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Great presence even now after 9yrs & you are right about the noise 8) intoxicating as is the torque & ballistic feel when you gas them .
Pricey parts though :wink: very very pricey compared to Z stuff :cry:
 
mr wilks said:
Great presence even now after 9yrs & you are right about the noise 8) intoxicating as is the torque & ballistic feel when you gas them .
Pricey parts though :wink: very very pricey compared to Z stuff :cry:
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lets hope nothing goes wrong with it then :lol:
 
nightyard said:
mr wilks said:
Great presence even now after 9yrs & you are right about the noise 8) intoxicating as is the torque & ballistic feel when you gas them .
Pricey parts though :wink: very very pricey compared to Z stuff :cry:
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lets hope nothing goes wrong with it then :lol:
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Mine stayed 6 months & cost me £1200/£1500 & it was 60k all dealer history 1 prev owner .
My indy said all mk1's are the same with a lot of new & trial wiring / parts etc . His advice when i said i loved the car but couldn't deal with the constant bills was to go for a facelift after 07 ? I didn't though i bought a Zc instead :P
 
Here mate , this was my parting post from the US based 6 series forum :D
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=622914&highlight=is+my+intent+on+finding+new+owner :thumbsup:
 
That is tasty mate :) I keep looking at my Z cash & then at E46 M3's knowing it will all end in tears but ???????? They are nice :oops:
especially this one http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201308078200606/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/7000/model/m3/make/bmw/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/page/4/postcode/bb120hr/radius/1501?logcode=p
 
Probably on a par for costs of parts but would expect the M3 to be more reliable ? Then again there are known subframes issues & of course SMG problem's that soon hit £2/£3k to fettle :wink:
 
mr wilks said:
Probably on a par for costs of parts but would expect the M3 to be more reliable ? Then again there are known subframes issues & of course SMG problem's that soon hit £2/£3k to fettle :wink:
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give it a few months were both come here crying on the forum about unexpected repair bills :lol:
 
mr wilks said:
Here mate , this was my parting post from the US based 6 series forum :D
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=622914&highlight=is+my+intent+on+finding+new+owner :thumbsup:
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In the words of Miss Cilla Black, "So ye didn't ge ron then" :D
 
:roll: :wink: its kinda funny now looking back but the total shutdown of the car on a busy roundabout in town at peak time just blew the whole dream :cry: it literally went from running to all dash lights to total shutdown within minutes . Even the hazards wouldn't work :o
Unfortunately for the 6 it followed almost 2 years of total porsche pleasure with insignificant expense on either 911 so that didn't help the equation's .
That said the V8 6 is an awesome machine that i would love to go back to one day , just not sure i ever will
 
mr wilks said:
:roll: :wink: its kinda funny now looking back but the total shutdown of the car on a busy roundabout in town at peak time just blew the whole dream :cry: it literally went from running to all dash lights to total shutdown within minutes . Even the hazards wouldn't work :o
Unfortunately for the 6 it followed almost 2 years of total porsche pleasure with insignificant expense on either 911 so that didn't help the equation's .
That said the V8 6 is an awesome machine that i would love to go back to one day , just not sure i ever will
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you've well put me off one!

brothers got a 2003 xk8 convertible in at his work that owes 8k ... shame it looks soo dated!
 
nightyard said:
http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/06/02/bmw-6-series-taken-to-another-level/

wow, not for me haha but still wow
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Horrific!! Ruined a good car.

As for the 6 series- if you can afford one (as in buy in outright) then go for it and put a few quid aside each month for repairs- these were 60k cars and can't be that fragile or there would have been more recalls and bad press. Like any car buy the best you can afford and avoid bottom of the barrel abused cars.
 
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