[crAbb]

Is it just me?

What an absolutely stunning car.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202306228817535

[JD6]

Originally Posted by crAbb

Is it just me?

What an absolutely stunning car.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202306228817535

My favourite shape of BMW. As a (long-suffering!) kid, whose dad had a series of poverty spec Austin Princesses, a family friend arrived in one of these. I was blown away. That may have been the start of an expensive hobby for me…

45 years later, with my parents still in the same house my own version of this is parked in the same spot!

[Allworth]

Originally Posted by crAbb

Is it just me?

What an absolutely stunning car.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202306228817535

No, is admittedly one of the best BMWs. I think is as posh as Jag but with that Düsseldorf's precision.
Here is short vid from an old Top Gear (yes, it was a price of cola can)

[SkyJawa]

635csi

Think the only BMW better to me is an E39 M5.

[dave550i]

One of the all time greats of bmw styling, i had 1989 635Highline M-sport full leather dash doors in dolphin grey absolutely beautiful car

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by SkyJawa

635csi

Think the only BMW better to me is an E39 M5.

Remember the WD episode when they had one for a few £k and then bought another to transfer the interior and other parts...

Just like the E39 M5 they did; bought it for c£5k!

Back then is when I should have gotten into BMWs; not 2010!

Now they're both very priced out of my comfort zone unfortunately

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by JD6

My favourite shape of BMW. As a (long-suffering!) kid, whose dad had a series of poverty spec Austin Princesses, a family friend arrived in one of these. I was blown away. That may have been the start of an expensive hobby for me…

45 years later, with my parents still in the same house my own version of this is parked in the same spot!

Good old Princess, at least my Dad only had one! Just when I was learning to drive..... Mind what went before wasnt any better and probably even worse!

[JD6]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

Good old Princess, at least my Dad only had one! Just when I was learning to drive..... Mind what went before wasnt any better and probably even worse!

We were had 3 in a row - all of them white with brown vinyl seats. I have a memory of being about 10 when the car boiled over during a family holiday in the middle lane of a busy 3 lane road in Paris, causing absolute chaos.

One of these Princesses became my first car at 17…

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by JD6

We were had 3 in a row - all of them white with brown vinyl seats. I have a memory of being about 10 when the car boiled over during a family holiday in the middle lane of a busy 3 lane road in Paris, causing absolute chaos.

One of these Princesses became my first car at 17…

Ours was damask red with a black vinyl roof and beige velours seats....and had a single digit numberplate that was probably worth more than the car but we didnt know about those things then...

My dad did manage to set fire to the seat when he was driving when he dropped his cigarette.... so it ended up with one vinyl seat as that is all the breakers had!

I also inherited it but thankfully the mechanic who looked after it warned of impending expense so it was sold! Lucky escape....

[TodmordenLad]

It's stunning. A timeless design imo

I walked past an immaculate E39 5 series this morning in a lovely shade of dark blue. Another classic. Got me searching on PH !

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by TodmordenLad

It's stunning. A timeless design imo

I walked past an immaculate E39 5 series this morning in a lovely shade of dark blue. Another classic. Got me searching on PH !

Don't do it

Once you're in you can't get out

[dave550i]

Just found this beauty on the 6seri forum what a car manual too! enjoy https://www.6post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2088874

[crAbb]

Originally Posted by dave550i

Just found this beauty on the 6seri forum what a car manual too! enjoy https://www.6post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2088874

Dribble..

[mikeoz]

Originally Posted by SkyJawa

635csi

Think the only BMW better to me is an E39 M5.

E39 one of the best they built IMO....in all guises.

[TouringPleb]

My first time I knew what a BMW was.. I grew up in an area where nearly everyone had Astras/Escorts or Cavalier/Sierras. There was the odd Granada or Princess. And then my neighbours across the road had a 635i in orange! He worked on the oil rigs and made very good money for the time.

[Pond]

I have very fond memories of the 635csi from 1987.
My boss at the time had a 4.2 XJ6 and was looking at new BMWs. He wanted a 735i (and got one) but the local BM dealer (Hughenden M40 in High Wycombe. Now 'Shitner') didn't have a 7 series demo, so gave him a 635 for a few days as a tester.
He bought it back to the office and I happened to be there. I absolutely loved it and, as a 19 year old, was crawling all over it. I asked if I could take it for a spin. He said "if you want, it's not my car".
I fecked off in it and spent about an hour racing around the locale. I then returned and did a handbrake turn in our industrial estate (I was 19!). My boss didn't say a word!

Have loved them ever since. I would take a 3.0 CSL and possibly a 1990s 850 over one, but hey!

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by TouringPleb

My first time I knew what a BMW was.. I grew up in an area where nearly everyone had Astras/Escorts or Cavalier/Sierras. There was the odd Granada or Princess. And then my neighbours across the road had a 635i in orange! He worked on the oil rigs and made very good money for the time.

The first real notice I took of a 635CSi was when we were talking to potential wedding photographers, and one had an arty photo of a gold cross spoke wheel... turns out it was on his 635CSi. He got the gig...

Not sure he made us look as good in the wedding photos but then the raw material wasnt as good to start with I got my E30 318iS with cross spokes about 20 months later!

[Pond]

I admit I 'graze' AT a lot. Probably why I have bought and sold 8 cars in the past three years. It became an 'addiction' and I still need more therapy. I do only 'window shop' now, so there is some progress.

I do like to peruse Mathewsons and Anglia Car Auctions 'classics' every month, though. Luckily I just don't have the room in the garage, as there is a Z3 project taking up most of that.

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by Pond

I admit I 'graze' AT a lot. Probably why I have bought and sold 8 cars in the past three years. It became an 'addiction' and I still need more therapy. I do only 'window shop' now, so there is some progress.

I do like to peruse Mathewsons and Anglia Car Auctions 'classics' every month, though. Luckily I just don't have the room in the garage, as there is a Z3 project taking up most of that.

How is the Z3 project coming along? Not be long before the nice weather and you will want a small sporty thing with a fold down roof...

[Pond]

Originally Posted by isleaiw1

How is the Z3 project coming along? Not be long before the nice weather and you will want a small sporty thing with a fold down roof...

I think the best words to describe it are 'frustrating and slowly'.
It ain't going to see the light of day this Summer, that's for sure.

We do have a Z4 for open-top stuff, but ironically I don't really like convertibles. I always feel a bit of a knob driving with the roof down and also weirdly vulnerable.

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by Pond

I think the best words to describe it are 'frustrating and slowly'.
It ain't going to see the light of day this Summer, that's for sure.

We do have a Z4 for open-top stuff, but ironically I don't really like convertibles. I always feel a bit of a knob driving with the roof down and also weirdly vulnerable.

Funnily enough, I've not had the roof down on mine yet and can see me feeling the same locally. Be OK in Scotland though as I am English they already think I am a knob...

[GOF_430d]

Had the roof down today for the first time this year.

I've never cared or thought of what people think about me