New jobSpec me a car - 12k max budget

[Morba]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2151919.htm
lovely. (330d)

On pictures: I like

 

[wez130]

You'll struggle to find a V6 in a 530D!

huh?

The ones i'm looking at have? or am i missing something?

 

[DM]

'Thats a nice car, Bert down the road picked one of those up for £2k on his way back from getting his dole money'.

You dont want that

Only to the untrained eye! ;D

 

[[TW]Fox]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2151919.htm
lovely. (330d)

Lovely? It looks pretty tatty to me, lovely shiney steering wheel as well.

And in 6-12 months time nobody will be interested in selling him a warranty so when it all goes wrong, which it will, he'll need another loan just to fix it.

 

[iaind]

huh?

The ones i'm looking at have? or am i missing something?

i6, not v6

 

[[TW]Fox]

huh?

The ones i'm looking at have? or am i missing something?

BMW's have Straight Six engines not V6's.

 

[wez130]

Theres one to think about

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201043371535791/

I don't really like jags tbh, i can appreciate them, but i wouldn't want one.

 

[wez130]

BMW's have Straight Six engines not V6's.

ahhh, same difference lol. i meant i'd rather have 6 cylinders than 4

 

[Morba]

huh?

The ones i'm looking at have? or am i missing something?

Straight 6

 

[iaind]

Lovely? It looks pretty tatty to me, lovely shiney steering wheel as well.

And in 6-12 months time nobody will be interested in selling him a warranty so when it all goes wrong, which it will, he'll need another loan just to fix it.

What about it* looks tatty?

*that you can see in those photos

 

[DM]

I don't really like jags tbh, i can appreciate them, but i wouldn't want one.

Another one with no taste

 

[[TW]Fox]

What about it* looks tatty?

*that you can see in those photos

Seats, steering wheel, paintwork doesnt look brilliant. A lot of it might be the crap photos but nothing there makes me think 'Wow, thats a minter'.

 

[DM]

That could be glare of the camera on the steering wheel, the seats dont look too scabby. Mat looks a bit ropey though.

 

[Scrutinize]

400 miles a week certainly does warrant a diesel

No it really doesnt, assuming he has holiday its about 19k per year. Diesels are not really going to return better value, given the, running costs, likely age and mileage of a suitable quick one in this budget.

 

[wez130]

well to put it into perspective, when i worked 1 mile from work, i still put 25k miles on my audi in 2 years

 

[Morba]

You need a girlfriend then, not a drivers car

 

[[TW]Fox]

You need a girlfriend then, not a drivers car

He tried that before, it didnt end well.

The threads were lulz, mind

 

[Django x2]

400 work miles a week though can easily turn in to 600-800 a week with personal mileage. That starts to cross the line between petrol and diesel.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I dont see any issue with the diesel requirement here.

I do think though that a 5+ year old car you'll take towards 100k reasonably quickly is a bad thing to buy on finance. It's going to break, you wont have a warranty and its going to cost big money to keep repairing.

The complexity of these cars keeps increasing but the reliability doesnt seem able to keep up.

I wouldnt want a diesel BMW with iDrive and an autobox without knowing it'll be under warranty for my entire ownership period.

Sadly that means buying one newer than 5 years old and with less than 77k miles on it.

 

[wez130]

You need a girlfriend then, not a drivers car

i have one, and a child on the way, hence the saloon bit