R reg 7 Series!

I've no idea who he is but he comes onto this forum!
It's advertised here on the BMW CC website. The car
didn't look bad at all - a nasty looking scab on the
edge of one rear door and an off shade sunroof
panel but that was about it. Engine sounded superb.
Being an A plate means it would have switchable
auto, ABS etc.
He also has two 745i's so he obviously quite ill.

I have a 1998 750i, now on 120 off thousand miles.
Don't like the new 7 Series at all so will probably
change it when the time comes for a late E39 540i.
But I may as well run the 750 for ever - 200'000
miles? I keep the BMW warranty going so it's cheap
motoring really.

robs e23 wrote: nice looking car mark, looks like a e24 at the front.paintwork looks really clean did you sort the exhaust out yet...

Thanks Rob, the paint work is not too bad but most is hidden, I did not need exaust in the end as it was a blockt inlet pipe to the air filter box siley me, happey days she goss like a rocket now and reterning neley 30 to the gal at 70mph
 

Pete! So you are Hiab Boy! As I understand it, a Hiab
is a crane on the back of a lorry that collects old/dead
cars......

How fitting with 4xE23's!!

The guy driving (nursing) the R plate 7 along was a
slim handsome chap which made me think you'd
bought yet another one..........

I can't believe you haven't sold that yet. What on earth
is wrong with people these days? So much for being
an 'enthusiasts car'.

I have a problem car solving kit here. It's made by
Swan Vestas and costs 12 pence.

I bet that buffalo leather smells good when it's being
toasted!

This reminds me of a story of a Mini I tried selling in
1988/9. It was an early one with the plate 6 SYC. I
bought it for £100, got it an MOT, transferred the
number and tried to sell the rest.

In the paper for £99 with a new MOT - nothing but
idiots. One turned up in a Marina Coupe with various
different colour panels, along with a fat bird who keft
asking how long the MTO was for

Down to £60, even bigger idiots. gave up for a couple
of weeks, readvertised it for £300 and it sold straight
away.

With your E23, you would make more money just
breaking it up and scrapping it. The engine must be
worth £200 to a 635CSi owner and I am sure you
would sell a couple of other bits off it.

 The landline rang last night at 12.34am (i was awake recovering from a bad kebab!) obviously i didn't answer it. I lay in bed intrigued , had someone died? or had some loot loser spotted my e23 ad ?. I got up at 3.00 am curious to see if i was up for a will carve up, i pressed 1571 and amazingly he hadn't withheld his number and unsuprisingly  it was a Tmobile  number, (no doubt pay as you go as well ,i believe that is the preferred mode of phone usage amongst the under classes) and yes he left a message enquiring about 'the BM'. I bit my tongue and didn't reply, i'll save his number for a rainy night(late!) when i'm bored. Unfortunately from previous experiences selling 'disposable' cars i know this complete lack of regard for peoples time and sleeping habits is quite a common trait amongst amoeba, when you are on benefits and don't have/want to work  the clock becomes irrelevent. I would like to distinguish between these scum and most of us who are enthusiasts, we can and often do know better , we CHOSE to play with turds that just happen to be worth the price of a kingsize mars bar where as the people i speak of have no dollars (invariably because they are work shy ,chain smoking, scratchcard playing , sportswear clad , government sponsored scum) and just want a new car for nothing.    On sunday a nice couple came to have a look at a mustang GT i was 'serving' we drank tea on the lawn, we briefly negotiated , they gave me a deposit and left. They came back yesterday afternoon with a large bag and disappeared into the sunset. I never have problems selling higher priced cars, its always the cheapies that test my patience.  Phillip , how did you get on with that e23 you had on ebay, did it go to nigeria!. 

One of our regulars has a 1987 M535i Auto (E28)
with an engine issue, the rocker is broken from his
constant over revving.
What would you want for the engine? If you can't
break it, I guess it could come here and one of the
mechanics could pull the engine out and we could
dispose of the rest of it.

I know what you mean about these people and their
cheap mobiles, I won't deal with them at all. Believe
me, your car would have been razor blades by now if
it had been chopped in..............

I may have an engine available! manual box, good condition, with dyno report(?) If I can get the thing out, your man is welcome to it for a small sum (collection of course)!

Edited by M3AG

mars bar,they make the mars company £20 million a month. thats serious money....