Manual+Touring+Petrol =Win!! .......whos in the club ?
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I have been looking to get a e61 sport touring to replace my e39. Been searching for 6 months now and it has made me realise just how rare manual petrol touring's are.
I thought it would make a good thread so fire away. +10 penis points if you have a v8
I will start with my 530i manual sport !
I thought it would make a good thread so fire away. +10 penis points if you have a v8
I will start with my 530i manual sport !
Might get some on Friday. It is having new factory wings, a good second-hand bonnet, some minor sill patching and a bit of minor blistering and scabbing dealt with here and there. Plus 16 years' worth of parking dings, scratches, toxic acid bird poo and other unpleasantness. I have some new old stock inner tailgate rear lights and some new headlight covers which will help to spruce things up too. The driver and passenger front seats will need doing then as they are fairly beaten up. Mechanically things are fine, I've pretty much been through the whole car front to rear, but while the engine is currently sweet, smooth and powerful I am starting to wonder about having a quick engine rebuild next year on the grounds that it's cheaper to do it before something breaks.
Planning on keeping the car more or less indefinitely so I may as well get it just right. But I doubt it will ever look as good as yours above! It's had a pretty active life over the years and not had a lot of cosmetic care.
Planning on keeping the car more or less indefinitely so I may as well get it just right. But I doubt it will ever look as good as yours above! It's had a pretty active life over the years and not had a lot of cosmetic care.
Edited by Lowtimer on Monday 21st November 22:39
Lowtimer said:
Might get some on Friday. It is having new factory wings, a good second-hand bonnet, some minor sill patching and a bit of minor blistering and scabbing dealt with here and there. Plus 16 years' worth of parking dings, scratches, toxic acid bird poo and other unpleasantness. I have some new old stock inner tailgate rear lights and some new headlight covers which will help to spruce things up too. The driver and passenger front seats will need doing then as they are fairly beaten up. Mechanically things are fine, I've pretty much been through the whole car front to rear, but while the engine is currently sweet, smooth and powerful I am starting to wonder about having a quick engine rebuild next year on the grounds that it's cheaper to do it before something breaks.
Planning on keeping the car more or less indefinitely so I may as well get it just right. But I doubt it will ever look as good as yours above! It's had a pretty active life over the years and not had a lot of cosmetic care.
sounds good ! mines done 150k so its seen a fair amount of action also !Planning on keeping the car more or less indefinitely so I may as well get it just right. But I doubt it will ever look as good as yours above! It's had a pretty active life over the years and not had a lot of cosmetic care.
Edited by Lowtimer on Monday 21st November 22:39
Fox- said:
marmite monster said:
Thats kind of what I've been reading. love the look of a sport e61 touring though.
I'm very glad I resisted the E60 and hung onto the E39. It should be the 5 Series that time forgets 
hornetrider said:
Fox- said:
marmite monster said:
Thats kind of what I've been reading. love the look of a sport e61 touring though.
I'm very glad I resisted the E60 and hung onto the E39. It should be the 5 Series that time forgets hornetrider said:
Because by every measure by which you judge a car it is superior, with the exception of climate controls and air distribution. Whoever signed that one off needs shooting.
By every measure by which *you* judge a car, evidently, and you're entirely welcome to your opinion, but not by every measure by which I judge a car. Still, if we all liked the same things we'd all be competing for them so that's fine. After all, most people appear to have wanted four cylinder diesels and six eight speed slushboxes for the last 10 years or so, so thank goodness for a few idiosyncratic people prepared to put their money into things the majority disagree with, or we'd be even shorter of manual petrol barges than we are.
Edited by Lowtimer on Tuesday 22 November 19:22
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