Hello all,
I have been on this site for 3 years now. I took a bit of time out after my clio got written off but now I am back! Some of you may remember my old 1.2 sport rep that went through several stages.
it started off like this
and finished like this
Anyway.... I then went though a few cars. I had a 03 focus 1.6 which I never bonded with and had it for 2 weeks before the engine went... (Never really liked fords and this didn't help). Then I got a Hyundai coupe which was okay but I wanted something with better build quality so I decided to sell that to my dad and buy a 3 series. I didn't really have anything specific in mind, just that it had to have leather and be diesel. So looked around for a week or 2 and found an estate locally. It had standard 17's and was an SE but fitted the bill so went and had a look.
I modified it a little with angel eyes and genuine M3 alloys and had the arches widened to suit! Ended up looking like this.
Next to my dads 330d m sport that he sold the Hyundai for.
It will be popping up in the for sale section soon if anyone is interested!!
Moving on. I wanted something with lower miles and something quicker and more aggressive. So I started to look at e90 and e60 bmw's. Didn't want anything less than a 3.0 so it was between a 3/530d or a 3/535d. Several weeks of looking and thinking about it I decided on an e60. Then was the big decision! What engine to go for. I was back and forth between the two thinking a 530 is slightly cheaper and with a remap will give close to 535 power but a 535 won't have as much lag because of the twin turbo system! I wanted it to have a few creature comforts so it needed to have heated leather, climate control and as they all came with the nav screen that would already be there. Preferably wanted to have the 19' spider alloys and xenons. So the search continued.
I decided on a 535d purely because of the supreme nature of them and it was the top dog of all diesels at the time. I found a few that I liked the look of and but didn't get much response from some of the sellers.
I settled on a 54(05) Carbon Black 535d saloon. Had everything I wanted bar the xenons but I can always install them at a later date. 91,000 miles, Black heated leather, climate, new 19's with new rubber and a good tax and mot meant that this was the one. So last weekend I headed down to Ilford, Essex to pick the old girl up.
So here are a few picture of what she looks like.
I gave her a good de-tar and polish so while i was at it I had the front wheels off and painted the mammoth front callipers a fresh silver.
I love this picture and it's the best reflection I have ever archived
The plan is to help her standards with only doing bulb upgrades and just keeping her a clean as possible.
Comments and criticisms welcome.
I have been on this site for 3 years now. I took a bit of time out after my clio got written off but now I am back! Some of you may remember my old 1.2 sport rep that went through several stages.
it started off like this
and finished like this
Anyway.... I then went though a few cars. I had a 03 focus 1.6 which I never bonded with and had it for 2 weeks before the engine went... (Never really liked fords and this didn't help). Then I got a Hyundai coupe which was okay but I wanted something with better build quality so I decided to sell that to my dad and buy a 3 series. I didn't really have anything specific in mind, just that it had to have leather and be diesel. So looked around for a week or 2 and found an estate locally. It had standard 17's and was an SE but fitted the bill so went and had a look.
I modified it a little with angel eyes and genuine M3 alloys and had the arches widened to suit! Ended up looking like this.
Next to my dads 330d m sport that he sold the Hyundai for.
It will be popping up in the for sale section soon if anyone is interested!!
Moving on. I wanted something with lower miles and something quicker and more aggressive. So I started to look at e90 and e60 bmw's. Didn't want anything less than a 3.0 so it was between a 3/530d or a 3/535d. Several weeks of looking and thinking about it I decided on an e60. Then was the big decision! What engine to go for. I was back and forth between the two thinking a 530 is slightly cheaper and with a remap will give close to 535 power but a 535 won't have as much lag because of the twin turbo system! I wanted it to have a few creature comforts so it needed to have heated leather, climate control and as they all came with the nav screen that would already be there. Preferably wanted to have the 19' spider alloys and xenons. So the search continued.
I decided on a 535d purely because of the supreme nature of them and it was the top dog of all diesels at the time. I found a few that I liked the look of and but didn't get much response from some of the sellers.
I settled on a 54(05) Carbon Black 535d saloon. Had everything I wanted bar the xenons but I can always install them at a later date. 91,000 miles, Black heated leather, climate, new 19's with new rubber and a good tax and mot meant that this was the one. So last weekend I headed down to Ilford, Essex to pick the old girl up.
So here are a few picture of what she looks like.
I gave her a good de-tar and polish so while i was at it I had the front wheels off and painted the mammoth front callipers a fresh silver.
I love this picture and it's the best reflection I have ever archived
The plan is to help her standards with only doing bulb upgrades and just keeping her a clean as possible.
Comments and criticisms welcome.
