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hey this is just a bit of fun. so basically list what random and not so random stuff was in your e28 when you took owner ship ill start

My 1982 Austraian emmsions spec 528I came with the following ; All the orginal books, A Full service history, A spider colony, A cople cockroches, A match box car that looks to be some kind of millatry vecheicle, Front are rear lights for a push bike, 2 car bateryes, No radio, An almost complet tool kit, A 500mL bottle of castrol response super dot 4 brake fluid, A bolt for a child restraint and A long pice of dowl to keep the bonet up.

Squirrel in the engine bay, varnish in the fuel lines, mice poop everywhere, mice in the glove box (until I parked the car in the sun with the windows up, muhahah!), owners manual, tape deck cleaner, and worn out TRXs. Also found VW keys under the seat. I kept them to try in a Scirocco.

When I bought my '86 535i in '92, it had a wired-in cellular phone, with the antenna on the rear window and the amp/transponder screwed onto the taillight cover trim (which had warped due to the weight), and a 1.5" hole in the rear bulkhead so the phone connector and 3/8" cord could run to the base set on the rear floor.

I bought the car near Seattle and found multiple business cards for a Los Angeles-area lawyer, so I assume the previous owner was a lawyer who was among the hordes of Californians invading Washington State around then.

It also had a "Vanillaroma" leaf-style air freshener in the trunk to cover up the mold smell caused by water leakage from a bad taillight gasket.

A broken after market CD changer which used an FM modulator in the glove box mounted below the ECU.

At least it had the factory Alpine radio which no longer picks up any sort of radio transmissions.

slammin_e28 wrote:Squirrel in the engine bay, varnish in the fuel lines, mice poop everywhere, mice in the glove box (until I parked the car in the sun with the windows up, muhahah!), owners manual, tape deck cleaner, and worn out TRXs. Also found VW keys under the seat. I kept them to try in a Socorro.

"Stewie (making fun of the contents of a candy jar at his grandparents' house): 'Oh, oh...look at this...a spare key for a Volkswagen Scirocco...they don't even make those any more! They don't even make that car anymore!! Whose keys are these?'" From Family Guy, You May Now Kiss The...Uh...Guy Who Receives

Mine came with an assortment of unwanted goodies.

rmiddendorf wrote:

slammin_e28 wrote:Squirrel in the engine bay, varnish in the fuel lines, mice poop everywhere, mice in the glove box (until I parked the car in the sun with the windows up, muhahah!), owners manual, tape deck cleaner, and worn out TRXs. Also found VW keys under the seat. I kept them to try in a Socorro.

"Stewie (making fun of the contents of a candy jar at his grandparents' house): 'Oh, oh...look at this...a spare key for a Volkswagen Scirocco...they don't even make those any more! They don't even make that car anymore!! Whose keys are these?'" From Family Guy, You May Now Kiss The...Uh...Guy Who Receives

It's actually a really cool old key. Looks like this:



I really wanna find out what it goes to. Was part of a set.
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I don't have any pictures of it, but mine came with: cigarette ashes all in the carpet, flip flops in the trunk, rope in the trunk, used flyers in the for a remodeling company, and a lot of other nasty things in the trunk. I did however, get all the original books and other original things.

The M535i came with an application to be an assistant manager at a Big 5 Sporting Goods store and Too Short - Get In Where You Fit In on cassette in the glovebox.

My friend Kyle's '85 535i came with a resin encrusted bowl from a glass pipe in the glovebox and more than 50 pens scattered throughout the car. He counted them.

After racking my brain for a while...

... and unused aftermarket thermostat still in the box in the glove compartment. And the car didn't even need it. That's it. That's all I have on this one. I don't even remember finding a penny or a pen.

Full service records(except for the last 40,000 miles ), original owners manual(cool!!!!) original key set, after market alarm(doesn't work but key fob is 80's rectangular awesomeness, dealer installed?) crap ton of dog hair on the rear seat and a stick to keep the rear trunk open

The '86 535i came with a Blaupunkt Monterey SQR 23 head unit.

The '87 535is came with the remains of an in-car cell phone.

Dead mouse under the rear seat. Real dead.

Spare 4hp22eh in the backseat
Moldy orange under the passenger seat
7 Matchbox cars under the backseat
Corkscrew type car phone antennae in the trunk
Carmen Burana tape
What looked like someone's Cup o noodles spilled on the rear carpet
27 dogs worth of hair

Mine came with an ezpass he forgot to remove (sent it back), a parking hang tag for Herndon High School under the back seat, and a Philidelphia Eagles Bic lighter also under the back seat.

