E34 540iA Touring

[jordyboy2 0]

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[bmw_guy 0]

haha i saw this, was going to post

[jordyboy2 0]

its booooooooootiful

[bmw_guy 0]

i love it!

[lbirgel 0]

looks mint, but not a big fan of the wheels but they could easily be swaped!!

[SIR E30 68]

It gets the SIR E30 seal of approval!

[Creaver 55]

Good luck Adam!

[tire 10]

Dope!

[Guest Simon*]

Yeah saw it too.

Awesome wagon

Why selling Adam?

[540i TOURING 0]

Yeah saw it too.

Awesome wagon

Why selling Adam?

Haha wondered how long it would take to get on bimmersport

I have the opportunity to get into a 2006 RS4 Black Manual Wagon with only 30,000km for a very very good price. If I sell my wagon this may be too good an opportunity to pass up (I know I shouldn't do it but I love a v8 manual wagon ).

However even if I miss out on the RS4 since I sold my VY Clubsport last November I have been using the 540i as my daily driver (my wife Linda only used to do 5km per week before) hence have quickly racked up some big kms in it (I do 40-50km / year) which seems a shame for such an original car. The Nissan Patrol we replaced the Clubsport with to tow ours and customers boats is Petrol (averages 20 litres/100km) so is too expensive to run every day.

So the above along bit of frustration with things going wrong and some bad luck with the touring heamoraging us money (long story) in the last few months has convinced me its time to get something newer thats not so extreme wheeled and expensive to maintain etc I can just get in and drive everyday. As much as I would like to leave the touring in the garage as our weekend toy our son Zak is 18 months old now and eats a lot of food ! Plus I'm spending a fair bit of cash building up my race car to get ready for next season.

M 325i Posted Yesterday, 11:45 PM

looks mint, but not a big fan of the wheels but they could easily be swaped!!

And yes the wheels are not for everyone hence the reason they are not included in the asking price.

Thanks

Adam

[Guest Simon*]

Sweet

GL mate. The RS4 wag sounds pretty mint

[Cale 36]

G/L Adam.

'Tis a very nice car, so much better in person.

[soarer260@hotmail.com 0]

Excellent Car but those wheels are truly shocking.

[Mike.Gayner 0]

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems extraordinarily expensive for an E34. Are the wagons particularly rare?

[arros 0]

Yip 540 Touring is pretty rare- definitely the more desireable of the E34 wagons.

It's the right car (ie great example) for someone searcing for one. Adam has had heaps of great comments on the car in the past- plenty of interest.

I reckon there is a bit of a following for E34 wagons

Edit: can't spull for shite

Edited April 9, 2009 by arros

[Creaver 55]

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems extraordinarily expensive for an E34. Are the wagons particularly rare?

Wagons arn't THAT rare...but I would say in 540i guise, yes.

[ED1RTY 2]

I liked the old wheels not the OEM ones, the 19"?? That were on at the last ANZAC cruise..

Edited April 9, 2009 by ED1RTY

[540i TOURING 0]

Excellent Car but those wheels are truly shocking.

Thanks for putting it so nicely mike

[540i TOURING 0]

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems extraordinarily expensive for an E34. Are the wagons particularly rare?

Yes you're right Mike it does seem expensive for an E34 especially with the abundance of 540i sedans for sale at a lot cheaper price.

However at 14k there is nothing even close to this for sale in a V8 wagon. This is my second E34 540i Touring, my first one was mint and I sold it for $16500 18 months ago, this one is a minter plus NZ new plus leather plus thousands spent on all the stuff that goes wrong with E34's.. Trans, Brakes, Front Suspension. The only other one I know of is my mate Leons Dark Green all original model he paid 15k for a little over a year ago.

This car owes me well over 20k and hopefully someone will see the value in it. If not I guess I'm in the lucky situation of not needing to sell it.

Thanks

Adam

[540i TOURING 0]

Yip 540 Touring is pretty rare- definitely the more desireable of the E34 wagons.

It's the right car (ie great example) for someone searcing for one. Adam has had heaps of great comments on the car in the past- plenty of interest.

I reckon there is a bit of a following for E34 wagons

Edit: can't spull for shite

Thanks Arros

[Greg111 13]

Tidy looking wag you have there, good luck with the sale.

[540i TOURING 0]

I liked the old wheels not the OEM ones, the 19"?? That were on at the last ANZAC cruise..

Hey ED1RTY you mean these Mesh Style ones(see below pic)? Actually they were 20's. Yes they were my favourites and this is one of the reasons I have got frustrated with heomoraging (spelt that wrong) money and time and put up the wagon for sale.

In Jan I was on my way to work passing a truck on the back road between Waiuku and Pukekohe when out of no where there was a loud bang and the rear end swung hard around of which I just caught it in time. A secong earlier and I would have gotten spat into the side of the truck and as solid as the E34's are would have been very messy.

So I pulled to a halt expecting to see a blown out tyre and nope tyre ok (flat) but inside lip of wheel completely gone . Anyway originally the wheels were black centred and I had spent a fair bit custom painting these silver and polished the lips. The supplier didn't have another wheel in stock but could get me another black one from overseas in 6 weeks. However on closer inspection they were not that strong looking, the inner edge of the wheel was very thin all the way from the spokes and realisically just a poxy casting (see below pics). I also thought if ones done it how strong are the other 3...??? If my wife and son had been in the car... not good. Gutted as I really liked the Mesh look and had spent so much money...

So in the end the supplier gave me a new set of 5 spoke 20" black centred wheels as replacements which were a lot thicker through centre (I advertised them on here about a month ago, sold now as I didn't like the style). I then had the opportunity to pick up the Koyas at a reasonable price and liked the idea of the staggered set up and they were already silver with stainless lip. The Koyas are known as being a quality wheel and IMO they look a lot better in the flesh than the pics but appreciate they will never be every BMW owners cup of tea, maybe even shocking to some... (yes we know thats you mike gayner )

Anyway thats the long story...

Adam

Adam

[540i TOURING 0]

SOLD

[mitchE30 0]

rims might be make in asia.

[Creaver 55]

Congrats Adam, didn't take long! All the best with your trackcar and next vehicle.