Help! 740i/N

[AshBaldry]

Good afternoon,il make this as easy as possible! My grandfather passed away recently and the time has come to sell his car.It's a BMW 740i N with full cream leather/TV/CD/Car Phone,Dark blue colour... it has most of the options,don't think it's taxed but it has been MOT'd recently,also has a private plate. What do you guys think it's worth? Is anyone intrested? Any help is much appreciated

[DennisCooper]

Hi

First 740i on an N plate comes up at £1595 from a private seller with 125K miles on Autotrader currently. The Cheapest E38 7 series are starting at around £1000.
A few others -
99 T plate, 85K miles £3000 trade seller,
98 R plate, 145K miles £1650 Trade Seller,
96 N plate, 147K Miles, £1695 Trade Seller,
96 P Plate, 129K miles, £1795, Private Seller


If your's is clean, perhaps an average or low miler, well maintained with good service history - then it appears it'll sell 'quickly' for around £1500-1600. Higher miles, patchy history etc £1250+

Cheers, Dennis

[Rollcage]

I suspect those early cars advertised above will be for sale for a while. These dont make much more than a few hundred quid in the trade now, and few people want them unless they are cared for examples with a good history.

[AshBaldry]

This is one owner with 45k

[Rollcage]

AshBaldry said:

This is one owner with 45k

Ebay it in that case, you might be surprised!

[DennisCooper]

Hiya

At that low miles, and with one owner, I'd suggest getting it nicely valeted, then advertised in the BMW Car magazine, on E38 specific sections of forums to see if you can get maxmimum money for it. If as I say, it's been well looked after I think one of the 7 series enthusiasts will snap it up.

A lovely car though, uncle in New York had the L version of this car and it was fantastic on a lovely cruise from Long Island to Boston one time!

Good luck with the sale !

cheers, Dennis

[AshBaldry]

Thankyou for all your help and keen intrest,bimmerforum just said check glass' guide....not very helpful! The car is now in the for sale section at £3850

[S3_Graham]

AshBaldry said:

Thankyou for all your help and keen intrest,bimmerforum just said check glass' guide....not very helpful! The car is now in the for sale section at £3850

3850!!! sounds expensive but good luck!

[AshBaldry]

Ha I've dropped it now after looking at others Annoying this I can't advertise it in many forums as if your a new user you need 100 posts to post a for sale thread! Lol

[monthefish]

Have you considered selling to either of these guys - they might be intersted if the car is clean/low mileage

http://www.oldcolonelcars.co.uk/

http://www.ultimate7.co.uk/index.html

[mbrain]

or try www.danielcurnock.co.uk

[AshBaldry]

Ah had no idea about these! Thanks guys helped me out big time

[S3_Graham]

i would of thought illustrious Len would be interested too, however obviously being trade wont offer you market value!