help needed from M635 experts

Hi

Been driving around in the E9 CSL all week as my merc ml failed its first MOT in a big way. In a 8 days coverd 1720 miles with a 890 mile return trip completed one day  !!!! car didnt miss a beat, used no oil, was comfortble but returned only 15.9 miles to the gallon average...

to cut a long story short.... while driving got stoped by a fairly old lady in smallish village and asked me to look at a car her late husband had purchased shortly b4 his death in March 1990. I reluctantly took her to her house, she unlocked the garage and in side was a 1990 registured (still had tax disk in window)  m635 in matalic blue, white leather interior (including roof lining) and it still has all the factory plastic on the door trims and seats. Its done 512.8 miles and still aweights the first free bmw 600 mile inspection. The lady wants the car gone as she is moving in the next 5-6months due to old age (shes 83) and she needs to move into a bungalow.

Her exact words were make me a  offer for the car and take it. The problem is I could get the car for �5k but realy cant ripe the lady off ( I wouldn`t sleep at night) so whats it worth ? It will need recomishoning, it hasnt been run for 15 years, I suspect the brakes will need a rebuild, the aircon will need a full rebuild, the tyres are flat spoted as they havent turned for 25 years. What would be a reasonable offer ?

I may pass this on to a genuine entusiast as I am unsure if i realy want to keep the car, but the lady i feel is very vunrable so can I have some figures from you guys ? If I decide I dont want the car for my self im not looking at making any money out of this but feel the car needs to go to safe hands.

best regards

marc

Edited by marc.lovell

Phillip, I have agreed to purchase the car and she has said ok to �5k and will be collecting the car in the next few days, but I feel that at that figure I have riped her of my self. What I realy need to do is make sure I have offerd her a fair market price, taking advantage of old ladys realy aint my `thing` so I need some advise as to its value. I dont mind a bargin but.......

Ask Howard Walker how much he paid for his M635 with 18k !!!

When you've re-commissioned it & had it for a little while you can sell it for a figure approaching �30k & bung her another �5k.

 

marc.lovell wrote: ...a car her late husband had purchased shortly b4 his death in March 1990. I�reluctantly took�her to her house, she unlocked the garage and in side was a 1990 registured (still had tax disk in window)��m635 in matalic blue, white leather interior (including roof lining) and it still has all the factory plastic on the door trims and seats. Its done 512.8 miles and still aweights the first free bmw 600 mile inspection.

513 miles!?

That's even less than the Dr. Grey-owned one which featured in "Total BMW" last year. When he bought it, it was showing 800 miles. He paid 30 grand for it, but it was dry-stored and more-or-less spotless.

Is your M635CSi on the "G" plate?

Edited by Horsetan

sounds like an amazing find.

Incidentally your fuel consumption on the E9 sounds a bit rough....

good luck with the M-car

cheers

 

Marc, that is some find, as for ripping the lady off, the car will need sod all work in my opinion, garaged cars lastr a long time and from what i have found components will last an awfully long time. Granted the airconditioning will need work but other than that I reckon she may surprise you. Someone else would probably have offered less so I wouldn't lose sleep.

 

As for the csl, how were you driving it, I drove mine (hard)up and down the m11 one day and then down to surrey and ran out of fuel in london (gauge was broken but to run out she must have been doing 8-12 mpg) I have checked her on a run doing 70-90 and she does 20. so if you were giving it hard blasts that sounds fair enough to me.

 

Regards

 

Rohan

 

It will need probable worst case 3K spent on it. It will then be worth �20k+ judging on the prices paid for Doctors Greys �25k ish with 2K on the clock, Howards �25Kish with 20K on the clock and Ross's �19K ish with 28K on the clock and �19.5K for an Alpina B9 with 10K on the clock at Olympia.  Bargain of the century if you ask me. Sounds like a Museum will want that car.

I am jealous. Have started dribling on the keyboard.

sorry guys..

in fact iam real sorry . i would have give her �1000 quid and a lift to the tea rooms .wenever she wanted

i know you guys mite think iam heartless   ..iam not .i would love a granny to give me that offer on a car .

and yes

id sleep very well at night too

It will need: a set of calipers as the pistons will be as
rusty as hell - these were the days before synthetic
brake fluid. Also brake and clutch master cylinders,
clutch slave cylinder and all flexible rubber hoses.
The ABS block should be okay. BUT.....you could just
bleed the brakes, free them off and it might be okay.
After all, they were new calipers. You might be lucky.
As for the engine; the antifreeze will have stewed
along with the oil and the petrol. The pump will be
okay if the fuel hasn't turned to jelly but you'll need a
filter. Obviously, take the plugs out, a bit of WD40
down the plug holes and crank the engine over until
the oil light goes out. I wouldn't change the oil until
it's good and hot. ML? Yeah, right. I think the best
place might be a BMW dealer so that you van have
the stamp in the service book. Even if your bill comes
to �2000, you aren't going to lose.

Take it for a few gentle runs once it's MOT'd. Value
wise, it's going to be �25'000 worth when finished.
BMW GB already have a nice Highline M635CSi.

The other question is; what do you do with it? A few
weekends and it'll have done 2000 miles so you
either sell it for top bucks with 600 miles, or just use
and enjoy it. Tough call!

But very well done. You jammy *******.

As for the CSL, 15 mpg is about right with the old
Bosch D Jet. The factory figure was about 16 mpg
overall and the 3.0Si I had would often do about 15
and that was spot on with the correct mixture.

edited for language, please observe forum guidlines.

Edited by Rhys

It's a good job the old dear hasn't any family that frequent these forum pages, I'd hazard a guess that they would be pretty miffed by now.. Ah well, it's the old vintage car in a barn story. Many dream of a find like this, a rare few actually find one.
C'mon, get some pic's up so people can drool over it..