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Ollie_bwoii
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Oh wow thats really deserves some lova and car.
Is that henna? Was henna available on E23's?
Is that henna? Was henna available on E23's?
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E23 is cooler though and super rare.darkchild wrote:E23s are heavy, undergeared and thirsty turds that are better used as landfill.
If you want an early Seven buy an E32. A far better all round car that is still a pleasant thing to drive.
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having an e23 means you cant afford a nice e24Blitz wrote:E23 is cooler though and super rare.darkchild wrote:E23s are heavy, undergeared and thirsty turds that are better used as landfill.
If you want an early Seven buy an E32. A far better all round car that is still a pleasant thing to drive.
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Thank f*ck for that! Amazing that any of those shitheaps are still going - I killed all of mine! Undergeared and horribly thirsty (15-20 mpg), but for £400 (it's real value) it would be amusing. For £1500 you could get a big old seventies car that was actually good when it was new such as a Series 2 XJ6 or a 350SE Merc. All rusty old scrap as well of course but great to drive, unlike an E23.bss325i wrote:Cant be many like this left.
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I actually like an e23.
Barry was witness to a '79 that I saw go through scrappage. 80k odd miles and truly staight and clean in white. It looked better than that red one I reckon.
Barry was witness to a '79 that I saw go through scrappage. 80k odd miles and truly staight and clean in white. It looked better than that red one I reckon.
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Ollie_bwoii
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And we are still yet to see the pictures you took.B7 wrote:I actually like an e23.![]()
Barry was witness to a '79 that I saw go through scrappage. 80k odd miles and truly staight and clean in white. It looked better than that red one I reckon.
My first ever BMW was an E23 728i when i was 19!
It went to a BMW breakers after i killed the auto box!
It went to a BMW breakers after i killed the auto box!
Same here ,, 82 autobss325i wrote:My first ever BMW was an E23 728i when i was 19!
It went to a BMW breakers after i killed the auto box!
i also had a 733i 78 automatic also
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I'll go and get them off the phone. Wait there.Ollie_bwoii wrote:And we are still yet to see the pictures you took.B7 wrote:I actually like an e23.![]()
Barry was witness to a '79 that I saw go through scrappage. 80k odd miles and truly staight and clean in white. It looked better than that red one I reckon.
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Here you go. Traded in at Tates Shiteon in Crawley about 2 - 3 months ago.
No matter how shit Andy thinks they are
It's still better than a Citreon C Turd!


No matter how shit Andy thinks they are


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Ollie_bwoii
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Damn that is nice. 
I'm guessing its now some product brought from Tesco?
I'm guessing its now some product brought from Tesco?
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Still in the breakers I believe. Which something heavy and no doubt rusty on it's roof!Ollie_bwoii wrote:Damn that is nice.
I'm guessing its now some product brought from Tesco?
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I know the lady I brought my car off said that if it didn't sell her husband was going to chop it in under the scrappage scheme for a Peugeot 207.
i thought it may have been this one for sale at sherborne (nowhere near Colchester though) last summer:

an old boy had it up for sale, low mileage, one owner, etc., etc. £1500 iirc.
an old boy had it up for sale, low mileage, one owner, etc., etc. £1500 iirc.

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Does anyone know? I've got a full set of E28 doors and stuff in that colour...Ollie_bwoii wrote:Oh wow thats really deserves some lova and car.
Is that henna? Was henna available on E23's?
You should get behind the wheels of the mighty 745 (turbo) an unbeliveble powerhouse back in the days,,,, actually a true bahnstormer.. the W126 500 mercedes had no chance at all
damn what they blasted through,,
jebb a stunning performer
damn what they blasted through,,
jebb a stunning performer
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Peter has one stuck up his back passage somewhere.S38B38 wrote:You should get behind the wheels of the mighty 745 (turbo) an unbeliveble powerhouse back in the days,,,, actually a true bahnstormer.. the W126 500 mercedes had no chance at all
damn what they blasted through,,
jebb a stunning performer
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Would be nice to see pituresB7 wrote:Peter has one stuck up his back passage somewhere.S38B38 wrote:You should get behind the wheels of the mighty 745 (turbo) an unbeliveble powerhouse back in the days,,,, actually a true bahnstormer.. the W126 500 mercedes had no chance at all
damn what they blasted through,,
jebb a stunning performer
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They are a turd, but I don't agree with just wasting one like that. Trouble is you wave £2000 in front of an idiot and that's what happens.B7 wrote:Here you go. Traded in at Tates Shiteon in Crawley about 2 - 3 months ago.
No matter how shit Andy thinks they areIt's still better than a Citreon C Turd!
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Speaking of scrap/landfill/overpriced rubbish, my 745i stumbled into life after a lengthy sojourn in my back passage. The good news is its no go status wasn't a dodgy turbo specific ECU as feared, the bad news is its running on 5
but that is 5 more than this morning ! 
Very cool car and a manual alsoBlitz wrote:I've always wanted the SA M88 745i.
The turbo was in the way of the steering .. so M88/3 was the only option,,
SA also got the 333i very cool also at that time
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They were all autos, even the 24v version!S38B38 wrote:Very cool car and a manual alsoBlitz wrote:I've always wanted the SA M88 745i.![]()
The turbo was in the way of the steering .. so M88/3 was the only option,,
SA also got the 333i very cool also at that time
Wrong.. there were 209 made and 17 with a stickAndyboy wrote:They were all autos, even the 24v version!S38B38 wrote:Very cool car and a manual alsoBlitz wrote:I've always wanted the SA M88 745i.![]()
The turbo was in the way of the steering .. so M88/3 was the only option,,
SA also got the 333i very cool also at that time
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THAT WENT ON THE SCRAPPAGE SCHEME! THATS CRIMINAL!B7 wrote:Here you go. Traded in at Tates Shiteon in Crawley about 2 - 3 months ago.
No matter how shit Andy thinks they areIt's still better than a Citreon C Turd!
Personally, though its a bit crabby, I quite like that red one
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It's not the sort of rubbish that interest me I'm afraid.S38B38 wrote:Wrong.. there were 209 made and 17 with a stickAndyboy wrote:They were all autos, even the 24v version!S38B38 wrote: Very cool car and a manual also![]()
The turbo was in the way of the steering .. so M88/3 was the only option,,
SA also got the 333i very cool also at that time![]()
Sorry, I'll leave all the E23 junk expertise to you.
I enjoy driving my e23 735 every day,
It's not crap to drive, and not all that bad on fuel as well, went to chester and back from sussex the other week and got 25 mpg all the way up, and 600 mile's over the 3 day's I was up there and back not all that much less for a heavy old car. not much for a new car but a old heep like my e23 it's good going LOL
but it is under geared but not at all slow, my old e23 735ex is much better geared and can get a good 28 mpg
For all that say the e32 is a better car... well it shoud be it replaced the e23 in-it
It's not crap to drive, and not all that bad on fuel as well, went to chester and back from sussex the other week and got 25 mpg all the way up, and 600 mile's over the 3 day's I was up there and back not all that much less for a heavy old car. not much for a new car but a old heep like my e23 it's good going LOL
but it is under geared but not at all slow, my old e23 735ex is much better geared and can get a good 28 mpg
For all that say the e32 is a better car... well it shoud be it replaced the e23 in-it
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