The eagle-eyed among you might recall we sold this Morea Green BMW 325 TDS a couple of years, at which time it had just 78 miles on the odometer.

It was effectively a brand-new example, and it sold for a tidy sum as a result.

The winning bidder was sufficiently enamoured with it to have it recommissioned before driving it.

Modestly, for sure, but he used it as God and BMW intended, racking up 6,000 careful miles over two years.

We think this turned a very good car into a great one; museum-quality exhibits are all very well, but a museum-quality car you can actually drive is always going to be a far more appealing proposition – even if it costs you another £7,500 on top of the purchase price to get it there.

But it was worth every penny because the E36 325TDS is a very appealing proposition indeed: With a 2.5-litre turbocharged inline-six diesel engine under the bonnet, its 141bhp and 191 lb.ft of torque pass to the rear wheels via a five-speed automatic transmission.

Comfortable ...