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

Marlow

GvidoR wrote: »

Picked up last night. My new daily set of wheels.

Proper turf-burner that. Even runs perfectly on veg-oil. And a bullet proof engine.

/M

Big Nasty

GvidoR wrote: »

Picked up last night.

Pretty sure I saw you in Carrick On Shannon last bank holiday weekend in the Bora.

Donnelly117

Big Nasty wrote: »

Pretty sure I saw you in Carrick On Shannon last bank holiday weekend in the Bora.

Thought I saw that Bora on DoneDeal a few days ago too...

GvidoR

Big Nasty wrote: »

Pretty sure I saw you in Carrick On Shannon last bank holiday weekend in the Bora.

Sounds very possible.

Donnelly117 wrote: »

Thought I saw that Bora on DoneDeal a few days ago too...

Could have been on adverts, haven't put it on DoneDeal yet.

Chris_Heilong

Great colour for a Beemer.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

nice example of a 325tds, I'd like one of them in that spec if I'm honest. Looks minded.
Well wear!

GvidoR

Thanks. It's actually a 318tds. I don't know if the previous owner just changed the badge or the whole boot from a 325.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

GvidoR wrote: »

Thanks. It's actually a 318tds. I don't know if the previous owner just changed the badge or the whole boot from a 325.

Haha rebadged! RS4 TDI brigade :P

GvidoR

I'll take the badge off to avoid further confusion.

rizzee

Just a snap looking shiney and the alloys (I'm in love with them) , will be changing the centre caps soon to suit the red theme.

Kaiser D

The fleet sans Golf.

The wing is off the Trafic because I had some welding to do to a dodgy door hinge.

Toyotafanboi

cool looking 106, still looks very fresh!

Kaiser D

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

cool looking 106, still looks very fresh!

Thank you, I initially wanted a 205 but there were none for sale at the time and this was the oldest 106 available at the time so I went for it.

The colour is nice, very modern, I think. I'm just the second owner too, its been kept in good order.

I'm just using it to tide me over until January. The Golf is off the road for a while. I will probably hang onto it (the 106) regardless.

JohnBoy26

Kaiser D wrote: »

Thank you, I initially wanted a 205 but there were none for sale at the time and this was the oldest 106 available at the time so I went for it.

The colour is nice, very modern, I think. I'm just the second owner too, its been kept in good order.

I'm just using it to tide me over until January. The Golf is off the road for a while. I will probably hang onto it (the 106) regardless.

There was a very clean 1994 example in the bangernomics thread about a month ago, I think it only had done around 40k miles

Toyotafanboi

i was just going to add that the colour is probably what has kept it looking so fresh. i would certainly hold onto it if you have somewhere to put it, its a certain future classic.

Kaiser D

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

There was a very clean 1994 example in the bangernomics thread about a month ago, I think it only had done around 40k miles

I saw that, €250 if I remember correctly. I considered buying it and using it as a source of spares for my own but that would quickly become an expensive parts car considering what I paid for mine.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

i was just going to add that the colour is probably what has kept it looking so fresh. i would certainly hold onto it if you have somewhere to put it, its a certain future classic.

I do have the space to keep it. At the minute I have my Golf, Honda Legend, camper and until recently, Renault 5 in storage for the Winter months. I do what ever jobs any one of them may need when I get the time.

Jesus.

What engine is in that 106, Kaiser?

They used to be nippy wee yokes from what I remember

Kaiser D

Jesus. wrote: »

What engine is in that 106, Kaiser?

They used to be nippy wee yokes from what I remember

1124cc, decent little thing to drive.

pajor

Kaiser D wrote: »

1124cc, decent little thing to drive.

For sale now?

Kaiser D

pajor wrote: »

For sale now?

Was, its not for sale now, however.

pajor

Kaiser D wrote: »

Was, its not for sale now, however.

The ad is still on donedeal!

Kaiser D

pajor wrote: »

The ad is still on donedeal!

I know. Its my ad, I'll remove it when I can but if someone wants to give me €250 in the meantime then I'll happily part with it.

pajor

Kaiser D wrote: »

I know. Its my ad, I'll remove it when I can but if someone wants to give me €250 in the meantime then I'll happily part with it.

Ahhh fair enough.

Kaiser D

Such an elegant machine...



I don't suppose any of you are into bikes? These are some of my Dad's. No interest in them myself. I know one is a Harley and the other a Ducati.

CianRyan

I'd have the Italian.
Wouldn't be mad into Harleys.

Van looks great.

Kaiser D

CianRyan wrote: »

I'd have the Italian.
Wouldn't be mad into Harleys.

Van looks great.

The Ducati gets the most use. The Harley is a garage ornament more than anything - it only has a couple of thousand miles up.

The van is coming along nicely, I've filled, primed and sprayed the few rust holes though I'm still shopping around for respray prices..

GvidoR

Snowed last night

YbFocus

Here's a couple of pics of the two lads at Tynagh over the weekend.
The chap that took these photos is a talented chap, really good stuff!