Set of ugly wheels on the car, original owner's manual with one of the PO's insurance and registration cards (Don and Amy Mattingly). Rest was very clean.

an extensive laundry list of parts needing to be replaced

I bought my 1986 E28 in 2007. It came with all the car tax discs going back to 1992 and a service history going back to the day it was bought. The service book had not been stamped regulary but the each owner kept a hand written record stapled in side the service book. I have kept this up. As it was a car bought from a dealer it has nice and clean when I picked it up.

My 533i came with a bunch of pictures of the previous owner and lots of bubble gum wrappers. I cherish the pictures of her with her horse wearing a halter top.

All sorts of random shit. Haha.

In the glove box, there were maps of Corvallis, Oregon, some spare relays, fuses and random written on papers, that had nothing to do with me whatsoever.

In the back seat, there were a binder of wiring diagrams that the PO had made up, as he previously re-wired the fuse box and another binder full of receipts from 2005 (when I'm assuming that he thought it would be a good idea to service the car ) including a Bosal muffler, Pirelli Pzero Nero tires and tons of little parts. Also has a bunch of DIY instructions for repairs and such. Also came with the Bentley manual!

Cleaning out the car, didn't really find much under the seats. Guy was pretty dirty though. I don't think he EVER washed the steering wheel (or anything else interior related, for that matter.) It was brown. Eew. Under the rear seat, I found all sorts of stuff-- playing cards, wrappers, food, etc. I'm assuming either a small monkey or a kid sat back there. Pretty gross.

Also came with a set of 16" BBS RA's, but no spare however. Dirty and all evenly curbed

my 86 m535i , was a real barn find .
full of rubbish , tapes , dog hair , fishing reals ,paint roller and tray , beer bottles ,owners manuals ,
the guy must have been using the boot for mixing concreate in .the spare wheel well was full of concreate
bald square trx metrics , was a bumpy ride home for part of the way .
it was a non runner due to the ecu being fried on a 24volt jump pack . i took a spare ecu with me got it running , but the guy was in a hurry (he had to go to the airport ) so he didn't have time to empty the car out .

A dealer installed 1985 radar detector!!! And it still works (though not that well...)!

Ants. 2 months later they are finally turning up less. In the beginning I would see them every day, and they are getting fewer in numbers, but I see one most every day.
Can't figure out what they are surviving on and I don't want to know. This car has been driven daily for a long time so it isn't like it was in storage...

oldskool wrote:My 533i came with a bunch of pictures of the previous owner and lots of bubble gum wrappers. I cherish the pictures of her with her horse wearing a halter top.

Let's see the horse in a halter top!!

Mine was actually pretty clean. In the trunk were some soare parts, a door panel (driver side) and some trim pieces. Also found a bottle opener, a box of forks and and empty beer bottle. Nothing too exciting.

my first eta came with a mix tape, a bill for a custom PC and navy base tags on the windshield.

my second eta came with a note pad, a mangled Bentley manual, a spare fuel filter, a pair of blizzaks on bottlecaps, some hash in the ashtray, two condoms and the lyrics "Love will keep us together" written on the headliner.

my 533 came with a baby stroller, an old pot, a prince cassette and an alpine alarm system.

John in VA wrote: Let's see the horse in a halter top!!

+1

My '81 633csi was mint when I bought it with the exception of two tacky, expired AAA stickers (import from AZ).

My '87 528e was quite clean - interior was in very good shape. Some oddities included:

- Approx. a small order of prehistoric fries caught up between the seats and floor

- A Bentley manual which might remind one of an abused copy of Penthouse or Hustler magazine (from the 80s... ); has since been mulched and fed back to the system... found under the back seat no less.

- Missing entire trunk carpeting... but came with two empty cardboard trays that normally hold 12x 1 liter of oil. But the car doesn't run through oil badly at all.

Raised a few questions marks,...

Charles Gray wrote:

John in VA wrote: Let's see the horse in a halter top!!

+1

I knew this would cause confusion among you "purists".
How this fights its way into your brains when the words "halter top" and "girl" are involved needs a case study.
I couldn't tell you what the horse was wearing. . .although it did have a purty mouth.

I just didn't want to assume anything. Hell, I take my horse to the beach.