For sale: 94D BMW 530i V8 32V Auto

unkel

Upgrading shortly, so need to sell my sweet motor. Asking price €4995, but reasonable offers accepted. Reason for sale is upgrading to either newer model or 7 series

I'm based in Lucan, if you are interested and want to view it or take a testdrive (if you are insured to to so), please pm me

BMW 530i

Had car checked out by the Gardai. It has never been in any accident. It has been broken into once (many years ago) when the window was smashed and the original Pioneer Stereo/CD was stolen

NCT 2005

Taxed till end July 2004 (tax worth almost €500)

94D reg - original Irish car. First owner was the ambassador of Finland to Ireland

5 speed Automatic
V8 engine, 32 valve

Sterling silver metallic

Sony 10 CD changer

Electric windows, mirrors (heated), sunroof

4 Headrests, back middle arm rest, front arm rests (*2)

Remote central locking / alarm / immobiliser
83k genuine miles, of which 30k by myself since January 2001

Service history, complete since January 2001 serviced every 8k miles / 9 months approximately

Silky smooth very quiet executive performance saloon with surprisingly low insurance (20% lower than '96 BMW 523). Was told by my broker that the car is classified in a lower insurance category than the current (just replaced) 5 series 523 for some unknown reason. I pay about €1000 currently fully comprehensive which is coming down at renewal date in April

1 fault: there is a hole somewhere in the engine that leeks engine oil. My trusted family owned garage assessed it and told me it was probably easy to fix, but the engine needed to be lifted out to do this. At the time they reckoned that to just lift the engine out and put it back in would set me back about £200. The repair would cost an estimated £300

I had this assessed a few months after a full service from BMW in Milltown where the issue went unnoticed. The car has passed two NCT's without this being an issue afterwards. I never bothered getting this fixed and just top up the oil with a liter when the message comes up on the screen stating the engine oil is low (about once a month). Absolutely no damage is done to the car if the oil minimum level is adhered to

Anyone interested? Sorry if I should have posted this in the for sale forum - just reckoned there would not be any interest there

unkel

Might as well try in the for sale forum then

mike65

I'll be amazed if anyone here buys a 3.0 litre Beemer to be honest!

Mike.

Turner

Originally posted by mike65
I'll be amazed if anyone here buys a 3.0 litre Beemer to be honest!

Mike.

Due to our corrupt bastards insurance companies that screw us for every penny because of the size of our miniscule engines

For god sake in spain or amierica it is not unusual for an 18 year old to be driving a bmw 540i...

Over here we must drive tin can soap boxes with the equivilent power of a hair dryer in the vain attempt of thinking that we are safer in smaller cars.

tbh i would prefer to crash in a 540i than a 1.0L micra.

/end rant.


Oh and by the way.. That is one super car... An engineering trophy... If we lived in america I'd buy it off you in a flash.

Seth Brundle

Id love to buy it and am in the market but Im not going to steer off my target of a BMW >2.5L with manual tranny, air-con & seats covered with dead cows.

Tommy Vercetti

I'd love to as well but tax & insurance.....

good luck with the sale, let us know how it goes!

unkel

Thanks for all the nice comments lads

Originally posted by mike65
I'll be amazed if anyone here buys a 3.0 litre Beemer to be honest!

Me too, but you never know

Originally posted by kbannon
Id love to buy it and am in the market but Im not going to steer off my target of a BMW >2.5L with manual tranny, air-con & seats covered with dead cows.

LOL love the dead cows myself. You sure about manual though? This was my first automatic and I don't intend to go manual again. Good luck with your search Killian

BTW might join up with your club. I'm just after buying my second BMW :cool:

unkel

Some pics now added on my thread in the for sale forum

Seth Brundle

nice looking motor
I might pop over @ the weekend and kick the tyres a bit.
PM me your email / phone
Killian

BTW, what have you now got yourself?

unkel

Thanks Killian

You're welcome to come over and kick the tyres - have pm'd you my phone number

Now driving late '96 735iA V8 Executive

Will post up a piccie one of these days...