!


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    #102
    *Kol*
    Registered Users Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    For another €2-3k including tyres. :D

    Very true!! Probably 20-30 fills of the fuel tank.


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    #103
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    dahamsta wrote: »
    Nerd fact of the day -- the E38 "735i" in The Transporter was actually a 750i... with a manual box. Must've been a hoot to drive.

    That's gas, I was watching that film last week and I saw him changing gear and I called bull**** because there's no way they ever made a 735 manual, if they did, boo urns.


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    #104
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Bo-urns indeed, there are plenty of manual E38s around Europe. It was an option on all models, just very very rare.


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    #105
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    It's the 725tds drivers I worry about. 9000 of them produced. If I ever see one, I think I may try to perform a citizen's arrest and have the driver committed.


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