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BMW 5 Series 3.0 530i SE Touring 5dr Petrol Automatic (261 g/km, 231 bhp)

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Details

  • Make: Bmw
  • Milage: 167678 Miles
  • Year: 2001
  • Model: 5 Series
  • Transmission: Automatic
  • Fuel: Petrol

Description

You're here because you already know what the BMW E39 is So I won't tell you how cool and practical this appreciating classic truly is. If you want to own a new, squeaky clean show pony perhaps this isn't the car for you. If you understand that owning a 25-year-old classic BMW is a custodianship through the thick and thin, then read on! Included in the sale are the rare and original BMW mudflaps, and private number plate. Picture of original specifications is included. The service history is very comprehensive, with more recent servicing covered by myself and Dick Lovett BMW (Hungerford). Work done in my 7-year ownership, that I can think of is below. There's probably more. Most is genuine BMW, if not OEM: -Rocker cover gasket (genuine BMW) -Entire CCV system (Crank case ventilation valve, genuine BMW) -Rear air suspension (genuine BMW) -Rear vapour seals (genuine BMW) -Various suspension bushes (all genuine BMW) -Various suspension arms/links (genuine BMW and Lemforder OEM) -Rear jacking points stripped and welded -All 4 Rear gas struts for tailgate (OEM) -New genuine BMW accelerator pedal -Crankshaft position sensor (genuine BMW) -Mass air flow sensor (OEM) -Replaced reconditioned gearbox (Genuine BMW) I have also changed any previously failed electronic equipment in the car; 6 CD changer, radio head unit, glovebox torch. This example excels on our network of awfully maintained British roads. Being the SE model, it offers more supple suspension, more forgiving tyres and a marginally increased ride height a true waft wagon. As all aging cars do, there are a few points to make you aware of which reflect the price. All are serviceable and repairable. Or you can simply live with it: - Near side rear wheel arch has corrosion that will likely need addressing in the next 12-18 month. (picture attached). - Something is rattling on the exhaust on cold start since the new gearbox was fitted. I think it's simply the heat shield that needs fastening, but I haven't had time to get underneath yet. I know this as if I hold the exhaust, the rattle stops. - The rear-view mirror is half dark, half-light. It doesn't impair vision, and I think it's the anti-glare fluid for the automatic dimming that has somehow sunken to the bottom of the mirror (picture attached). - The paint on the driver's door has a small section of lacquer peel. (picture included). -Oil service likely due shortly as indicator is showing on the last green block. There is more to say but word limit!