Stunning 728i

[Blitz]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E38-728i-SPOR ... 286.c0.m14

[casper8r]

Somehow I don't think he'll get anywhere near his asking price.

[Daryll]

I miss my E38! Great cars, but yes ridiculously overpriced. Due to fuel prices and tax etc these are going for tupence these days. £4k tops.

[Alex]

them things are awsome i would have a 728i sport over a 740i any day all the extras with possible the best engine in them m50

if i could afford any bmw for around 5k thats what i would buy

that one is worth every penny IMO

[Ollie_bwoii]

Very nice but colour not to my taste!

[Blitz]

them things are awsome i would have a 728i sport over a 740i any day all the extras with possible the best engine in them m50

if i could afford any bmw for around 5k thats what i would buy

that one is worth every penny IMO

I thought it was a M52.

My dads one is on ebay, which is damaged. Crap pictures it has 18" M Parallel wheels.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-BMW-728I-AUT ... 286.c0.m14

[Alex]

them things are awsome i would have a 728i sport over a 740i any day all the extras with possible the best engine in them m50

if i could afford any bmw for around 5k thats what i would buy

that one is worth every penny IMO

I thought it was a M52.

My dads one is on ebay, which is damaged. Crap pictures it has 18" M Parallel wheels.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-BMW-728I-AUT ... 286.c0.m14

m50/m52 same thing too me except one is lighter

[Steve-E30]

Problem is with it is the car tax bracket
Next year it will cost £300 to tax for the year
In 2010 it will be £455 for the year ... Ouch

[fuzzy]

is a 2.8 a bit underpowered for such a big heavy bus ?

[bmwsport]

Very nice but 8,700!? I thought it was only cars made after 02 that are affected by the tax leeches?

[GrindCulture]

is a 2.8 a bit underpowered for such a big heavy bus ?

That was my first thought.

[Steve-E30]

Very nice but 8,700!? I thought it was only cars made after 02 that are affected by the tax leeches?

March 2001 i believe
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/

Nows the time to sell stuff like that as they will drop in price once the new tax bracket hits , Just feel sorry for people who dont check it out before buying .

[Ollie_bwoii]

My dads got the same problem with his march 2001 jeep grand cherokee 4.0! It was made in the month that they have started this tax thingy! VERY UNLUCKY!

[fuzzy]

the increase in tax will be more than offset by the value big engined beasts are losing. a good time to by a big old bus?

[Ollie_bwoii]

The good thing is that my dads jeep is lpg converted so averages about equivilent to 35mpg! Its a lovely luxury barge at that!

[fingerman]

The 2.8 was meant to be the best combination of speed/economy in the E38, like the 2.5 in the E34

Wasn't it a 728 in the cheesy film The Transporter - Quality

[Ollie_bwoii]

The 2.8 was meant to be the best combination of speed/economy in the E38, like the 2.5 in the E34

Wasn't it a 728 in the cheesy film The Transporter - Quality

I think it said 760il on the back of the one in the transporter? It had a manual gearbox I remember that much!

[fingerman]

It might have said that but it wasn't, remember discussing it a while ago in a different forum - will check

[fingerman]

Going off thread here but in The Transporter it's looks like it's a 735 with a request to put a 728 manual gearbox in.

[Ollie_bwoii]

Yep I did a quick google search and they came back as a 735i!

[Alex]

is a 2.8 a bit underpowered for such a big heavy bus ?

That was my first thought.

i doubt it my dad had one of the new 730i's e66's facelift with straight 6 engine and its faster than the pre facelift 3.5 v8s thats the smallest engine and there bound to weigh more than the e38 and it still went like a rocket for a big car, used to pull away like a train 0-60 7-8 seconds

[Alex]

now the e21 315 would be underpowerd they only have something like 80bhp thank god we never got it

i could be wrong but you can get a 725td in other countries now that would be under powerd

[Alex]

http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-725-TDS-EZ-98-Kl ... 286.c0.m14

there you go, with cloth seats too and manual

[bss325i]

them things are awsome i would have a 728i sport over a 740i any day all the extras with possible the best engine in them m50

if i could afford any bmw for around 5k thats what i would buy

that one is worth every penny IMO

I thought it was a M52.

My dads one is on ebay, which is damaged. Crap pictures it has 18" M Parallel wheels.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-BMW-728I-AUT ... 286.c0.m14

m50/m52 same thing too me except one is lighter

And the M52 has vanos on the inlet cam.

[Alex]

I thought it was a M52.

My dads one is on ebay, which is damaged. Crap pictures it has 18" M Parallel wheels.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-BMW-728I-AUT ... 286.c0.m14

m50/m52 same thing too me except one is lighter

And the M52 has vanos on the inlet cam.

i keep hearing about that, what exactly is vanos

[Ollie_bwoii]

The E21 315 had something more like 50bhp I think!

[bss325i]

http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-725-TDS-EZ-98-Kl ... 286.c0.m14

there you go, with cloth seats too and manual

They also did an E38 740d.

Twin turbo V8 diesel!

[Alex]

http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-725-TDS-EZ-98-Kl ... 286.c0.m14

there you go, with cloth seats too and manual

They also did an E38 740d.

Twin turbo V8 diesel!

thats more like it



my corsa can do better than that

[fingerman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VANOS

[Alex]

sounds

[bss325i]

m50/m52 same thing too me except one is lighter

And the M52 has vanos on the inlet cam.

i keep hearing about that, what exactly is vanos

BMW's version of variable camshaft timing, like Honda has VTEC.

[Blitz]

Going off thread here but in The Transporter it's looks like it's a 735 with a request to put a 728 manual gearbox in.

It was a 750i with a six speed manual.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293662/trivia

[Alex]

im sure in the film the police man says we are looking for a 740i

[Ollie_bwoii]

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... %26hl%3Den

That on esays it a 735i?

[Ollie_bwoii]

ALso says it a custom rebuild with a v12?