The race against lockdown - BMW 530i - Dirt may affect the appearance of leather

[w00dy]

  On 04/11/2020 at 21:35, Matty said:

Manual for a full house?

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Nope. Lazy box suits me fine.

 

 

A slightly less potato shot

 

[Jamie]

  On 04/11/2020 at 21:35, Matty said:

Manual for a full house?

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bUt MaNuAlS R FoR PeSaNtS 

 

#sarcasm 

[Matty]

  On 04/11/2020 at 21:45, w00dy said:

Nope. Lazy box suits me fine.

 

 

A slightly less potato shot

 

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When I had mine I was forever getting told I'd got it all wrong buying a manual. Just like doing it myself (changing gears I mean 🤭). Truly brilliant cars. The first posh car i had and spoilt me for anything else really. They're not outstanding at any one thing, they just do everything well!

[Matty]

  On 04/11/2020 at 21:50, Jamie said:

bUt MaNuAlS R FoR PeSaNtS 

 

#sarcasm 

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Lowest form of wit that pal 🤣

[spartacus]

  On 04/11/2020 at 21:45, w00dy said:

Nope. Lazy box suits me fine.

 

 

A slightly less potato shot

 

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Gloucester services?

[w00dy]

  On 04/11/2020 at 22:20, spartacus said:

Gloucester services?

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Despite living not that far away, I can't resist popping in for a sausage roll.

[w00dy]

It seems mad to me that this is almost 20 years old. I love it already.

[St.Jude]

  On 04/11/2020 at 20:13, w00dy said:

Prosecco is because it's like a poor man's Champagne edition

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More Super Strongbow/Frosty Jack's than Processco?

[dome]

  On 04/11/2020 at 16:17, bunglebus said:

Bimmer. Is that a budget car now then?

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Not for much longer, I suspect prices will be on the rise for good ones!

Looks lovely OP, well bought!

[w00dy]

  On 05/11/2020 at 14:31, sgtberbatov said:

More Super Strongbow/Frosty Jack's than Processco?

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Haha, perhaps! In BMW speak it's Lichtgelb and does look rather yellow in some light

[HMC]

Love the whole spec- engine, gearbox and colour choices. Nice! You’ve obviously bought a good’un. My twice repeated experience of buying a ropey one made me want to set fire to them. 

[w00dy]

  On 05/11/2020 at 17:07, HMC said:

Love the whole spec- engine, gearbox and colour choices. Nice! You’ve obviously bought a good’un. My twice repeated experience of buying a ropey one made me want to set fire to them. 

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E39s seem to be either great or painfully wallet draining. I've already had one of the former so I'm hoping this is another of the same.

 

[Spiny Norman]

That does look smart, my ideal spec of E39 too, 3 litre straight 6 with waft-o-matic. 😎

It's a shame the E39s have turned out so finicky to buy as secondhand cars, I had both the E28 and E34 versions back in the day and you just appraised them like any other old 70s/80s cars. If they weren't dissolving, didn't smoke and rattle and drove OK they were generally worth a punt. These E39s seemed to get a bit dicey after only 10-12 years.

[Jamie]

best wheels the dished 32's too - NICE.

 

Rare having an anthracite headliner on an SE spec car - and the ash grain trim, i retrofitted that in my sport, a classy looking trim indeed

[w00dy]

  On 05/11/2020 at 18:57, Spiny Norman said:

That does look smart, my ideal spec of E39 too, 3 litre straight 6 with waft-o-matic. 😎

It's a shame the E39s have turned out so finicky to buy as secondhand cars, I had both the E28 and E34 versions back in the day and you just appraised them like any other old 70s/80s cars. If they weren't dissolving, didn't smoke and rattle and drove OK they were generally worth a punt. These E39s seemed to get a bit dicey after only 10-12 years.

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I think the E39 really moved the game on in technology and options which makes them significantly more complicated than the earlier cars and definitely more fragile.

[w00dy]

  On 06/11/2020 at 05:38, Jamie said:

best wheels the dished 32's too - NICE.

 

Rare having an anthracite headliner on an SE spec car - and the ash grain trim, i retrofitted that in my sport, a classy looking trim indeed

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I do love Style 32s. Had them on my 528i too.

 

The headliner really works with the interior. Whoever specced the car knew what they were doing, but I feel like they perhaps ought to have gone for shadow line window trim so I may change that. The trim is actually the boggo no-wood finish, but I think it looks great and very similar to the exterior.

[motorpunk]

  On 04/11/2020 at 22:20, spartacus said:

Gloucester services?

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Is that the one where petrol is like ONE BILLIONS POUNDS a litre? 
 

PS - nice car, Woody.

[w00dy]

  On 06/11/2020 at 09:28, motorpunk said:

Is that the one where petrol is like ONE BILLIONS POUNDS a litre? 
 

PS - nice car, Woody.

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Ta. It's pricey so that no-one is ever there, meaning in the event of a big queue in the main services it's the quickest way to sausage roll happiness. 

[cort16]

Lovely car, Nice colour engine and interior combo.  Would stare jealously at again.

[cort16]

  On 06/11/2020 at 10:08, cort16 said:

Lovely car, Nice colour engine and interior combo.  Would stare jealously at again.

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Having said all that you need to urgently address this 530i badge positioning situation 😄

[w00dy]

  On 06/11/2020 at 10:17, cort16 said:

Having said all that you need to urgently address this 530i badge positioning situation 😄

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Yes, it is slightly irritating. It was originally specified without the badge so that's probably how it'll end up.

[w00dy]

For @cort16

 

I've also repainted the lower steering wheel trim, since the coating was coming off to leave white plastic and replaced the broken centre air vent. Also treated it to some new mats with contrast edging.

 

[omegod]

I had those on my 728i

 I must admit your car has stirred up something within me 

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[cort16]

Much better !

[w00dy]

  On 16/11/2020 at 18:38, omegod said:

I had those on my 728i

 I must admit your car has stirred up something within me 

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Very handsome. I did quite fancy a 7, but they seem to be a fair bit more expensive than an equivalent E39 at the moment.

[Daviemck2006]

I loked my 540i. Apart from the inside colour the same as yours. I would much prefer a grey interior. The only reason I sold it was its gearbox was on its last legs. I would have another, but probably a 6 cylinder one with a working gearbox, auto or manual.

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[omegod]

  On 17/11/2020 at 09:07, w00dy said:

Very handsome. I did quite fancy a 7, but they seem to be a fair bit more expensive than an equivalent E39 at the moment.

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That cost me 300 with MOT and was an individual model with special leather, seller thought it needed a new head a plug had had popped out and he'd messed up the helicoil, £50 timsert and it was as good as new, I sold it for 950 as I couldn't resist the profit. Should have kept it 

[Macscrooge]

That looks tidy. Well bought sir!

[w00dy]

  On 17/11/2020 at 18:13, omegod said:

That cost me 300 with MOT and was an individual model with special leather, seller thought it needed a new head a plug had had popped out and he'd messed up the helicoil, £50 timsert and it was as good as new, I sold it for 950 as I couldn't resist the profit. Should have kept it 

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It's crazy how cheap they got at one point. My 528i was £680 I think and I spent very little on it.

Gave the interior a bit of a scrub today to find out that it was actually very frubby.

 

Very satisfying.

 

 

 

[yes oui si]

That's lovely.