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Topic Started: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:40 am (137 Views)
GavinM	Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:40 am Post #1
Newbie Posts: 15 Group: Members Member #4,273 Joined: June 13, 2009	new 190 2.3 cossie owner here.... Will probably be in lots asking more than my share of daft questions from here on.... just purchased a 190 off pistonheads, admit I bought it blind over the blower because it was dirty cheap...some of you may have seen the ad on pistonheads... http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1082939.htm I actually live in Amsterdam so didn't have a chance t go look at it but am a bit of a car hoarder and unable to resist buying cheap old cars.... currently have a 95 bmw 740i, a 95 bmw 518touring, two skylines (r34 gtt, R33 GTR - wrecked) and just recently had a rather pretty red e46 m3 stolen from me here after 2 weeks of ownership....very distressing..... the 740 is currently my daily driver, bought it at christmas for 800 quid, in six months it's only cost me a sert of brake pads and has covered over 7k miles now...wouldnt be so practical in the UK but here where everywhere is flat it's quite reasonable to drive! anyway...the merc.....according to the ad it's been sat in a garage since 06, and needs a bit of love... depending on the state it's in under the bodykit, it will either be restored back to mint, or if it turns out to be a bit of a dog it's going to get stripped, caged and taken to the ring for some fun (only two hours for me by car so my regualr fun place) ad copy - This car has been dry stored & off the road since 2006. The car has no MOT or Road tax. It requires a light restoration & recomissioning. The car has a full service history up to 2006. Manual dogleg gearbox. Previous MOTs from 1996-2006. Various receipts & invoices. 4 good Tyres. Original alloy wheels. Half leather/cloth sports seats. Timing chain last replaced in 2005. All original & unmolested. The engine starts, runs & drives but does require some fine tuning. yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah...hi



Marv	Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:51 am Post #2
Evo II Wheel Posts: 2,671 Group: Members Member #642 Joined: November 3, 2006	Welcome Gavin, will probably need for suspension work on the rear as the sls is sunk right down.



dennisbots	Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:21 am Post #3
Member Posts: 554 Group: Members Member #1,903 Joined: November 10, 2007	Welcome here. Are you also Dutch or do you just live in Amsterdam. Nice car collection you have there, would be nice to see some picture's of it all. Greetings Dennis Nederland Edited by dennisbots, Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:21 am.



GavinM	Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:01 pm Post #4
Newbie Posts: 15 Group: Members Member #4,273 Joined: June 13, 2009	Marv Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:51 am Welcome Gavin, will probably need for suspension work on the rear as the sls is sunk right down. Wotcha...yes the guy selling did say the pipe to the rear was leaking hence an issue with the sls....jury out until close inspection whether to dump the lot for track suspension or fix it if it's not too bad....



GavinM	Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:12 pm Post #5
Newbie Posts: 15 Group: Members Member #4,273 Joined: June 13, 2009	dennisbots Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:21 am Welcome here. Are you also Dutch or do you just live in Amsterdam. Nice car collection you have there, would be nice to see some picture's of it all. Greetings Dennis Nederland Hey Dennis, not Dutch, British but I work for the Yamaha World Superbike team so am based here with Yamaha Motor Europe near Schiphol. Have to say Holland is a better place than the UK in the current economic crisis.... pics of the skylines below, don't have any bmw pics unfortunately.... this is the Skyline post accident.....wee bit bent unfortunately..... and pre accident this is the GTT on the ring... this is the e46 M3...only owned for two weeks before it was stolen two months ago.... Edited by GavinM, Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:14 pm.



moomycossie	Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:22 pm Post #6
2.3-16v engine now in Posts: 3,065 Group: Members Member #2,263 Joined: February 12, 2008	nice cars mate and welcome



Weyrmaster	Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:27 pm Post #7
Errrrrrrr! Posts: 302 Group: Members Member #3,825 Joined: February 11, 2009	Nice collection you have there m8. Welcome to the forum. Paul



GavinM	Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:56 pm Post #8
Newbie Posts: 15 Group: Members Member #4,273 Joined: June 13, 2009	cheers fellas, thanks for the welcome. Just been out for a spin in the sunshine so thought I'd a couple of pics of the daily driver.... I'm a big believer in banger economics...as mentioned above this was a sub 1k motor bought at Christmas, so far has only cost me a set of brake pads and having covered over 200k miles still starts on the button and runs like a dream...got to love a lazy V8....



jeremy	Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:11 am Post #9
Member Posts: 6,575 Group: Members Member #2,018 Joined: December 9, 2007	Welcome mate , you will find many of us on here believe in banger economics , in fact most of us tbh . The whole idea behind this site is to keep as many 190's on the road for as long as possible , for as little as possible . My 3 daily cars have cost �350 , �470 & �500 respectively . Jeremy



GavinM	Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:32 am Post #10
Newbie Posts: 15 Group: Members Member #4,273 Joined: June 13, 2009	Hi Jeremy, sound like bargains! what did you get for the money?



alan	Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:59 am Post #11
this looks like fun Posts: 4,005 Group: Members Member #2,052 Joined: December 21, 2007	welcome and glad to see your starting to move away from those bm's to a proper car lol



jeremy	Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:35 am Post #12
Member Posts: 6,575 Group: Members Member #2,018 Joined: December 9, 2007	GavinM Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:32 am Hi Jeremy, sound like bargains! what did you get for the money? �350 = 2.0 auto , my daily shed . �470 = 2.6 auto , came with leather + Lorinsers . �500 = AMG 320 CE-24V Jeremy



GavinM	Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:46 am Post #13
Newbie Posts: 15 Group: Members Member #4,273 Joined: June 13, 2009	jeremy Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:35 am GavinM Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:32 am Hi Jeremy, sound like bargains! what did you get for the money? �350 = 2.0 auto , my daily shed . �470 = 2.6 auto , came with leather + Lorinsers . �500 = AMG 320 CE-24V Jeremy 500 quid for an AMG!?!?! top bargain hunting! pics?



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