my smelly old E28 528i

you E60 boys, here is your car's ancestor

Note - the interior temp guage reads 85 deg - roll on summer

you can't have EH with a 528i - I put the EH switch panel on just to annoy the purists - hee hee

Why slag it off, thats a nice looking motor - I started with a very early 2500 in line six, twin carb etc etc, wish I still had it.

I have an E39 now, I have driven 2 E60's (Diesel and Petrol) and they just didn't feel like home, I guess the E39 is just a hard act to follow.

The 2500 was easy to follow, always steaming up, used more fuel than a supertanker, the gearbox sounded like a straight cut le mans box, the seats were like concrete and it understeered like a supertanker too - but that engine man did it sound good when nailed ....

I still wish I had kept it ... BMW's have a heritage ... I wonder how many old BMW's are actually getting preserved in original condition, If I had the space and money my first would be a 635 CSi followed by the humble 2002 then try to find a 2500 for nostalgia reasons. More people need to keep the M3's and 5's in original nick too instead of messing them about.

One day I'll be able to afford an M5 - but I'm not sure I'll part with my 528 E39 (which handles better than the 540's etc in my opinion).

Amazing how the interior hardly changed in the E34........nice ol car mate ;)

Mark

There's no beating the old sharks nose my friend - beats the crud out of looking like a mundano ..... Love the 'aggressive' sharks nose of the early bimmers .....

Pity they are starting to look just like any other mass production saloon  (i.e the E60), BM's always stood out, there would be no mistaking yours by sight or sound ....

Nice E28 there! E34 rims are a nice, subtle upgrade. They are also very lightweight and high quality wheels, far better than most of the aftermarket blingtastic rubbish you see. 

I've seen radio aerials all over the place. On the offside, it has to be either well forwards or well back or else it fouls the filler spout and locking mechanism. On the nearside I think it has to be well forwards to clear the jack etc. I think many of them were fitted at the dealers because of the amazing cost of the optional BMW OE radio.

Someone once told me that the very last E28 528s had the switchable auto box on them, but I've never seen one with my own eyes. The 2.8 is in many people's view the sweetest and smoothest version of the M30 engine.

I absolutely agree about the styling, like a lot of people I have a soft spot for the sharknose- I have an E24 635CSi, (also a 628 project car). The '82 on E24s share most things mechanically with the E28 cars, so they are closely related.

cheers

Brucey wrote: Someone once told me that the very last E28 528s had the switchable auto box on them, but I've never seen one with my own eyes. The 2.8 is in many people's view the sweetest and smoothest version of the M30 engine.

No, you can't have EH on 528i cos only the motronic cars can accept the EH box & its ECU, that means 525e & 535i can come with EH. correct me if I'm wrong guys! the EH ECU connects to the motronic ECU, can't have one without the other.

thanks for the nice comments guys - much appreciated.

radio aerials are all over the place as fitted by various car stereo shops over the years. Is there one official spot where factory fitted aerials go?

they can't style BMWs like this anymore 'cos of the dreadful fuel consumption. aerodynamics of a flying brick.

e28silver528i wrote: Very nice car Philip!!   Paul

thanks Paul, but very stock & plain compare with yours. where do you get all the bits & the inspiration for modifying your motor?

my car, the Black Beast, originally came with boring & worn grey int. now has blue int. from 3 different E28's. wish I had taken the blue carpets from the two blue interior E28's I broke.