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wkohler wrote:

Stuboski wrote:I started looking at the photos, which were terrible (the owner was standing in front of the car in the listing photo, which is a clear sign they didn't know how to sell a car).

This is a great photo!



Congrats again on the purchase. They spent some serious money on those tires!

Stuboski wrote:

pmorg98 wrote:I along with many others would love to know how you found this car. The back story is usually pretty interesting and the fact that you are in Pennsylvania and the car came from out west where many experts on this board live is beyond intriguing. I love the fact that you plan to keep it original and not euro convert it.

Found her on Ebay. I was at the local Legion with my wife one evening about two weeks ago, looking at "car porn" on my cell phone while she was off playing a poker machine. So I typed in a general search for a 535is, and amongst a bunch of parts listings, this car pops up. I started looking at the photos, which were terrible (the owner was standing in front of the car in the listing photo, which is a clear sign they didn't know how to sell a car). There was about 7 grainy photos obviously taken with a cell phone, and just some basic information. It also dawned on me that they had the listing in Parts for Sale, not Cars for Sale.

So, I e-mailed the seller later that night. I got a return e-mail from what turned out to be the owner's son the next day. He was able to provide some additional background on the car, and also gave me his father's phone number. So, I called the father and left a message on his answering machine. The owner called me back later that day, and we had a nice discussion. I was unable to get any additional photos than those on the Ebay listing as the owner did not use a computer, and his son lived several hours away. Everything sounded very legit, I had my SA at my local BMW dealer verify that the car was a true "is" and not a clone, and I did some other vehicle research to help verify the mileage and such. So, with my wife's trust and blessing, I sat down that evening an formulated an offer. Got home the next afternoon, and lo and behold, they accepted it! No counter offer (which kind of made me uneasy in a way, as it only added to the too-good-to-be-true aspect of everything). So, money was wired (against the advice of my bank), transportation arranged, and I spent an anxious 5 days waiting to see what sort of mistake I had just made. My first inspection of the car was looking at its' pristine, rust-free belly sitting up on the car carrier. I finally breathed a sigh of relief knowing this car was the real deal. Everything checked out as promised.

So, that's the story on how I stumbled into e28 ownership. The first BMW I ever drove was a blue '84 528e my uncle had taken on consignment for a lawyer friend of his. We had a Chrysler-Dodge-Plymouth dealership back then, so a used BMW sitting on a car lot in the middle of our rural farm community was not a hot item. I drove it around the lot as I still didn't have my license at the time. Even a 10-year old BMW sedan was a cool car to me back then. A 22-year itch finally scratched.

Looking forward to showing it off at the Pittsburgh Vintage GP this summer. It's been a joy just working on it.

Didn't mean to give you a book about it, but that's he story.

- Stu

wkohler wrote:Please don't ruin this car with the Ireland exhaust.

LeiseyJr wrote:Idk what your budget is, but I would get an M5 exhaust since this car is nice and OEM.
http://youtu.be/yH8Jsps6XtI

Stuboski wrote:

LeiseyJr wrote:Idk what your budget is, but I would get an M5 exhaust since this car is nice and OEM.
http://youtu.be/yH8Jsps6XtI

Ok, I appreciate that. Frankly I've never in my life bought an aftermarket exhaust for a car, so I'm going off of what I've read on this forum and elsewhere. I read good things about the Ireland exhaust and it was reasonably priced. Was by no means looking for one of those fart cans the kids put on their Lambo wanna-be Honda's or some other dumb shit. Just something a little "throatier".

cek wrote:Where'd you read good things about the IE exhaust on these forums?

Actually, build quality and sound is not bad. But fitment sucks chartreuse donkey balls.

I'm ripping mine out and going totally custom as soon as I find a good fabricator and time.

I do like my bav auto headers.

It also dawned on me that they had the listing in Parts for Sale, not Cars for Sale.

Sapotorito wrote:

It also dawned on me that they had the listing in Parts for Sale, not Cars for Sale.

unmolested, low miles, manual, zinno/black interior, no rust AND in my own back yard I guess I've been searching for this exact car the wrong way all along...

Man, that was quite a find there... I am happy for you

BRRV wrote:I'm envious of this car, it's my favorite color.

You do what you want, obviously. I can tell you if driving this car forever, and leaving it to someone else when you are done, as in stewardship, is your interest, then you'll only put a correct, factory exhaust system on it.

I know it's a purist thing, but maybe not: I've had two factory exhausts on mine, and I'll be springing for a third sometime in the next 12-24 months. There's no substitute, overall. They are that good.

wkohler wrote:I can't believe you opened that.

BRRV wrote:Well said. Best of luck to you on this great car, and I hope you get as many great drives with this car as I've had in mine.

The little blue BMW cloth is factory-designed for instant envy.