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Right; pictures at last (god damned photobucket)!!! Apologies that the car isnt gleaming but its dont nothing but rain here for the last 8 hours. Pics of the wheels (all be it theyre dirty) shows that they've mint condition. Interior pics, engine bay pic and all sides photographed as well. Picture of the expansive boot (put it this way; the boots that big that I fitted out 6.5ft Christmas tree in it in December 2012 and only had to bend the tip of the tree to close the boot lid)! Picture of new battery and full, OEM tool kit plus pic of the CD changer One again apologies for the dirtiness of my BMW! Pics: Other bits to mention: Rear seats have the pull down armrest which has a decent storage cubby built into it. Also x2 cup holders for the rear seats fitted into the middle seat and x2 cup holders for the front fitted at the bottom of the central dash Comes with a fully sealed OEM first aid kit built into the rear middle seat at the top No spare wheel is present but the 18" Style 32 alloys can be picked up on eBay all the time for c£25-£50; usually with a tyre! Personally I prefer having a tyre weld kit in the car as they take up less room and are hell of a lot lighter (obviously)! Mileage clearly seen closer to 100300 but as already mentioned this will go up but not by a lot! Car comes with 3 original keys (one just simply a key; the other 2 the original central locking fobs. The boot is a soft open & close system; it doesn't open all the way up but releases and its very light with the pneumatic damper system and it soft closes too so no slamming needed! Feel free to contact me if you need/want any further info :)

You dont have to use BMW as stated above but clearly, if you do, you need to get OEM wheels I'd say that this is just them protecting their back incase of issues etc... Get yourself to a decent garage that has 4 wheel laser alignment, get the settings off the tinterweb and take them down with you and ask them to do full alignment. You DONT need OEM wheels on the car; all alloys are round (unless damaged) so they're more or less all the same to do!

Dammit! Photobucket isnt playing ball sorry As soon as I get the pics sorted I'll upload them ASAP Apologies!

For sale: BMW E38 728i – 2000 X reg – c100500 miles but will go up slightly although as I work from home it wont go up by much at all. The car is in Aspen Silver Metallic I’m looking to sell my 2000 X reg BMW 728i as my wife & I have just bought our first house but also the car is too long and too wide to get down the narrow driveway so unfortunately I need to downsize The BMW is in very good condition indeed. I’ve owned since August/September 2012 when I bought it at just over 99k miles! It’s had, since I bought it: x2 oil and oil filter changes with Fuchs 5W40 and BMW oil filter (via Opie Oils) Front upper and rear upper ARMS changed which got rid of the body shimmy that the E38’s can suffer from (General Traffic parts) Brand new Boge and KYB rear suspension (Boge shocks and KYB springs; changed due to the NS spring had snapped at the bottom coil in the seat). Also had 2 new rear top mounts at the same time Front drop links replaced (General Traffic parts) x6 new NGK iridium spark plugs New in/under bonnet micro filters New K&N air filter Brand new bulbs all round including LED front sidelights & silver indicator lights (front and side repeaters) HEL stainless braided brake lines with new DOT4 brake fluid Brand new brake discs and pads all round (front & rear); again General Traffic items (discs). Brake pads are EBC Fully refurbished in ‘sparkle silver’ Style 32 alloys wheels; correct 8J & 9J staggered fitment with 255/45/18 tyres at the rear and 235/50/18 tyres up front (brand new fitted less than 150miles ago). The alloys were acid dipped; shot blasted, powder coated and had a ‘sparkle’ lacquer to finish them. They look fantastic! New alloy wheel centre caps from BMW with new black wheel bolts New throttle/intake pipe from the air intake box (genuine BMW) as there was a tiny split in the original one so decided to change it, as it was only £35! Wasn’t causing any issues; just peace of mind! It’s taxed until June 2013 and the MOT is also due in June 2013. It has partial service history; I verified its miles by doing a search on the MOT website and printed all the MOT’s off to show mileage was correct. A full HPI check was also carried out and gave a full clean bill of health (finance/damage wise etc…). There are also quite a few receipts from the previous owners and the original leather bound folder that came with the car with the manuals etc… It has the OEM CD changer in the boot with the OEM stereo head unit and tape player up front. NOTHING has been changed on the car from OEM; it is how it should be (not lowered, original radio etc…). The interior of the car is VERY clean indeed. It’s been vacuumed more or less weekly and with new interior mats its spotless. The memory seats work superbly and are very comfy. There are no faults with the car electrics whatsoever! The body work is very good indeed however there are a few very slight car park dents which were there when I bought the car (very hard to see unless looked for). There are also 2 small patches of rust that I’d been quoted £100 to get sorted but was going to leave this until the winter weather finally passes us by! One patch on the boot lid by the shut line and one very small patch under the passenger / NS wing mirror As it stands the car wants for nothing! It needs nothing and will sale through the next MOT with ease. It runs SUPERBLY; so smooth but with great power delivery when needed. I have literally spent over £1k getting the car into its current standard and now all it needs is a new owner that will enjoy it and look after it as much as I have. It’s a brilliant car and when on motorway runs, at a steady 75mph it gave back c35mpg! Around town this will be lower but I never really paid attention, as I don’t worry about economy due to the minimal miles I do in my cars! It’s big inside and VERY comfy indeed; I’m 6ft 4 and close to 22stone and a big’ish lad with it through all the weightlifting & strongman lifting/competing I’ve done in the past and I can still get a fully gown guy in behind me with room to spare! Very few cars on the market allow for this! Price: £2500 ONO. Willing to hear sensible offers as I’d like to get this sorted sooner rather than later. I think this is a very fair price as the car wants for nothing and is literally ready to be driven away! Please, NO LOW BALL/STUPID OFFERS – You WILL be told to shove it; hard! Located just outside of Preston, Lancashire. More than happy to collect anyone who wants to view the car and travels to collect via the trains etc… Pictures:

