E30 Zone

i'm thinking of buying one of these old turds for a laugh. as long as the engine is good, i'm not too bothered as if the rest of the car dies, i'll lob it in an E34 550i

itr's a lot of scrap metal at the end of the day so i'm never going to lose out too badly

assuming it works for a while, what sort of economy will these turds do? on a run and / or around town
assuming it shits its self levelling suspension and the electrics all die or something, what bits will fit a E34? (interior, brakes, diff etc?)

or is this an utterly stooooopid idea?!!!

Life is to short to drive boring cars dude! My advice is, Buy it!!!

I would reckon on about 12-18mpg mate

hehe, fantastic!
this particular example has full electrics (hardly suprising), leather (again, no suprise) but is pimp black with teinted pimp windows and some tasty 18" deep dish alloys. all would be happy in a E34 if all goes tits up

now where to get the money....

cant be going for much in the current fuel climate. ive always said if i saw one of these locally id take a punt no matter what the condition, for the right price of course.

as you say it would be good to stuff the v12 into an e34 afterwards, id junk all the suspension and stuff though, its horribly complicated as i found out on my 540.

nickso wrote: as you say it would be good to stuff the v12 into an e34 afterwards, id junk all the suspension and stuff though, its horribly complicated as i found out on my 540.

Yep EDC shocks are a fortune to replace! I had an E32 750 a couple of years back great fun, even if the OBC only showed an average of 6MPG!!!! the get up and go from such a big motor is fantastic. Apart from the suspension, everything else is pretty easy to work on, and the V12 itself if just 2 2.5 lumps, with 2 of everything, so not as scarey to work on as thought

if economy is something that concerns you i wouldnt advise smoking about in an old 5 litre

it's not something that concerns me majorly and i'm under no illusion that it'll be any good at all. just there's a plan for a 1500 mile trip round france next month and this would be legendary in a 750iL!!!! at 6mpg, for 1500 miles, it could be costly... if it managed 20mpg on a run, it would be bearable

Buy it.

Oh:



No pics, it never really happened

My brother briefy owned an 850i, and its batteries (they have two) kept going flat due to all the electrics these cars have if left for more than a day or two. It did shift though despite the slushbox and the noise was lovely.

Bry_D wrote:

nickso wrote: as you say it would be good to stuff the v12 into an e34 afterwards, id junk all the suspension and stuff though, its horribly complicated as i found out on my 540.

Yep EDC shocks are a fortune to replace! I had an E32 750 a couple of years back great fun, even if the OBC only showed an average of 6MPG!!!! the get up and go from such a big motor is fantastic. Apart from the suspension, everything else is pretty easy to work on, and the V12 itself if just 2 2.5 lumps, with 2 of everything, so not as scarey to work on as thought

yeh the engine isnt a complicated beast, didnt take me long to frag the last one at the scrappy anyway.

if its got self levelling and the active steering doofer the pipework in the engine bay is truly unnerving.

6 mpg sounds like a good home for an LPG kit.....

These horrid turds will do, assuming all is ship shape, 20 + on a run ,down to low teens around town/acting the c0ck. Petrol costs will be the least of your problems !

nickso wrote: the engine bay is truly unnerving.

Wouldn't say that, just lack of room to work, changing plugs is a days job on its own especially when you get to the last 2 on the nearside

Bry_D wrote:

nickso wrote: the engine bay is truly unnerving.

Wouldn't say that, just lack of room to work, changing plugs is a days job on its own especially when you get to the last 2 on the nearside

i agree about the plugs but you misquoted me, i said the pipework from the steering is unnerving.

Buy it! It will be fun.

I would think carefully about doing a long trip in it and risk end up being stranded somewhere subject to a repair at great expense.

pacerpete wrote:These horrid turds will do, assuming all is ship shape, 20 + on a run ,down to low teens around town/acting the c0ck. Petrol costs will be the least of your problems !

What's wrong with them then, or is it just down to neglect by careless owners?

Id go for it, ive toyed with the idea myself but funds have said no...

....howver im looking at getting a new job which wont involve any car commuting...so i might get one then.....or an XJRS.....

alas it appears to have been sold already.
would have been rather pimping though!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=004

Do iiiiiit!

I get about 22mpg combined out of my 740i so I reckon you'll see the right side of 18 from a 750

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO comfy too

That 750i on ebay was up a few times before it sold I think. It looks like a right villain's car (no offence to any intended). Shame you missed it.

it was up at least once and it did indeed look like a villains car! that's part of the appeal! how gangsta!