looks well good buy.

 

Looks very nice Davy,well wear man!!

 

Good choice Davy

Looks like a good one. Good luck with it.

 

lovely car, I've mad itching pick up a touring too lately

 

beautifully smooth engine and great colour. Congrats

 

Best of luck Davy.

Nice gaffffff

 

Lovely looking car Davy, good luck with it.

 

Nice looking car there Davy. I love me Tourings and E39's, looks in good condition. What are your first impressions of it? How does it drive? The 525d touring I had for awhile was a good drive.

 

I like it Davy, I like it a lot actually

 

Nice buy, make sure you chuck out those swirl flaps.

 

Stickler for automatic this lad looks like a nice wafter though congrats

 

Haha no not a stickler for autos . Just not a single manual estate for sale in ireland . Cheers lads ya im well happy with it and @Andy its really nice to drive in fairness . Very smooth and feels like a small car even though its quite large. Quite a change on the pocket to run aswell :biggrin1:

 

Lovely car Davy. Well wear. Drove a 525d saloon some years back and found the engine a good bit smoother and more tuneful than that in the 530d.

Maybe you'd post back on the MPG when you've had a few good drives if you wouldn't mind? Been thinking of one of these to replace the work Astra.

 

Holy OEM Phone mount Batman!

 

I have the exact same OEM nokia phone mount in my 99 e46 It gets in the way of reverse always, but I still leave it there!

 

Steering wheel & phone mount has to go! Other than that a bit of a tidy up I'd say & you're on to something.

 

Yer bum!

Has to stay as a reminder of the days when fones were fones! lol

 

Other optikns for steering wheel

Or

In this interior

 

Have you seen this by the way?

http://www.driving.co.uk/clarkson/bmw/5-series/9834

 

ok so what do ye reckon on wheels for it

or

or

or suggest another?

 

The style 5's on Marlows old one were class.

 

18" style 32 radial be worth throwing on the list is well ,dont thimk the m5 wheels would work with the se

 

What he said

 

Wheels

How about a set of these, reps 8.5 x 18 with ditchfinders, €200

 

Def go for m5 wheels dave and then stick on the Msport kit job done.

 

Small update

Service items got and just to get the time to do them now

New air filter
8 litre of castrol edge and new oil filter ( had oil in garage will try millers next time)
2 new microfilters
New fuel filter
Swirl flap blanking plates x 6
Crankcase breather Filter

Have I forgotten anything ?

 

Not sure if good news or bad news . Spent the last while taking off the intake manifold . With the intention of removing the swirl flaps . . Covered in shite at the moment. Finally get it off and theres no swirl flaps in it . Someone has beat me to it . They are already removed and blanked off:shocked:

Have 6 swirl flap blanks here now if anyone is looking for them

 

Muahahahahahahahah! :happy:

I'll buy them and make them into a wee ornament for your mantlepiece!

 

Ordered 2 New tyres to replace the near bald ones on the back of the touring

went for Pirelli P7 Cinturato P7 Blue , supposidly the best available in this size

 

Have you committed to a wheel Davy?