EBay Finds

[xtriple]

Twelve cylinders.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-760Li-V1 ... 0005.m1851

Why does this have to be sooooooo far away?

[Hooli]

Twelve cylinders.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-760Li-V1 ... 0005.m1851

Why does this have to be sooooooo far away?

So you have longer to enjoy the drive home.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I was at the pub last night and a guy pitched up with one of these Bad Boys, 750i V8 in black with these wheels. Gave £4000 for it on an 05 plate, FSH and everything working. It dominated the car park.

We're so lucky that we can buy cars like this for next to fuck all, gadgets and performance we couldn't even dream of in the eighties when we had a freshly minted licence. All these big V8 and V12 Jags, BMW's and Mercs were designed for us to enjoy, not the first owner. They just paid for it all.

Think about that.

BMW spent a billion DM designing and building it.

The first owner paid 60 grand for it.

Now it's ours for a couple of grand or so.

[LynehamHerc]

It's certainly tempting.

Being totally mechanically and electronically inept is not the ideal set of skills for one of these though.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

An element of luck is involved, but this or a rusty 1973 Escort?

[LynehamHerc]

Certainly not the Escort.
The prices are obscene for what was, at best, a reasonable car in its time.
I'd hate to think what a RS1600 BDA rebuild would cost.
I'd do as SiC has and get something like a Dolly Sprint or if my second mid life crisis hit something like a XJS or XK8, probably the latter as S prices look to have taken off to me.

[Hooli]

I'd love a XJS but as you say they've got a bit expensive. I've looked inside a XK8 & wasn't over impressed, it's a similar dash to a XJ8 but with twice the height in the wood. It'd be like sitting behind a log. They look great outside though.

[John F]

I managed to tick the XJ-S box when the cars were dirt cheap, my pre-HE V12 had no MOT but did come with a vanity plate (5694 VF) and cost just £100. It was a fucking liability though, it was at that age when everything was starting to go wrong. It was a total beast when it worked, but it was thirsty and unreliable so it got sold for a large profit to some lunatic that planned to put a Ford 2.0 Pinto in it...

Would I have another? No. They really weren't built at all well, and I say that as a Land Rover owner. Everything was complex, and needed more specialist facilities & tools - and knowledge - than I had at the time.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

They were magnificent rubbish, such a great design but easily the worst built car in the BL empire. To have one now would be a never ending ritual of fixing stuff. And there is just SO MUCH of it.


I had two between 1989 and 1995 when they were buttons, and I bought 'good' ones.

[Junkman]

I dislike those lower level Mopars with a passion. They are just too shit.
I'm more a Camaro man, me.

They were all cheap junk really, but it's what looks and sounds best that matters now. I doubt many of them drive like a proper car.

There are too many interesting Yanks about to bother with a common Mustang. A Corsair Monza or an early Toronado.

Having driven ponycars of all the big three, I found they drive very good indeed. As with all septic chod, it doesn't matter whether it's a dog, they all drive the same. It probably all depends more on which boxes were ticked on the order sheet.
Having owned many an interesting yank, I caught myself eyeing up naff Mustangs at meetings lately. Sadly all of them fared the same seemingly inevitable fate within days after arriving on this fair island, so importing an unmolested one would be the only option. Their utter commonness at least has the advantage of a totally carefree ownership experience. There are surprisingly many good ones available in the country next door that's always closed.

Should desiring an uncommon Ponycar be your goal, try to find an AMC Javelin.