Performance BMW — September 2017

84 PERFORMANCE BMW

OUR CARS

PBMW’s FLEET

Joel’s

E39 523i

Darren’s

E82 Drifter

Rob’s

E30 318i

Thomas’

E46 M3

Elizabeth’s

E39 540i

Elliott’s

E36 323i

Elizabeth’s

E63 630i

Sport

Piers’

E46 330i

Touring

Mark’s

E30 M3

Lou’s

E92 M3

P84

P86

P88

P90

P92

P91

Elizabeth’s

E63 630i

Sport

Paul’s

E36 328i

Ben’s

E36 S54

Touring

BMSport has been looking after

Elizabeth’s BMs for years

Compartment where

water was collecting

Elliott’s

E36 323i

ELIZABE TH’S E63 630i

As it’s been a couple of months since my

last (and fi rst) report let me give you a quick

last episode recap: I bought a 91k mile E63

630i sight unseen, from a car auction in

Preston, with the help of a small, specialist

trader near me who collected the car on my

behalf. The fi rst time I got to actually drive it

was when I’d collected it from him, having

paid for it and with absolutely no comeback

as it was an auction car that I’d bought by

myself. How do you think that’s worked out

for me? Well, to be honest, it’s not as bad

as it could have been. But it’s also kind of

not great...

The bodywork has got some pin dents,

there are plenty of chips, scratches, stone

chips and a bit of lacquer peel for good

measure. But it’s a daily, not a show car,

and so these things don’t bother me too

much, plus I can always get them looked at

at some stage in the future, which I plan to.

I had noticed from the auction pictures that

the bonnet roundel had been completely

destroyed, lord knows how, so I’d ordered

a brand new one for the trader to fi t before

I collected the car. The suspension feels

tired and crashes over bumps, but then

it would, having covered over 92k miles

now, and I’m throwing some coilovers on

very soon so that will be that sorted out.

The brakes don’t feel great and while the

iDrive tells me there’s plenty of meat left on

them, there’s also plenty of wobble under

braking and they’re not very good at the

whole stopping thing, so they’re going to

be replaced soon as well. When I got the

car it had no mats and driving around with

my feet resting on the cream carpets and

watching them instantly get dirty made me

feel a bit sick so I splashed out on a set of

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