Just been offered a 1996 750iL V12 for £1000
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IF and it's a big IF i do buy this i'll let you sniff the seat where Janet street-porter has sat if you want Gibbo lol
i have accurate fuel records for the focus fuely website. 23.4Mpg tracked over the last 1883 miles since 10/05/2010.
gives you an idea of my millage (i use the other car too so that keeps the miles down)
i have accurate fuel records for the focus fuely website. 23.4Mpg tracked over the last 1883 miles since 10/05/2010.
gives you an idea of my millage (i use the other car too so that keeps the miles down)
You got a bee in the bonnet about this one Fox but this time you are just wrong in my opinion.
If it was any other car i'd agree with you but this car dont need tyres or brakes because its been looked after. This is one of those rare times it is worth a punt if he likes the car.
If it was any other car i'd agree with you but this car dont need tyres or brakes because its been looked after. This is one of those rare times it is worth a punt if he likes the car.
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Thats great, I've made my point and its shared by the two people on this forum who have run or do run V8 and V12 10+ year old Mercs and BMW's, so I'm content.
Most bizarre comment ever. My car has been looked after, how come it needed tyres a few months ago
Pretty sure I was first to offer the asking price. 
I'll go to £1050.
And it isn't always about the risk. I'm perfectly happy to have the potential for throwing away £1000, I've always wanted a large engined 7, so I'd do it in a heart beat.
However, it wouldn't be my only car.
I'll go to £1050.
And it isn't always about the risk. I'm perfectly happy to have the potential for throwing away £1000, I've always wanted a large engined 7, so I'd do it in a heart beat.
However, it wouldn't be my only car.
I am going to get frustrated in a bit because all anyone does is bang on about throwing away £1k whilst failing to address the point I made about how once you start spending money on it, it becomes harder to chuck it when a larger bill arrives. And you WILL spend money on it because like i said if it needs £100 spending here and there why would you scrap it over that?
There are millions of large engined 7's for this money on Autotrader. If you've always wanted one and £1k is so insignificant why not purchase one?
You own a complete moneypit of an 8 year old 330d (It's been off the road so often you keep a spare Leon
), yet think a 750IL would be plain sailing, just illogical. You know as well as I do what a massive PITA old BMW's can often be.
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There are millions of large engined 7's for this money on Autotrader. If you've always wanted one and £1k is so insignificant why not purchase one?
You own a complete moneypit of an 8 year old 330d (It's been off the road so often you keep a spare Leon
), yet think a 750IL would be plain sailing, just illogical. You know as well as I do what a massive PITA old BMW's can often be.
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[TW]Fox;17961750 said:Thats great, I've made my point and its shared by the two people on this forum who have run or do run V8 and V12 10+ year old Mercs and BMW's, so I'm content.
Most bizarre comment ever. My car has been looked after, how come it needed tyres a few months ago
Well if it needs tyres and brakes he dosent buy it does he.
It might not need them now but if it does in 6 months he's not going to throw it away for the want of some service items is it? Then we are back to the point everyone ignores about you will start pushing cash into it, small bits at a time, until eventually your exposure is large enough that its hard to chuck it away when a bigger bill arrives.
[TW]Fox;17961768 said:
Because, finding a good one for that money is difficult. No ifs ands or buts, most of them for anything approaching that price are dogs, patchy history and a number of owners that makes it impossible to work out if it's been looked after for more than 6 minutes.
I've contemplated and re-contemplated a large engined e38 time and time again, but don't want to drop upwards of £4-5k on one, if it ever gets to that I'd rather double up and get a V8 E65.
[TW]Fox;17961768 said:You own a complete moneypit of an 8 year old 330d (It's been off the road so often you keep a spare Leon
Complete money pit? I'm confused, I've not spent that much on it in all honesty, probably less than you've spent on the 530i in the last 12 months, add to that where I said a 750i would be plain sailing? I'd completely expect issues, I just wouldn't care, muchlike if you could get an E39 M5 for £1000, you'd take it anyway.
I "keep" a spare Leon because I can't pluck up the balls to sell it, as much as I dislike its FWDness, I still like the car in so many ways. There hasn't been one moment that I've "needed" the Leon to run around in, bar the epic snow in the last week or so, and then only because I couldn't be arsed to use a shovel.
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BUt if its a £1k throw it in the bin at the first sign of a bill car who cares about that stuff?
If you want a minter with perfect history why would you then ruin it by throwing it away when it needs money spending?
If you just want some lulz for £1k you can bin then you can buy many for £1k, so go and do it. You've not gone and done it, which makes me think like most people in here saying YEA LOL DO IT its all talk.
[TW]Fox;17961774 said:
Then hes 6 months from home and still riding high on that V12 wall of torque
I dont even know why im arguing i just feel that this is not the run of the mill 1k 7 series.
Dont make me and Paradigm come and stalk you
Fox, if this car is as well looked after as we all think it is then those with enough disposable see it as a bargain which is why they are saying they'd get it (it's not all talk).
