e38 750il aquisition :)

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Hi guys, I have just picked up my 3rd BMW (other 2 have been sold many moons ago first gen x5 and 05 3 series cab) a 750 e38 il which I am absolutely thrilled with after 2 days and 300 miles in.

The car does have some niggles tv not working and no option for the sat nav which is a tad confusing, the steering has a bit of vibration at around 50-60 mph, the car didnt come with the phone which I want to track down for aesthetic reasons only, one of the rear light clusters looks very dull so not sure if water has got into it so need to establish if it needs replacing and lastly there is a lot of chrome (door handles window surrounds bumper etc which I will probably look at changing to black).

Any way the car is probably the smoothest most effortless car I have driven and the car was an absolute bargain for the amount of car I have spent on her.

Hopefully the ownership experience continues how it has started with lots of smiles, there is the expensive service coming up at bmw level 2 or service 2 which is 1k£ but I had factored that in when I picked her up.

Here are some pics of her

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thanks guys I do about a 50-60 mile commute during the week and sitting at motorway speeds its an absolute delight! I read somewhere that it is the engine from the rolls royce silver seraph which the way the car gets going even the level the car idles doesn't surprise me at all.

Regarding replacing the ariel have you replaced one yourself? Just wouldn't want to take it to Bmw and haven't done something like this before? I guess the local car hifi shop might be a good bet?

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Thanks for the link and reference have fired a mail to carphonics to see if they can help.

My car has zero rust anywhere so not sure if I am lucky or its a trait of the car but all the window edges and door frames boot shuts are all excellent.

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Wow mine was cheap but not that cheap I would snap it up!

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Thank you for the kind words )))

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I have heard some of them are quite successful so quite a good look by all accounts

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In the words of starsky/hutch Do it Do it!

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Thanks will look into that, don't suppose anyone is familiar with the wheel vibration at around 50-60 mph?

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That would be awesome gf15 I will take a picture of the arm rest and connector see if it looks the same.

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A lot of checking and not much replacing! Still I have fbmwsh so will be reluctant to let her slip just for residual.

http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f3/bmw-inspect...

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Thanks will do was hoping it was one of the more retro looking car phones but oh well glad I know so I can tick another job off the list.

Do you know any main differences from the v50s with the bmw software?