Not that I know of; if it was heated there'd be very fine elements running through the whole of the screen like on FORD's etc...

Brake linings attention? What do you mean?

I know youre enthusiasts... So am I! You think after spending £15k on getting a 200BHP N/A VTEC engine running close to 290BHP N/A isnt work of an enthusiast?! :rolleyes: All I'm saying is to get the 728i running more power; for what it is IMO it's not really worth it. For the increase in power youd get from the mods mentioned above; the money outlay is too much unless everything can be bought cheap; fitted for free (ie. by yourself) but in reality, that isnt going to happen! From what I've read and spoken to people about; the M52 engine is already a great runner and probably doing the best it can. Adding a stainless exhaust to it would make some difference but for a fairly steep expense!

Who's arguing? No one on this topc...! Just merely stating that really its pointless. The car is quick enough for 95% of the owners; including me who still owns a 285BHP N/A Integra DC5 with close to £15k's worth of work done to it!!! The 728i is a cruiser; not a track car and really wouldnt benefit much from expensive mods BAR a turbo if the owner REALLY wanted to go down that route but by his initial post he's only got a few hundred £££ so what your suggesting is so far out of budget its not even worth thinking about!

Personally I wouldnt bother! You'll be looking close, if not over £1k for an exhaust, remap and other bits etc... A decent 2.5" stainless system on the 728i (well made not a cheap quickly made jobby) will cost easily over £600 to begin with! I'd just stick a K&N air filter in place of the OEM paper one; rid the car of any extra weight it doesnt need (i.e. stuff in boot and the spare wheel - I have a BMW Tyre Weld kit in mine instead) and enjoy the 728i for the cruising comfort and great drive as its meant to be

Apologies; had a lot on These are the sidelights; just them on (crap pic sorry) but you can see how bright/vibrant they are: Took 10mins of faffing with needle nose pliers to swap them across (Ive hands like shovels) but they look great; great for daytime driving and bright enough to have on without main lights until it gets dark etc...

Style 32's; you know it makes sense :D Mine are in currently for a full refurb and have decided to go with a sparkle silver finish. Hopefully have them back on Friday but could be early next week so will get pics up of when theyre back on :)

I thought this had to be done carefully and with the gearbox oil at a certain temp etc... I spoke to BMW re a gearbox oil change and they quoted cloe to £500!!! :blink: