Noodle
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| posted on 28/12/04 at 08:51 AM |
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New Motor
As a follow up to my £75 Mazda 626, I've just bought a 1995 BMW 525 SE (with Vanos) . Full SH, lots of buttons, manual.
It drives like a dream. 180K on the clock (genuine as I know both previous owners) taxed and MOT'd until May.
Goes nicely and have driven up the local hill with the back end out in third.
£400.
I'm having a smug moment 
Neil.
 
525
[Edited on 28/12/04 by Noodle]
Your sort make me sick
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zilspeed
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| posted on 28/12/04 at 09:03 AM |
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I would be smug as well.
A 5 series is a very fine thing indeed.
Especially at 400 notes.
Enjoy
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 28/12/04 at 04:13 PM |
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Wow, at that price you may as well buy another and drop the engine into your kit car! What sort of power do they produce?
Pete
[Edited on 28/12/04 by scoobyis2cool]
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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Noodle
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| posted on 28/12/04 at 07:56 PM |
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It's 192bhp. 5th gear is superbly flexible. From trundle to rumble there's no complaints.
It replaces a considerably more expensive (and newer) 2.5 Vauxhall Omega that was stolen. The build, smoothness, torque, handling and fantastic wail
of the straight six show the Vauxhall up for the pile-o-shite that it was.
Climate control too
The engine (M50) is iron though and probably weighs more than a brace of BEC's. Is there a collective noun for BEC's?
http://www.bmwworld.com/engines/m50.htm
Cheers,
Neil.
Your sort make me sick
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 28/12/04 at 11:42 PM |
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remember
many people on this forum dont like beemer owners!
180k on an engine is pretty impressive - perhaps thats one of the reasons beemer generally go for daft prices with high milages - 100k 3 series at
over 9k when 5 years old isnt uncommon 
atb
steve
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