[steveo86]

Well, my dad bought his 97 540i for 12 1/2 quid. It only had 35000 miles on it (sorry, dont know how to convert to km)!!!

 

[fatty]

Originally posted by steveo86@May 10 2003, 01:48 PM
Well, my dad bought his 97 540i for 12 1/2 quid. It only had 35000 miles on it (sorry, dont know how to convert to km)!!!

i think its about 50k....

i mean i aint rushing straight away to get one but if the right thing comes along.......

.....one of the joys of being in the car trade. :w00t

 

[steveo86]

Yeah, what exactly do you do?

 

[fatty]

Originally posted by steveo86@May 10 2003, 01:54 PM
Yeah, what exactly do you do?

i sell vehicles at a disposal agency for HM Customs and Excise.

its basically a car show room, but all our stock is owned by Customs......
we have some serious motors in at the moment....

2000 x subaru impreza 2000 AWB turbo with 9k on the clock...
1999 v bmw 323i se with 65k on the clock...
2001 ford focus diesel with 6 1/2k on the clock....
had a bmw 525tdies on 18"s
loads of Mercs, bmw's, fords...... we had a 91 Ford thunder bird SC 3.8 v6 supercharger......

we get alsorts of stuff....

 

[steveo86]

interesting, at least you are around cars all day long!

 

[fatty]

tell me about it........ my desk is in the show room.....

how many people have a bm and a scooby in their office. :w00t :thumbs

 

[steveo86]

one ? why do you say Bm not BMW or bimmer? I have always wondered that.

 

[fatty]

Originally posted by steveo86@May 10 2003, 02:45 PM
one ? why do you say Bm not BMW or bimmer? I have always wondered that.

i dont know.....
depending onmood etc we say....

BM
Bimmer
bimma
Beemer
bimma
zim-zimmer
zim-zima bimma