Edit: Don't know why the middle pics are smaller, I probably done something wrong :rolleyes:

GvidoR

Nice pics and all, but which one is yours? :P

YbFocus

GvidoR wrote: »

Nice pics and all, but which one is yours? :P

That's true actually

I have no spare money at the min but once I do I'll be out there with them
For now I watch on and help out

bear1

Nice camber in the second picture

Quazzie

bear1 wrote: »

Nice camber in the second picture

Which wheel?

dgt

Jaypers it looks well cleaned up! :cool:

Marlow

The E39, even in SE spec, is one of the best looking BMW's to be honest.

It's basically timeless and ages very well.

But it's also amazing, what difference you can make with very little subtle changes.

This is how my old Touring was, when I got it


Laquer flaking, dings in every panel, etc.

This is how it looked after the cleanup, initial part repaint and replacing the rear lights with more modern LED tinted lights.



And this is how it looked like just before I sold it, with a complete MSport conversion (interior, exterior and suspension) and a good few other changes.



All the same car.

/M

GvidoR

Looks pretty damn good, especially from the back. If it had an E36 front, it would be perfect.

dgt

GvidoR wrote: »

Looks pretty damn good, especially from the back. If it had an E36 front, it would be perfect.

Whattttt???!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Marlow

GvidoR wrote: »

If it had an E36 front, it would be perfect.

Different kettle of fish. You can't compare a 3-series with a 5-series.

I didn't want to go with the MSport front bumper, as everyone does it. Hence the Alpina bumper.

The car was sold nearly 2 years ago now, but I see it the odd time and it still looks brilliant. That and the sound, of the cat-back exhaust system. Oh the sound.

Sort of regret ever selling it, but then it wouldn't have made sense to hold on to it, as I would have used it for work, driven it into the ground and I still have the other E39.

/M

rocky

Marlow wrote: »

http://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/397119_10150512093458682_1459221463_n.jpg

All the same car.

/M

Nice car, but not the msport bumper

Edit:

Marlow wrote: »

I didn't want to go with the MSport front bumper, as everyone does it. Hence the Alpina bumper.
/M

d'oh!

GvidoR

dgt wrote: »

Whattttt???!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

...or E30

They both look more aggressive than the E39.

Marlow

rocky wrote: »

Nice car, but not the msport bumper

If you read my comment, that was on purpose. I went with an Alpina bumper instead to be different. Much more exclusive.

Oh. And nearly all mods are OEM, with the exception of rear lights and the nav system.

/M

YbFocus

Marlow that E39 was a beauty With the rear lights it looks way more modern it's crazy!

Marlow

YbFocus wrote: »

Marlow that E39 was a beauty With the rear lights it looks way more modern it's crazy!

Yeah. They were aftermarket lights, that were inspired on the likes of the layout of an E92. Really made a huge difference.

That's what I mean with subtle changes, that make a lot of difference.

The same for example with changing the normal mirrors for M5 ones, which are much more streamlined.

/M

dgt

GvidoR wrote: »

...or E30

They both look more aggressive than the E39.

But... That's butchering 2 cars to make something not quite as good as either!

If one want's an E30, get an E30 and vice versa. Otherwise that stuff ends up on barryboys :mad:

Still prefer the E34 mind you (shameless plug)

Marlow

My only bugbear with the E34 Saloon is the rear. It's getting very dated with the big and high rear lights. The interior is also getting a bit out of date, while the E39 just stays modern, even 17 years after the launch.

I'd have an E34 540i Sport 6-Speed Touring any day though, if one comes up for sale.

/M

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Marlow wrote: »

I'd have an E34 540i Sport 6-Speed Touring any day though, if one comes up for sale.

/M

I was looking for an e39 540i for a good 6 months and no good examples came up in that time (only one rotten one and it was not in m sport spec either) so I gave up and lost interest!

I would say that an e34 540i would be even rarer (it must be quite rare as I didnt even know that one existed!)

dgt

Marlow wrote: »

My only bugbear with the E34 Saloon is the rear. It's getting very dated with the big and high rear lights. The interior is also getting a bit out of date, while the E39 just stays modern, even 17 years after the launch.

I'd have an E34 540i Sport 6-Speed Touring any day though, if one comes up for sale.

/M

That's the appeal to me anyway, the way it looks. Old school styling both inside and out :cool:

GvidoR

Maybe the number plates shouldn't display the year of the car. That may push people to change up to something newer. I prefer older cars myself. I have a 96 E36 and I consider it fairly new. I don't know, maybe that's just me, but...

Marlow

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

I was looking for an e39 540i for a good 6 months and no good examples came up in that time (only one rotten one and it was not in m sport spec either) so I gave up and lost interest!

I would say that an e34 540i would be even rarer (it must be quite rare as I didnt even know that one existed!)

Massive difference there though. The E39 M5 wasn't launched until Sept 1998, because BMW decided, that the 540i was more than adequate. The E39 was launched mid '96.

E34 540i's aren't that rare. But the Sport manual 6-speed is.

The thing there was, that in the E34, the M5 and the 540i weren't far apart powerwise. With the Sport 6-speed, you basically had the choice of 2 performance saloon/tourings in the E34. The M5 with the inline-6 and the 540i Sport with the V8. There was only about 20 bhp between them.

/M

CharlieCroker

Had the pleasure of driving Marlow's Touring. Outstanding car, really was faultless with outstanding mods. I'd love one

bear1

Quazzie wrote: »

Which wheel?

The left one...