Bavarian Unicorn Collection Thread - Manual 540i Touring

[Schaefft]

It's Sunday morning, the alarm rang at 6:30 and I'm on the train to Peterborough to view a car so rare that I'm not even sure whether the price I initially agreed on is reasonable or not. It will certainly be one of the cheapest to have come up for public sale in recent years.

The train ride should be straight forward as no train changes are necessary.

[loserone]

Chodspeed.

[Schaefft]

No breakfast yet, probably won't happen anytime soon either as the seller agreed to pick me up from the train station. Poo count is zero and will hopefully stay that way.

Despite the website saying otherwise there aren't many people on the train either.

[SmokinWaffle]

Excite. 

[Schaefft]

I'm slowly getting hungry now.

Nice view, North Yorkshire certainly is pretty whenever we come through. Too bad the only larger cities nearby are Darlington and Middlesbrough...

[sdkrc]

Is it the blue 7 series with blue interior? 

[grizz]

Yup……

 

Any purchase starting with a train ticket is going to be good. 
 

And especially one way tickets.

 

So next pic eagerly awaited…..

 

been 10 minutes 

[Schaefft]

7 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Is it the blue 7 series with blue interior? 

If it's the E38 that was posted in the eBay tat thread recently, that's not even close in numbers to today's rarity. Funnily enough it wouldn't be anything special just looking at it from the outside. In fact it's in a state most would it consider as an old banger. Today's collection that is.

6 minutes ago, grizz said:

Yup……

 

Any purchase starting with a train ticket is going to be good. 
 

And especially one way tickets.

 

So next pic eagerly awaited…..

 

been 10 minutes 

York achieved. Another hour to go.

[timolloyd]

An E36 that hasn’t been used for drifting or the track?

[Schaefft]

13 minutes ago, timolloyd said:

An E36 that hasn’t been used for drifting or the track?

Even rarer. Unfortunately the car did get hit by the dumb mods stick and will probably need the noisy backbox replaced but I'm happy as long as the original cats are still there.

Seller can't pick me up from the train station due to baby duties but offered to refund the taxi ride, which is generous. Or maybe he's just desperate to get rid of the car and wants to leave a good impression. Time to get a sandwich.

[Schaefft]

Sandwiches are all garbage so will get something later. Peterborough train station is much smaller than expected.

[Schaefft]

Unexpected spot, US spec Accord in the station car park. In the taxi to the seller's house now, stay tuned!

[Bren]

[timolloyd]

15 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

Unexpected spot, US spec Accord in the station car park. In the taxi to the seller's house now, stay tuned!

Ah yes, left behind by an American Airman who never returned from a mission 😢 (to London)

[hairnet]

tell you all you need to know about darlo and boro when even the germans dis them

 

[Dave_Q]

Racking my brains as to what this could be, something like a manual E34 540i?

[D.E]

Manual bASe 728i E38?

[Schaefft]

20 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

Racking my brains as to what this could be, something like a manual E34 540i?

So close! I'm now the owner of 1 of 9 remaining pre-facelift BMW 540i MANUAL shifted Tourings! The combination of big V8, manual gearbox and estate body is pretty much unheard of and very few are left (they barely existed in the first place).

Naturally a purchase has just been made, very nice seller. About to start the 200 mile drive home, wish me luck!

[grizz]

I would be happy in this.

 

Right down to the 5 spoke wheels. 

 

 

[J-T]

Best colour, best wheels. Would

[Matty]

Love it

[Popsicle]

Nice one.

[Bren]

Looks lovely. I really miss my e60. Even 60mpg and £35 road tax that goes with my vauxhall  does not compensate for the absence of a bent eight.

[Dave_Q]

Winning at life.

My memory of the manual 540 being rare is from people wanting the gearboxes for E30 V8 conversions.

[wesacosa]

thats some weekend's worth of new cars. nice one 

[2flags]

That looks like it might be in good condition. Best of luck with it. Must be a lovely place to sit. 

[Captain Mainwaring]

Top bombing sir, the E39 is still the best looking 5 series if you ask me. 

[cort16]

oof!

[Schaefft]

Thanks everyone, a few hours later and Im back up North. The car is epic and while it definitely needs going through a bunch of things (eventually) you cannot help but grin knowing what you are driving. And despite my original fear of it being too noisy the backbox actually makes it sound pretty epic, without any of the dreaded drone when you don't want it. More in the fleet thread!

[Floatylight]

Here's one of the other 9...

https://youtu.be/6IdywoySEvs?si=8Hn0OGErXyz5-C6X