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Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:01 pm

Oh wow thats really deserves some lova and car.

Is that henna? Was henna available on E23's?
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Looks smart, it needs an m60 on carbs dropping in 8)
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:27 am

Lovely. I think I want a E23.

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Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:51 am

I assume they didn't pay any more than £100 for that sad old rusty turd ? I would rather have bum cancer ! :eek:
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:32 pm

Henna red does not look good on that car
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:38 pm

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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Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:40 pm

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.
E23 is cooler though and super rare.
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:42 pm

Blitz wrote:
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.
E23 is cooler though and super rare.
having an e23 means you cant afford a nice e24 :twisted:
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bss325i wrote:Cant be many like this left.
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.
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:14 pm

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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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.
And we are still yet to see the pictures you took. :wink:
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:01 pm

My first ever BMW was an E23 728i when i was 19!

It went to a BMW breakers after i killed the auto box!
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:32 pm

bss325i 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!
Same here ,, 82 auto

i also had a 733i 78 automatic also
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Ollie_bwoii wrote:
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.
And we are still yet to see the pictures you took. :wink:
I'll go and get them off the phone. Wait there.
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:51 pm

Here you go. Traded in at Tates Shiteon in Crawley about 2 - 3 months ago.

No matter how shit Andy thinks they are :wink: It's still better than a Citreon C Turd!

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Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:09 pm

Damn that is nice. :drool:

I'm guessing its now some product brought from Tesco?
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Ollie_bwoii wrote:Damn that is nice. :drool:

I'm guessing its now some product brought from Tesco?
Still in the breakers I believe. Which something heavy and no doubt rusty on it's roof!
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:13 pm

:cry: Such a waste.

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.
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Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:37 pm

i thought it may have been this one for sale at sherborne (nowhere near Colchester though) last summer:

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an old boy had it up for sale, low mileage, one owner, etc., etc. £1500 iirc.
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Ollie_bwoii wrote:Oh wow thats really deserves some lova and car.

Is that henna? Was henna available on E23's?
Does anyone know? I've got a full set of E28 doors and stuff in that colour...:)
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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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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
Peter has one stuck up his back passage somewhere.
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B7 wrote:
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
Peter has one stuck up his back passage somewhere.
Would be nice to see pitures :cool:
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B7 wrote:Here you go. Traded in at Tates Shiteon in Crawley about 2 - 3 months ago.

No matter how shit Andy thinks they are :wink: It's still better than a Citreon C Turd!

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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.
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Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:24 pm

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 ! :)
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I've always wanted the SA M88 745i.
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Blitz wrote:I've always wanted the SA M88 745i.
Very cool car and a manual also :cool:

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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Blitz wrote:I've always wanted the SA M88 745i.
Very cool car and a manual also :cool:

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
They were all autos, even the 24v version!
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Blitz wrote:I've always wanted the SA M88 745i.
Very cool car and a manual also :cool:

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
They were all autos, even the 24v version!
Wrong.. there were 209 made and 17 with a stick winkeye
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That interior is to die for. Leather covered everything. Looks like theres a manual.
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B7 wrote:Here you go. Traded in at Tates Shiteon in Crawley about 2 - 3 months ago.

No matter how shit Andy thinks they are :wink: It's still better than a Citreon C Turd!

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THAT WENT ON THE SCRAPPAGE SCHEME! THATS CRIMINAL!

Personally, though its a bit crabby, I quite like that red one
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S38B38 wrote:
Andyboy wrote:
S38B38 wrote: Very cool car and a manual also :cool:

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
They were all autos, even the 24v version!
Wrong.. there were 209 made and 17 with a stick winkeye
It's not the sort of rubbish that interest me I'm afraid.

Sorry, I'll leave all the E23 junk expertise to you. winkeye
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Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:43 pm

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 :cool:

For all that say the e32 is a better car... well it shoud be it replaced the e23 in-it winkeye
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