Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

If they could fix the satnav I'd take the Alpina over the BMW version.

On the subject of cruise, I never use it in the UK but used it for hours on end on the A6 in France, after that journey I suddenly saw the point.

That is incredible.

How could this V12 750i with 165k be anything other than a brilliant idea at £5750? My commute takes at least 15 minutes, this is the opulent luxury I need.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/475159383324056/

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Saw this in Camberwell earlier today.

This is amazing! My favourite BMW.

Serious? As in went to view it or passed by? I’m genuinely quite tempted, just to have owned a silky limo if only for a few months before the petrol pump empties my household budget.

It drove past me. The ugly Halfords v12 badges on the c pillar are hard to miss, and i doubt (hope) there isn't another black e38 750i spinning around London with the same badges

There have been at least two 750 for sale recently, both way cheaper and lower miles (sub 100k) but not been used for at least 18-24 months.

Ex-Yakuza... I have no idea what reputation they have, if any, for car maintenance.

Ah. So lovely. So tempting.

Wouldn't park it on the street in Walthamstow, though.

I wonder how difficult it would be to replace the built in sat nav? I assume fairly difficult otherwise the current owner would have done it.

I was thinking about that- I suspect that the owner just used their phone, and even if the sat nav worked would probably still do so, therefore the cost of fixing it is somewhat wasteful. I’d still fix it if it was my car, but that’s just me.

Nonsense. You would send it to a specialist company in Munich and have all the gubbins platinum plated. You would then throw them away and have them rebuilt by a small engineering company, add a digital turbocharger, exhume Bill Gates and force his ghost to reprogram it.

Then you'd use your phone.

I actually quite want this.

@Dammit https://psauction.se/item/view/601286/volvo-245-turbo-155hk-1985

i reckon you'd really dig the anality of doing a concourse resto on something like that.

dibs

It's nice that.

I can't put my finger on the engine though - it looks like an ABF but the throttle body and inlet are on the wrong side of the car, maybe it's an aftermarket inlet manifold that swaps it side to side

Well, on the positive side, if it's not numbers-matching then the price should be more reasonable.

Mega weekend at Goodwood, camped next to some Belgium lads and their white/black Carrera RS with poly sliding side window, massive Recaro buckets, track meet stickers and just the right amount of patina, v.v.v.v.v.cool

Doug DeMuro has managed to get a go with an XJ220

https://youtu.be/YPrJYNFURKU

Good spot. Is it a G60? normally the intake is on that side but the airbox is still on the opposite side via a whole lotta pipework.

EDIT that makes no sense, its a 16v.

Looks like there are 16v g60 in the wild..

https://www.vw-racing.org/single-post/2017/09/26/3G-16V-G60-VWM-Engine-for-Sale

You can build a 16v G60 though, there’s a conversion kit available.

I did think the same but the inlet hose routing is notably different and there’s no charger sat above the alternator.

I think you can maybe mix and match that manifold from something else to put the air box on that side

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There’s no such thing as a 16v mk1 GTI from the factory as far as I’m aware.

Oettinger did a 16v conversion called a 16 S that’s very rare