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    Posted: 05-February-2006 at 18:35
Keep getting it in my head this is an old mans car. Interested to knwo what the age of forum members is. I am 33 on sunday.

How old are you?

How long have your been in a 5 Series?

Thanks for helping satify my curiosity.
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29, owned my car since september 2005 (my first 5 series, had an e46 323ci and an e36 318i se before this)

had a vauxhall omega when i was 25... another "old mans car" but i liked it



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    1994 Vauxhall Omega 2.0 GLS
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37 years old, I also compete on Road rallies in an Opel Manta(have used the BM for a couple of 12 Car rallies) So don't clas myself as old YET!!!

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do you have any pictures of the manta, simon?  i haven't seen one in years


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If you go to MANTASPORT its my mates website with loads of pics of mine and his Mantas also the Citroen Visa GTi that I have just sold (good job as I hated it as its front wheel drive )

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Link doesnt work the address is www.mantasport.co.uk

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ta, some good pics there, i see someone likes their sierras too

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I dont own one...but getting on a bit I'm warming to a nice 5er..if I could M5 in a year or two would be nice.Oh yeah forgot to say I'm 32..

So answer to your poser is no...



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Originally posted by stephenperry stephenperry wrote:

ta, some good pics there, i see someone likes their sierras too


Yes I started him with the Mantas (the black one was Mine) and the first XR4X4 was mine, shame I can't switch him to BMW. He has this strange thing about his Subaru that has eaten 1 engine and 1 turbo so far!!! and mus be due a gearbox soon.
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I'm 34 and currently on my third Beemer.

Started off with a silver E36 318i (which anyone who watches Coronation Street would have seen a few months ago being driven through a fence by that gunman who was chasing Steve McDonald - I had it on Ebay and Granada bought it !!!).

Fancied somthing bigger, so got a E34 525i SE (which is still sat on my drive, till I get round to selling it). I then got a chance to buy my E39 540iA quite cheaply, and I'm sooooo glad I did buy it, as it's the best car I've ever had.

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We all forgot something quite obvious, didn't we ?????

Happy Birthday Loz535 !!!
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Originally posted by BigAde BigAde wrote:

We all forgot something quite obvious, didn't we ?????


Happy Birthday Loz535 !!!


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If this is correct Happy birthday Loz

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Well I'm on to my second e28, bought the first one just over a year ago. Traditionally bought by middle aged businessmen who play golf, I'm cruising around in a big leather armchair on wheels while all my mates tear around in Saxos and Corsas. I turned 24 a couple of months ago, but I reckon I'm an old man before my time! As Terry Wogan once said, 'Slow and steady wins the race'. That's my philosophy anyway.
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Im 33 3/4
Happy birthday Loz
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Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE
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Points: 6579 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-February-2006 at 03:19

Well I was 21 and 5/6ths when I bought a Vauxhall Senator CD 3.0i 24v.  My mate joked about that I should have a tartan rug on the back seat until he was a passenger in the car and saw its performance! 

It had previously been owend by two guys in their 50's.  But it had the performance of a car owned by folk considerably younger.

I was 26 when I bought my E39, I'm now 27 1/2.

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Well I am 39 but about 16 in mind.

I have owned 3 5 series since last year & love em.

At the end of the day if you worry about stigmatisms that other people attach to cars you will miss out-ignore them & do whatever you want-you cannot drive a better car pound for pound than a 5 series (get a sport if you can)

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Now on my 3rd BM, 525 24v, and the best yet 

BTW just turned 37......

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Points: 1365 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-February-2006 at 04:38
Well I was 42 when I got my E34 & 46 when I got the 635. Presently 48 (on the outside) but about 28 on the inside!

Don't think a 5-series is an old mans car at all. A more mature mans maybe . . .

On the subject of Opel Mantas I used to have a 1900 Manta Luxus, one of the last produced before the Cavalier shape came out. I loved it. Rebuilt it from the ground up but it was burnt out in 1983.

Here it is circa 1982.



Ignoring the grille, does anyone else notice the similarity between the front end & that of a E9 CSI/CSL? Look at the line of the wings & bonnet etc.
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Now 36 and been in my 5 for 6months.

Started with BMs at 28 and in that time gone thru:
1999 318iS coup
1995 318iS coup
1997 318iS coup
1995 M3 coup

Gentlemen I may not have a brain but I do have an idea

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Thanks for the Kind thought, Chaps.

Its actually the 12th. THIS COMING Sunday that I will turn 33.

Thanks for making this an interesting thread though... NO female owners??

 
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