With regards to the bin it when it dies point, in my opinion that would be when it actually dies as in has a severe mechanical issue not things like new tyres or new brake pads as these are just normal maintenance and should be factored into the purchase equation. I understand your point that this car could be seen as a money pit with it's general maintenance as most high end luxury cars have high maintenance bills which is why I don't think the OP should get it as if he could afford to buy it, run it and keep it on the road (relatively speaking) then he would have snapped it up straight away.
But to say others are all talk because they haven't already bought any old 1k 7 series is utter rubbish, and you know this too, as there is such little probability that any other 750Li with this high spec for 1k will be in anyway near as good condition as this (if what we have been told is true).
The fact that you've spent money on tyres and pads or even small repairs all comes with owning any car, it's understandable that these type of cars cost more to repair but that should be expected. If a big bill comes along that you can't justify then it's not a waste as you will have owned, maintained and used the car the time you have had it, regardless of how soon this bill comes.
I personally see £1,000 for a Long wheel base V12 7 series with a known history as a bargain if only for the piece of mind itself.
With regards to the bin it when it dies point, in my opinion that would be when it actually dies as in has a severe mechanical issue not things like new tyres or new brake pads as these are just normal maintenance and should be factored into the purchase equation. I understand your point that this car could be seen as a money pit with it's general maintenance as most high end luxury cars have high maintenance bills which is why I don't think the OP should get it as if he could afford to buy it, run it and keep it on the road (relatively speaking) then he would have snapped it up straight away.
But to say others are all talk because they haven't already bought any old 1k 7 series is utter rubbish, and you know this too, as there is such little probability that any other 750Li with this high spec for 1k will be in anyway near as good condition as this (if what we have been told is true).
The fact that you've spent money on tyres and pads or even small repairs all comes with owning any car, it's understandable that these type of cars cost more to repair but that should be expected. If a big bill comes along that you can't justify then it's not a waste as you will have owned, maintained and used the car the time you have had it, regardless of how soon this bill comes.
I personally see £1,000 for a Long wheel base V12 7 series with a known history as a bargain if only for the piece of mind itself.
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Buy it and act out your life long dream of being "The Transporter"
Buy it and act out your life long dream of being "The Transporter"
You need a 735i for that. Which is a good, less likely to write itself off
[TW]Fox;17962742 said:You need a 735i for that. Which is a good, less likely to write itself off
Yes yes yes but this one sounds looked after, at least admit that, you got a better chance when you know the history like this chap does
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As someone who owned 750 albiet older E32 model at £1000 its a bargin with MOT, the E38 is more facelift than new model sharing same engines and chassis.
The toys is what seperates them and also the unreliable aspect of these cars, it likes to eat ball joints and bushes too with over 2tons of barge, other than that minimal running costs apart from fuel at 16-20mpg.
The engine and gearbox is where real value remains much is interchangable with other older and newer engines down to I6 and I4 models hence desireable.
16x8 Wheels £350 with 7mm left on tyres
Front seats £100 (rears won't fit any other model)
Front brakes £200
Master cylinder £75
Each cam shaft £600
Each valve rocker £15
Each rod £60 (forged steel no less)
Each piston £45
Heads £400
£misc engine parts £200
Gearbox £1500
Diff lsd £400
Most other toys cannot be retrofitted to other models all went to scrap with the car, i was able to recover dampers springs and other misc suspension bits i could have made more but then would have had to pay extra for a recovery truck with an arm to pick it up.
The toys is what seperates them and also the unreliable aspect of these cars, it likes to eat ball joints and bushes too with over 2tons of barge, other than that minimal running costs apart from fuel at 16-20mpg.
The engine and gearbox is where real value remains much is interchangable with other older and newer engines down to I6 and I4 models hence desireable.
16x8 Wheels £350 with 7mm left on tyres
Front seats £100 (rears won't fit any other model)
Front brakes £200
Master cylinder £75
Each cam shaft £600
Each valve rocker £15
Each rod £60 (forged steel no less)
Each piston £45
Heads £400
£misc engine parts £200
Gearbox £1500
Diff lsd £400
Most other toys cannot be retrofitted to other models all went to scrap with the car, i was able to recover dampers springs and other misc suspension bits i could have made more but then would have had to pay extra for a recovery truck with an arm to pick it up.
What?
Except the obvious that the M70B50 was not found in the E38.
The e32 shared the platform with the e31 8-series, but IIRC not the e38. It was an evolution of the platform, muchlike e36 to e46, similar, but not the same by any stretch.
The E38 was quite heavily E32 based - whereas the E34 and the E39 was more or less compeltely different - which I suspect is what he means but he's wrong to say the E38 is more like a facelift E32. It really isn't, its a new model in its own right even if it didn't contain anything particularly revolutionary over the E32 it followed.
Oh and £1500 second hand value of a 14 year old gearbox? lolz
Oh and £1500 second hand value of a 14 year old gearbox? lolz