BMW E38 7 series...

Right.. its crazy i know but i am going to look at a 7 series this weekend and wondered if anyone (or maybe anyones dad ) has owned one of these? Things that go wrong, things to check, things that should have been replaced ect.. Any info much appreciated

which engine are you looking at? the V8? one of our business partners had a 750 E38 and loved it, his was black with cream leather and all the toys including the phone in the rear and head rest monitors etc... but his was a left hooker from Switzerland. He now has a new 7-series but a 730d.

Only thing that went wrong with his was an airbag fault - all the bags on the passenger side went off at once for no reason but i've not heard about it being a common fault. Apart from the obvious running costs and parts being a bit higher than your standard 3-series, they seem pretty bullet proof - lovely cars to be in as well!

Yeah the 4.4 v8 one I dont think this one has all those toys but it looks nice inside! But ok sounds good so far. Going to look at it tomorrow..

nice one dude! our Range Rover has the BMW 4.4 V8 in it - makes a nice noise and isn't shy!

We definitely need more V8's on this forum haha!

Well if it's anything like my a8 v8.. Get it.! Luxury. Power comfort the lot.
It's so pleasurable to drive. Just damn expensive. But just enjoy it for a bit.

Mind you. I said I was guna get rid of the Audi but have just bought some 19" a8 reps and have my eye on a set of lowering springs. just can't help myself.

BIGbuffVR6 wrote:

Well if it's anything like my a8 v8.. Get it.! Luxury. Power comfort the lot.
It's so pleasurable to drive. Just damn expensive. But just enjoy it for a bit.

I can vouch for that, my CL500 is so comfy and smooth - 20mpg average and £100 a tank, it gets costly pretty quick!

Well.. i bought it. Or rather swapped it for my golf and a bit of cash. It was the one that was on E38 for sale, the blue one on 19x10's amazingly it is £147 more expensive to insure than my vr was

Ben said this was awesome to drive back

Have to bring it down sometime so i can have a look

Nice one dude! Get a thread up on it, I need to see this haha!

BenxK wrote:

Ben said this was awesome to drive back

Have to bring it down sometime so i can have a look

yeah it was a good drive back!

jimmymidnight wrote:

Nice one dude! Get a thread up on it, I need to see this haha!

I only have a couple of crappy phone pictures atm but i will stick them up