BMW 7-Series Base Sedan 4-Door (1998)
Sale price: US $200.00 Make an Offer
| Used |
| “It's got surprising few scratches and blemishes for a 20 yr old car, and no dents at all - NO rust.” |
| Year: | 1998 | VIN : | WBAGF8321WDL51085 |
| Mileage: | 164,364 | Exterior Color: | Black |
| Make: | BMW | Interior Color: | Tan |
| Model: | 7-Series | Transmission: | Automatic |
| Trim: | Base Sedan 4-Door | Warranty: | Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty |
| Engine: | 4.4L 4398CC V8 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated | Vehicle Title: | Clear |
| Drive Type: | RWD | Options: | CD Player, Leather Seats, Sunroof |
| Number of Cylinders: | 8 | Safety Features: | Anti-Lock Brakes, Driver Airbag, Passenger Airbag, Side Airbags |
| Body Type: | Sedan | Power Options: | Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats |
| Fuel Type: | Gasoline | Drive Side: | Left-hand drive |
Newburgh, New York, United States
Vehicle description
If you"re looking at this ad its because you know about these old 7 series Beemers; you"ve wanted one for awhile, and you can"t afford a new or newer one. Well, these ARE great cars, and I mean GREAT cars. But they are complicated and expensive to repair and maintain. You MUST use at least 91 octane gas - I use 93 only (she"s a Princess in her own electronic mind, and she doesn"t care for 91 octane much.) Stay away from the BMW dealer - he will give you various minor repair estimates of $2,000 and $3,000. He will sell you a $45 brake rotor for $400, and then charge another $400 in labor. I know - I just paid my BMW dealer $425 for installing a new battery. Thank goodness the sunroof was closed when it broke, because BMW wants $2,000 to repair the mechanism. I just replaced the entire front suspension, installed new struts, brake rotors, calipers, pads and brake cables all around. Then I replaced the a/c compressor and and ignition switch, all the lights and four computers. After that I installed a new water pump and thermostat, 8 new spark plugs and changed the $8 per quart, 7 quart synthetic oil and a premium German oil filter. And a nice German fuel filter that was a foot long. After a new tinted and banded windshield (electric defrosting grid and imbedded radio antenna) and new Bosch Icon windshield wipers, I installed amazing LED high beam headlights. After that I bought a set of 4 fine, top-of-the-line 16 inch snow tires and fitted them onto original BMW 16 inch wheels. Of course now I had to buy 4, 18 inch, Z-rated, staggered, summer Hi performance tires for the 18 inch staggered factory rims. The rims cost $450 a piece and the tires about $200 each. Of course the car handles phenomenally, stops amazingly and rides as smooth and as quiet as a Rolls-Royce. There"s a BMW CD player in the trunk. The original radio seems like it could bring in Berlin. The leather seats are firm yet comfortable. Some guy charged me $900 to "Restore" the front seats. The car is very fast and very powerful. In a recent contest with a new 12 cylinder, 500 horsepower Audi on a deserted upstate highway, I was able to annoy the Audiophile by staying with him up to 150 miles an hour. Then sanity returned and I let his tail lights continue into his $150,000 twilight. Not bad for a 20 year old, two and a quarter ton war machine. There are no whines, rattles, screeches or clunks emanating from the mechanical bowels of this veteran Dreadnaught. There is no blue smoke, no cold shudders or hot huffing and puffing. No secret anomalies or precipitous electro-mechanical catastrophes lurking in the near future, and no incipient transmission, rear end or engine issues that I can divine. This is a good fucking car. Find a mechanic that can work on it when it gets fussy. Buy your parts online and save thousands of dollars. Buy the computers USED. An $800 BMW computer (there are a dozen on this car) sells for $65. used and guaranteed. Join BMW Forums. Join BMW forums. Join BMW forums. Because there will occur minor, strange, transient maladies that can be corrected with nothing more than a swift kick, the twist of a screwdriver - or at most an $8 part if you know what you"re doing. The car will reward you - mightily! But inattention to it, or worse, neglect, will find you on the side of the road cursing in languages you didn"t know you spoke. Treat her right and you can run alongside 5 Lamborghinis - we did last summer. It was breathtaking and a once in a lifetime experience. In the last few years I"ve put over $10,000 in this old car - and it doesn"t owe me a cent. Not a cent. Moving on now to a shiny new Hemi Dodge Charger. Don"t tell her. Let me let her down easy. I"ll play Janis Joplin signing "Me and Bobby McGee" when I break the news. Its been 19 years - it won"t be easy.