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540 V8 
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 Posted: 22-September-2006 at 23:38 |
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I Have a touring because I got one of these....
Two kids and a wife + everything to keep them all going! (push chair, bag with kids stuff, drinks, nappies etc, wifes handbag etc.....) A combined weight of approx 250 kilos Now you know why as well as a touring, I also need a V8! Nothing else will pull as well and carry so much with so little effort and so much fun. YES DEREK, APART FROM AN M5! !! LOL With all this in mind, I still comfortably, with all in tow, beat any boy racer who fancies his luck. (Imagine the look on his face as he thinks "HOW???" and tries to cover his embaressment!) Forget the traditional Sports Utility Vehicle, mine should have that title, it lives up to the name very well. Most SUV's are pumped up estate cars with little power, large fuel consumption, no fun and ugly as sin! I can picture it now, headline : "540 Touring re-writes motoring history and wins SUV of the decade" LOL How much fun can you have ay? Mike
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BULLDOG
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Posted: 23-September-2006 at 07:38 |
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Mike They say that people have dogs that resemble them! you're not chewbacca by any chance? If so can I have an autograph. Paul |
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Posted: 23-September-2006 at 15:56 |
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Nah, my one looks more like Chebacca than Mikes
 And With all this talk of 525 vs 540.... what about my humble 520i? |
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You can't tell much that Dereks superimposed the 520i badge onto his M5! Paul |
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Believe it or not..... I had the M5 badge removed and the 520i one put on before I collected the car.... Didn't want to lose another one. Our much loved webmaster KB can attest that it wore 520i badges while it was in Dublin!!!
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Thats fair enough Derek! I've seen one or two debadged M5s but I'd rather it left on, even if the risk of having it stolen is greater. If I were lucky enough to own one then I'd want it to be badged Paul |
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Posted: 23-September-2006 at 20:33 |
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I'd rather have a 540
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Nah it's Fun!! They came into the house armed to get the keys of the first one so I didn't want it to happen again and figured they'd believe it was a 520 with M5 vwheels
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Posted: 23-September-2006 at 21:31 |
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You lot can fight it out amongst yourselves now-I've said my piece, and many pieces, on this topic You still can't beat the all round ability of the 540i though-oops, time for a sharp exit... |
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Bet I could beat it all around the track.....
I'll get me coat |
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Remember the lesson of the hare and the tortoise Who sang the song to 'Never Ending Story' ? It'd be a great tune for this topic |
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I won't justify that with a response.
bugger, just did..... Edited by Derek M5 |
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Come October/ November were travelling all over Ireland in our 525 e34 touring, well anyway these bits of Ireland ! I've just been reminded that the back seat passenger is our Black Lab so there goes the driving on the edge bit! Oh Hum
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Firstly, no I do not look like chewbacca! I'm as bald as a coot. My dog has more hair on one ear than my entire head lol. Secondly, I'd rather have a 540, just so I can argue with Derek Thirdly, I'd like to add a point to Redoctobers point about the all round ability of the 540, I'd like to add, the all round ability of the 540 touring coupled with the six speed gearbox! *clears throat* Anyone seen my coat? lol
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Left it at the train station with your trainspotting book & thermos perchance? |
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Meeooooowwwww-steady on chaps, you'll have each other's eyes out at this rate 'Best all rounder' means you have to excel in a number of disciplines, and not be found wanting in any. Sadly, and it does cause me real pain to have to say this, overall total vehicle running costs also have to come into the equation, which will make the M5 choice hard for many. As a 'dream' car the M5 wins, but real-life throws up the odd problem. The exclusivity of the 'M' badge will make them more attractive to thieves, and more expensive to insure, with possible conditions applied-car must be garaged etc. I had this problem when looking round for quotes for my cars, which reside in central Merseyside (ay mate-nice car, it'll be gone by tonight). Several companies were happy to insure a 540i parked on an open driveway, but would not touch an M5 unless garaged, and I don't have a garage! Even my humble 525i estate cause some insurers to baulk when I said it would be parked on the open road, and not in a driveway, and wouldn't even quote for Fire & Theft cover only-and I have never made an insurance claim. So, no matter how much I wanted an M5, I just couldn't make the plan work, whereas the 540i was just about feasible. Also, the Touring bodyshell is hugely useful for our big, useless 'I love all people including car thieves' Alsation (sorry Ben!!!) dog, and for nipping down to the DIY store and lugging large, heavy flat packs back home and piling in mountains of shopping etc. These jobs do, however, throw up the one defect in my 525i Touring's armour-when it's heavily loaded, full fuel tank, passengers, heavy luggage etc, the small engine struggles to shift all the weight and is no more economical than my 540i under those circumstances. That's where the 540i Touring scores big points, and I'm going to have to 'side' with 'trainspotter' Mike here The 540i Touring does all the boring practical jobs you could ask of it, and is also delivers a huge amount of fun when you're conducting a solo orchestra of the big V8 So before a torrent of howls of derision from M5 owners is hurled my way, I'll re-iterate my earlier comments that the M5 is a superb car, and an aspiration for many E34 owners, myself included At the end of the day though, it's an unrealisible dream for many, and so the rest of us will have to settle for the practical alternative. With that I'm grabbing my coat and 'legging it' to central Asia where they don't have e-mail and no-one can pick on me there |
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Even sadder is the fact that I have admitted as such above somewhere in this thread though can't remember where, probably because I was much younger when I posted it!
Been there lost one already! You don't want to know security measures employed to ensure it doesn't happen again!
Thankfully I've the Landcruiser for those type jobs.....
The train now arriving at platform 5.......
Don't tell anyone... But, until I somehow convinced SWMBO that an M5 was preferable, we were looking at E34 Touring 540's
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Yes, and you'd probably catch me too in your M5 I was reading about it last night in my Brooklands Performance Portfolio on the E34-still a mighty tasty beast As it was the local 'wildlife' nearly had my 540i-they broke in but couldn't break the steering lock. I found a pair of pliers left on the wheelie bin in the drive, so took them up the road to the cop shop as evidence. Only when I later checked in the boot did I find the pliers missing from my bootlid toolkit-cheeky ****ards had only tried to rob my own car with the car's own toolkit-full marks for ingenuity though Since then huge amounts of extra security have gone up, and I delved into the E34 electrical system to find the choiciest way to disable the engine every night, in addition to the standard alarm. Had they succeeded in nicking it, then it would have indeed been 'the train now standing at platform 5' as I join the happy throngs in the carriage to work |
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(but rare as a RHD tourer) And the self levelling, M-tec suspension pays dividends.
RedOctober wrote:
. Should we survive this adventure through these counties at this time of year then practical mechanics has got the e34 spot on. Donegal is such a perfect place for driving an e34 on the edge( not that I would recommend it if you don't know the terrain) and the road from Letterkenny to Dungloe is brilliant providing you do everything carefully. I mean really carefully!!!!!
and keep this topic going, oh and the fact is much cheaper on the insurance, it's a touring, it hasn't got an M5 badge which makes it not so prone to being nicked................blah....blah.........etc......
