Advice needed on 728i Sport purchase
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Hope I can get some constructive advice and guidance
Looking at buying a 1998 S 728i Sport
114k on the clock with full BMW / specialist service history
Sports seats and 18" BMW alloys
No sat nav
Immaculate condition
Seller is looking for £3950
Is this a decent price and is there anything specific I should be looking for / asking about
BMWs are a bit alien to me so any advice would be appreciated.
Looking at buying a 1998 S 728i Sport
114k on the clock with full BMW / specialist service history
Sports seats and 18" BMW alloys
No sat nav
Immaculate condition
Seller is looking for £3950
Is this a decent price and is there anything specific I should be looking for / asking about
BMWs are a bit alien to me so any advice would be appreciated.
parksie said:
Do not buy it, grossly underpowered , far better to look at 735/740.
My 740 returns around 23/24 urban & 28/29 on a run so dont let the fuel put you off.
Come on, grossly underpowered is a bit harsh. A 728 may not be proper quick but they're plenty swift enough for the traffic in this country.My 740 returns around 23/24 urban & 28/29 on a run so dont let the fuel put you off.
andy665 said:
Hope I can get some constructive advice and guidance
Looking at buying a 1998 S 728i Sport
114k on the clock with full BMW / specialist service history
Sports seats and 18" BMW alloys
No sat nav
Immaculate condition
Seller is looking for £3950
Is this a decent price and is there anything specific I should be looking for / asking about
BMWs are a bit alien to me so any advice would be appreciated.
My brothers had his about 4 years now, the only problems he's had are broken front coil springs, the water pump, and a crank sensor.Looking at buying a 1998 S 728i Sport
114k on the clock with full BMW / specialist service history
Sports seats and 18" BMW alloys
No sat nav
Immaculate condition
Seller is looking for £3950
Is this a decent price and is there anything specific I should be looking for / asking about
BMWs are a bit alien to me so any advice would be appreciated.
Might be worth checking to see if it's got the later block rather than the Nicasil one, but it should have the later one on a 98.
Top pup said:
parksie said:
Do not buy it, grossly underpowered , far better to look at 735/740.
My 740 returns around 23/24 urban & 28/29 on a run so dont let the fuel put you off.
Come on, grossly underpowered is a bit harsh. A 728 may not be proper quick but they're plenty swift enough for the traffic in this country.My 740 returns around 23/24 urban & 28/29 on a run so dont let the fuel put you off.
Didn't Bmw build this Underpowered 728
purely as a tax break car?hi andy
funny that, i just bought a MY2000 740i sport today
i looked at a few before buying
Unless you have reason to believe that its spot on, I would get it inspected if you can by a BM specialist. I had this don as the history on my car wanst great and there is a long list of things to do on the car once i pick it up. These are expensive machines and at this sort of mileage everything needs checking imo just so you can put the asking price into some sort of perspective. I took advice from theses forums to buy a cheaper car then spend money on it rather than buy an exepensive FBMSH car and then pray that it wont cost me anymore.
Once I had my inspection report, it gave me a ton of haggling power and also gave me the true cost of the vehicle factoring all teh things that need doing for another ~2 years of motoring.
regarding the engine choice, i drove a 728 and it seems to pull down from low down quite well but persoanlly id go to the 740 if you can... for a big heavy barge it has bags of acceleration and a wonderful engine character. In gear kickdown it feels pretty damm fast. I think the 0-100mph on them is around 16 seconds which (until the current age of RS's, V12 M5's, 700bhp brabus cars etc...) is pretty damm quick in teh general scheme of things. I dont thing that the 2.8 will afford you much better economy... certainly not enough to miss out on the v8 experience.
funny that, i just bought a MY2000 740i sport today
i looked at a few before buying
Unless you have reason to believe that its spot on, I would get it inspected if you can by a BM specialist. I had this don as the history on my car wanst great and there is a long list of things to do on the car once i pick it up. These are expensive machines and at this sort of mileage everything needs checking imo just so you can put the asking price into some sort of perspective. I took advice from theses forums to buy a cheaper car then spend money on it rather than buy an exepensive FBMSH car and then pray that it wont cost me anymore.
Once I had my inspection report, it gave me a ton of haggling power and also gave me the true cost of the vehicle factoring all teh things that need doing for another ~2 years of motoring.
regarding the engine choice, i drove a 728 and it seems to pull down from low down quite well but persoanlly id go to the 740 if you can... for a big heavy barge it has bags of acceleration and a wonderful engine character. In gear kickdown it feels pretty damm fast. I think the 0-100mph on them is around 16 seconds which (until the current age of RS's, V12 M5's, 700bhp brabus cars etc...) is pretty damm quick in teh general scheme of things. I dont thing that the 2.8 will afford you much better economy... certainly not enough to miss out on the v8 experience.
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