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(Message started by: Kjetil S on Jul 16^th, 2008, 4:33pm)

Title: A new car
Post by Kjetil S on Jul 16^th, 2008, 4:33pm

And not a Scorp I'm afraid..

I bought a black metallic 2001(facelift) BMW 520ti with creme leather interior on thursday. Looks brand new and has only a 100k km on the clock, compared to my scorps almost 300k km.

I love my scorp, but a failing wheelbearing, starting problems, a cracked windshield and finally the airbag warning coming on, made me feel I've had enough.

Don't worry though (or do worry ;)) I will still be hanging around here.

Title: Re: A new car
Post by scorpio_man on Jul 17^th, 2008, 6:58pm

good luck with the new car.

Title: Re: A new car
Post by Baz on Jul 18^th, 2008, 2:39am

YOU BOUGHT A WHAT ?? ?? :o :o :o

Title: Re: A new car
Post by Jonnycab on Jul 18^th, 2008, 2:45am

A BMW in the responsible hands of an ex Scorpio driver isn't a problem......it's BMWs in the hands of ex Fiesta drivers that are the problem ;)

Good luck Kjetil S :)

Title: Re: A new car
Post by Kjetil S on Jul 18^th, 2008, 9:31am

on 07/18/08 at 02:39:30, Baz wrote:

YOU BOUGHT A WHAT ?? ?? :o :o :o

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Be happy I didn't buy a 3 series ;)

I'm very satisfied with the car so far, and it starts every time unlike the scorp :)

Only thing is that the seats are a tiny step back from the scorp (I had the fully electric leather ones), but the BMW seats are quite good too so not really a huge problem.

It's an estate so it got loads of space, and it's an steptronic auto (I once said I would never buy an auto, but after driving it for a week, I wouldn't be without it). And it got 170bhp, so it's got a fair bit more kick in it than the 2.0 16v scorp.

Oh, and the insurance is cheaper than for the 1995 2.0 scorp ???

Title: Re: A new car
Post by Geoff_W on Jul 18^th, 2008, 2:06pm

Your mission if you choose to accept it is to transfer the front electric seats from a Ford Scorpio into a BMW525. Having first re trimmed them in cream leather then sit back and relaaaax.

Nice little project there. Would love to see the pictures on that one!

Title: Re: A new car
Post by Kjetil S on Jul 18^th, 2008, 2:41pm

on 07/18/08 at 14:06:45, Geoff_W wrote:

;D ;D ;D

Sounds like a great project, but slightly above my skill level :)

Title: Re: A new car
Post by Geoff_W on Jul 18^th, 2008, 8:14pm

Oh well just a thought ;)

Good to hear that you will still be keeping in touch.