Is there a more utterly f@cked E34 M5 than this anywhere?

[Andyboy]

So, it's rotten, the gearbox is shagged, engine seized, brakes and suspension with issues..............!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-BMW-M5-E ... 257b1881a6

[Simon13]

i know, hows it got a ticket still? looks like its not been washed in years and family owned for 10 years or abused?!

[bigwinn]

I usually like that colour but that even looks crap....

[pacerpete]

10 bags should sort it. Then you will have a nice car that is worth 3k

[capri_rob]

What sort of retard leaves a car like that to rot

[B7]

Guys, I am 99% sure this is the car that was for sale when i had my 525i e34. I veiwed it just after i'd bought my car, thinking I'd trade up. It is the same year and I'd remember that plate anywhere as my 525 plate ended BPF!

It was the trader that had the showroom in Reigate in the late 90's which is now a kitchen showroom. Reason I never went for it was I'd just paid £13k for mine and this was higher mileage and knocking on the door of 20 bags. It was in perfect condition then though.

I saw the car a couple of times in Godstone where I think the then owner lived. And it never went far by the looks of it. Henfield only just down the road from me.

How the mighty have fallen. My old 525 is still going strong and looks like it did back then. Peter, the guy I sold it to just up the road, has obviously cherished it a lot more than these monkeys have the M5!!!

[e30topless]

a very sad end to a once proud chariot,

[Simon13]

i've just looked again at the new info and pics hes added. Thats just been run into the ground by the looks of it. Bare minimum approach

Shame as its a epic colour combo. A lottery win could save it and about 2million man hours

[B7]

i've just looked again at the new info and pics hes added. Thats just been run into the ground by the looks of it. Bare minimum approach

Shame as its a epic colour combo. A lottery win could save it and about 2million man hours

The best colour combo IMO. Gaytona is a seriously nice colour when clean. Really makes Macau look what it really is. Crap!

[bigwinn]

the seats, especially rears, look past it too

shame

[Andyboy]

Having said that, what a great restoration project - if any car deserves to be rescued it's that. Folk spend 2-3 years rebuilding a Triumph Stag or Minor 1000 and end up with just that, a Stag or a Morris 1000.

These cars will have their day, when F10 M5's are everywhere for £3000 spares or repair. That's when your three years and 10 grand investment pay off.

[anothere21323i]

Having said that, what a great restoration project - if any car deserves to be rescued it's that. Folk spend 2-3 years rebuilding a Triumph Stag or Minor 1000 and end up with just that, a Stag or a Morris 1000.

These cars will have their day, when F10 M5's are everywhere for £3000 spares or repair. That's when your three years and 10 grand investment pay off.

True. It does make me feel kinda sad when I see cars like this in that sort of state. Must be getting sentimental in my old age.....

[Simon13]

i'm silly enough to have go and save it. but its take a punt for £500 not over £1000 like its at!

[jimbom30cab]

i'm silly enough to have go and save it

you'll have your hands full soon matey

[Simon13]

i'm not going to rest assured!

[Speedtouch]

Having said that, what a great restoration project - if any car deserves to be rescued it's that. Folk spend 2-3 years rebuilding a Triumph Stag or Minor 1000 and end up with just that, a Stag or a Morris 1000.

These cars will have their day, when F10 M5's are everywhere for £3000 spares or repair. That's when your three years and 10 grand investment pay off.

Oi, nowt wrong with the trusty Moggy thou! Mine's currently heading towards 150,000 miles and still in daily use in all weathers at 43 years old.

I wonder if he has actually tried charging the battery, before jumping to the conclusion that the engine is seized.

[pacerpete]

Having said that, what a great restoration project - if any car deserves to be rescued it's that. Folk spend 2-3 years rebuilding a Triumph Stag or Minor 1000 and end up with just that, a Stag or a Morris 1000.

These cars will have their day, when F10 M5's are everywhere for £3000 spares or repair. That's when your three years and 10 grand investment pay off.

Oi, nowt wrong with the trusty Moggy thou! Mine's currently heading towards 150,000 miles and still in daily use in all weathers at 43 years old.

I wonder if he has actually tried charging the battery, before jumping to the conclusion that the engine is seized.

I reckon it needs a fuse or three

[Speedtouch]

Nothing a shot of Slick 50 wouldn't cure, I'm sure...

[Simon13]

well the garage have fed him some tosh in someway. Would be interesting to know the cue. If you took a punt on it and the mill ran/was ok for instance or easy fix, then getting a gearbox sorted and bare minimum the rest and punt it about see what its all about.

Hartge suspension won't of come cheap on it.


Whats the extra stalk below the indicator stalk for? i've seen it before on e34's

[Speedtouch]

Steering column rake adjustment, at a guess.

[bigwinn]

isnt it electric steering column adjustment?

[Simon13]

looks like a nakamichi head unit?!

[pacerpete]

I've got an excellent gearbox !

[Simon13]

what about engine?!

[pacerpete]

what about engine?!

No. A good 3.8 is still 2k as against a bag for a 3.6.

The 3.8s like to drop a valve, as did the silver touring I served to Jan, him of macau Biturbo fame .

[Andyboy]

If you took a punt on it and the mill ran/was ok for instance or easy fix, then getting a gearbox sorted and bare minimum the rest and punt it about see what its all about.

A pile of rusty old shit?

Cars like that need a full bare shell rebuild. There's no point in trying to patch it up, it's fucked. It's two or three years and 10 grand in parts to fix that, but if done right it'd be a nice car worth owning. Otherwise it will always be a patched up shitter and a waste of time.

[pacerpete]

That is so foooked even I don't want it ! But the Panhard 24ct, that is a different matter !

[Speedtouch]

I'll bet you're only interested in licking those stains off its seats!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PANHARD-24CT- ... 257b32a0bd

[retroboyo]

They can certainly shift those 3.8s

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[oomz1975]

That's some properly, mad, reckless, gansta driving skills right there...(like GTA).

Must admit, I was fascinated watching that. Check the bit when he takes a phone call.

[retroboyo]

haha, the phone call did grab my attention, he was as cool as a Trebor's mint whilst taking a call and driving like that!

[snakebrain]

Hmmmmm. There's a guy with the same name on the Georgian national football team. The U-17s...

http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=2013 ... index.html

[B7]

Well I geuss it's fate was sealed really.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-BMW-M5-E ... 2803wt_958