An e12 - how much??

Doive, I got my 525e, another car uncared for by its previous owner. Probably just another piece of worthless tosh to Andyboy, Hiabboy and VP, but I love it. Bit of a shopping list to go with it though, I need a bonnet, nearside front wing and complete rear bumper. Anybody got these items for sale? I've been looking for a set of 15 inch BBS, but I'd settle for 1  14 inch BBS. Once again, anybody got one? I'm going to enjoy working on this, it's very solid apart from the front wing, the bonnet is damaged and not worth repairing.

Pity you're not nearer Dave, one local scrappy has M535 with good bonnet, don't know what they want for it, another has half a dozen E34's with BBS on, They said they wanted £80 a set but forgot to ask if that was set of 4 or set of 5. Can't recall who without looking, someone posted the other day they were pm'ing you about a set of BBS, think they were of 7 series, did you get it?

I will never be able to afford a Mercedes 300SL
Gullwing, but I'd love to drive one. Before I bought my
first house, if I'd sold everything I owned and my ar*e
for medical science I could have JUSt scraped
enough together to buy a 365GT4 Boxer. Running it,
repairing it, insurance and fuel would have ruined
me though. This was the stage when they had
crashed down to under £40'000..........the bottom line
was that in reality, I just could never have afforded it.
But it's nice to have dreams and ambitions to own
something really beautiful. But I guess I'm the odd
one out here in having ambition and not settling for
the lowest common denominator and searching
ebay for £50 scrappers.

It's all about aspiring to own something nice. If you
want to drive a rusty four door Chevette, then poor old
you. I'm not saying we should all be like extras in
'Footballer's Wives' but come on! We had a teacher
at school who drove a four door Chevette in around
1980. Even then it was an object of ridicule - we
used to call them Stick Insects.

Oh, my everyday car is a 225'000 mile 1989 730i
manual. But some of the cars I've had...........

Nice one Doive.

Dergside wrote: .....I don't think Andy will ever be able to acknowledge or understand the validity of your approach.

....which may go a little way to understanding why this country has slowly become the way it is.....

Mind you, I keep getting reports about "rip-off Ireland".....

150 miles is naff all, My dad's 84 renault 11 for £300 spent the last to years of its life going up and down the motaways of the UK got it with 80k, gearbox seals went at 145k I do neley 200 miles a week in my 24 year old e23, I am takeing it to Stonley NAC on sunday. I will set the cruise at 80 AND will make it ther and back

Actually Mark Old Chap, I've done 18'000 miles in the
last 10 months. That's a tad more than 200 miles a
week.
Frankly I'm not interested in your Dad's Renault 11.
Did he restore it when it went bang? Would you like
to know about my Dad's Porsche 993 Carrera 4
that's done 8000 miles in the last 6 years? No,
thought not. His D reg Transit's
done a few more miles though.

young chap me onley 21 I will have to by a e32 mabe you will be nice to me

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After all the verbal abuse on Thursday night, I'm just wondering if it's worth persevering with the forum. I may just kick it into touch. The majority of you are great blokes, but I can do without the personal attacks from the minority. Just don't need it. I like buying, fixing and talking about OLD cars that other people have discarded. I just wish the certain few could respect that, but no, they can't. Yup, I've got rip my latest aquisition, the 525e, to bits to make it good, but that's where I find my enjoyment. Mark, if you really want an e32 to keep up with the Andyboys, I may have one for sale soon. E plate, Arctic white with black leathers. Cheap. Just tested & taxed. Nice car. Andyboy, there's no way I can have your 525e head, I'm at work now until next Friday night, don't know where you live, probably too far to collect in the time I have, so you best bin it. Hiabboy offered me the panels I need for the 525e, so I pm'd him twice, but got no reply. Those of you who also enjoy the same things as me, all I can say is I have your e mail addys or I can pm you, so I'll keep in touch. I don't really want to talk about my project on here anymore, it just keeps getting disrespected, so those of you that have expressed an interest, I'll keep you informed regarding progress. This isn't what I wanted, but I can't really see the point of getting into flame wars everytime one of us buys another project. Cheerio chaps.

MTEC530D wrote: why they **** have you fallen back to a £30 7 series?

Investing money in property old chap!!
As for the validity of me owning
that car, ask anything you like. The thing is, I haven't
actually called anyone names - unlike you - small
things please small minds I guess. You can call me
whatever silly names you like Sunshine, but if it's a
battle of wits you want, I never fight an unarmed man.
Sorry, but take your name calling elsewhere unless
you care to say it to my face....?

Goldryder - the same goes to you. When you sink to
the level of name calling, that means only one thing!

My fave Merc was a 500SL W129 BTW :-) My last was
a W140 S350TDi.

Tetley, FFS, stay here and take the ribbing! It's NOT a
personal attack on you - I just don't 'get it' why you're
attempting to fix a ropey E28. But I've spent most of
last week working on a '66 Morris 1100 so illness
with old scrap runs in the blood. The last time I
worked on one of those was in 1984 taking the
engine out (a 1300GT) to go into a rusty drum braked
Mini.
If you DEFINITELY WANT the head, P.M me, I will
save it from the scrappies and take it over to
Hiabboy's or something. Just give me a few quid for
it to cover the cost of taking it over there. That fair
enough? I dug out a head gasket set last night but
it's for a 2 litre/2.3 so that's no good to you :-(
I'll get it next Thursday (do you want the exhaust
manifold?) and the Ace Cafe might be a good place
to meet up. I believe Philip is going to see Hiabboy
this weekend - bummer, he could have taken it for
you.

Stick around Mate, ask 'how to' questions and I WILL
help you out. Peace, Punishment Gluttons!



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