E34

I'm a fan of the older Jeeps, can pick up a decent one for 3 grand these days. They are pretty hard to kill and will deal to most things off road with decent tyres. Only down fall is parts are a bit hard to come by, and usually expensive. They are pretty thirsty (not as bad as my old disco) but will out tow anything this side of an F series diesel. I'd be keen to give the newer model Range Rovers a go but not too sure how the bank balance would hold up with traction contol and air suspension on a 15 year old car (not to mention British). As for the Jappas, can't go past a Nissan Patrol. Just avoid n/a diesel. Too gutless.

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Cheers, I hope for you it goes for a decent price too, as a low price would hurt other 540is on the market. Yeah I took it for a drive out to the Shore on Friday, first time I've driven it since listing it for sale, and thought shes a f**king bargain if it goes for anything less than 5 grand. Great cars to drive, especially on long distance, just needs cruise control (or a 6 speed!).

Yes the 560SEC, I used to have one of them, Mercedes back in those day were built A LOT better than the crap we get now.

Looks nice, always liked the E32, will be in touch if I get semi decent $$$ for my $1 reserve 540i haha. Do you ha e the original 15" wheels? Does it leak water at all (into the cabin?). Does the diff whine? Cheers.

Yep I've pretty much had no interest in mine, bidding is at $1600 after nearly one week on $1 reserve haha.

Yeah I've got a Cherokee that I'm wrecking for parts, I thrashed it off road for 6 months before I decided I didn't want to spend money on it for WOF. For the record it shat all over Terranos, Surfs, Pajeros, comparable Jap (over rated) 4wds. With 1.6 tonne and 190 hp, decent tyres and a small lift sees them walking away from Land Cruisers and Patrols. I'd challenge you on a Surf or Paj being more reliable too. Well E34 540i on trade me seem to be around the 6-8 grand mark so I'd hope to get some where in there. Didn't try to sell it before hand, couldn't be f**ked sticking a price on it in a listing with little movement, at least I know that there should be a sale within two weeks.

Is that the blown big block? Was looking under the bonnet in it, a guy came over and said it was pulling 1500hp lol.One of my favourites would have been the fully original silver 59 Cadillac, and all the MOPARS.

Yeah thats my one, farking nice car, too nice for what I want it for, hence why I am getting a Cherokee for my daily and off road thrash, and if theres enough change an E32 740/50il for a weekend car.

Very nice interior. I will be putting mine on $1 dollar reserve tomorrow night for a quick sale, so you can see what sorta prices they go for (all of the ones on TM have been on there for a while, bugger all movement), I did the contol arms myself, retail the four arms were about $600, cheaper for the bushes but might as well get the whole arm. A lot of car for the money.

I'm there, meeting my mates who have a 49 Buick with a 455cu in it (around 7.6 litres?). Will be embarssing turning up on my 250cc motorbike but it would be a sin to take the car over the bike on those roads.

And manual too! Back when they made real cars. Mercedes were also looking at a V16 for their upcoming S Class, but due to the economic times decided against it.

Well I'm going to Wellington this weekend, and coming back on Monday, if bekker cannot do it for you, let me know, as I will most probably go out there for a look. Cheers.

I used to be in the Navy... A mate I went through training with was going to get put on his van 'VANGNA' with the message 'full of seamen' underneath.

No where did I mention those with older or less valuable cars should be treated differently to those with newer stuff. What goes around come around, one reason why Toyota are the best selling brand on both sides of the Tasman is because of their customer service (especially compared to Holden and Ford). Maybe some people get more satisfaction from going to a dealer and being around cars 10 to 20 times the value of theirs. True, a dealer might have service tools etc, but I'd take a good guess that any garage dealing with older (and popular) European models can do the same job. What my occupation has got to do with it, I don't know, but I'm a diesel mechanic and truck driver, comes in handy... Means I don't feel warm and fuzzy after blowing $600 for a BMW service when i can do it myself in about 3 hours. If I did need to use dealer tools, I'd fork out and take it to an independent garage.