Is this a shed?

Jjustme · 8 May 2011 at 12:03

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
So why are you asking advice here?

Sounds like, you don't work, so don't worry about paying for things like running costs & insurance etc

Perhaps the person who is paying should be asking these questions for you?

Jammy git!

Lol, they don't know how to use a computer very well, this is pretty much how it always works. If I want, something, I do the research myself and ask my dad to buy it for me

Did the same when building my first PC (at 13) with no first hand experience of building them. And I'm using the PC today 4 years on, and can play games very well still (did upgrade to a 285GTX about a year or two ago mind).

[TW]Fox · 8 May 2011 at 12:04

This is another dream thread - nobody is going to buy you an 8 year old 530i and then pay to insure and run it for you. It would just be completely stupid.

If it was another DM-style situation it'd be a nearly new 530.

Jjustme · 8 May 2011 at 12:07

I was just asking about this one as I don't know any better..
Would I be looking at 10k+ if I just wanted a pre LCI E60 in good condition? I don't want to have it on warranty because £400+ a year seems a lot for doing 4-5k miles a year.
And I only showed the 530i because on autotrader it showed it gives similar MPG's to 520i, so why get that? But if insurance is too much, I would get a 520i.

woodpigeon4 · 8 May 2011 at 12:09

Jjustme said:
I got quotes for 2k on a 520i.. I'm currently paying 2.1k for an Astra to the same company.

Wouldn't mind a 520i if the 530i quotes sky rocket, which they might as they won't give me a quote online for it.

So you're telling me that, aged 17, you got a quote of £2k for a 520i? Sorry, but unless you've lied about practically everything in your insurance, I don't believe you. Most 17 year olds have to pay over £2k for insurance on a nissan micra, so there's no way that quote is accurate.

[TW]Fox · 8 May 2011 at 12:11

Jjustme said:
I don't want to have it on warranty because £400+ a year seems a lot for doing 4-5k miles a year.

Just lol.

If £400 a year on a warranty seems a lot, then good luck when the first thing breaks.

BMW charge £900 for a years warranty on a low mileage E60. They don't do this because they hardly break

Jjustme · 8 May 2011 at 12:14

woodpigeon4 said:
So you're telling me that, aged 17, you got a quote of £2k for a 520i? Sorry, but unless you've lied about practically everything in your insurance, I don't believe you. Most 17 year olds have to pay over £2k for insurance on a nissan micra, so there's no way that quote is accurate.

I don't how can I can show you, I just got another quote right now, for £2220. How do I get a print screen to show you? The company is Aviva and I can't find a page where the price and made/model of the car is on the same page

This is for a 520i btw.

woodpigeon4 · 8 May 2011 at 12:16

Jjustme said:
I don't how can I can show you, I just got another quote right now, for £2220. How do I get a print screen to show you? The company is Aviva and I can't find a page where the price and made/model of the car is on the same page

This is for a 520i btw.

Press the printscreen button, copy and paste into paint, and upload to imageshack or somewhere like that. Do it for each page and post the links to the hosted images here.

Disco Boy · 8 May 2011 at 12:17

I thought that the school holidays were over?

Jjustme · 8 May 2011 at 12:19

[TW]Fox;19084764 said:
Just lol.

If £400 a year on a warranty seems a lot, then good luck when the first thing breaks.

BMW charge £900 for a years warranty on a low mileage E60. They don't do this because they hardly break

Oh yeah, I was thinking of a warranty direct price that DannyDan told me.
You're making these cars out to be very unreliable. It's putting me off

But it's probably a good thing.

Scania · 8 May 2011 at 12:20

Hmm, I have an old e39 528i, yesterday I dropped bast part of £500 paying the bill for its recent MOT,Service, front disks, pads & getting the cam position sensor changed....

Oh, they sorted the airbag warning light out too.

The Airbag was FOC, the Cam sensor cost about £70 the rest was regular expenditure that would not be covered by a warranty...

I work away all week, the car sits & is not used daily, yet it still will throw up these sort of bills.

Jjustme said:
You're making these cars out to be very unreliable. It's putting me off But it's probably a good thing.

A very good thing!

They are not unreliable as such, but, if you want to keep the car in a reliable condition, it'll cost you - a lot - doing so.

I was going to say you need a Focus or something, perhaps, a better one would be to simply step away from the keyboard!!!

ScoobyDoo69 · 8 May 2011 at 12:21

Is there any reason why BMWs seem to be not as reliable as expected?

I mean I can't quite begin to think where Fox has spent £8500 in 4.5 years :confused:

I would have thought being a BMW they would be expensive to run, but mainly for servicing and consumables, would not think they need that much repair work..

Jjustme · 8 May 2011 at 12:25

woodpigeon4 said:
Press the printscreen button, copy and paste into paint, and upload to imageshack or somewhere like that. Do it for each page and post the links to the hosted images here.

Not sure how this proves anything but... there.

Disco Boy · 8 May 2011 at 12:25

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Is there any reason why BMWs seem to be not as reliable as expected?

I mean I can't quite begin to think where Fox has spent £8500 in 4.5 years I would have thought being a BMW they would be expensive to run, but mainly for servicing and consumables, would not think they need that much repair work..

They're not that unreliable, but they cost a lot to fix.

Scania · 8 May 2011 at 12:25

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Is there any reason why BMWs seem to be not as reliable as expected?

I mean I can't quite begin to think where Fox has spent £8500 in 4.5 years I would have thought being a BMW they would be expensive to run, but mainly for servicing and consumables, would not think they need that much repair work..

Depends on a multitude of factors.

Fox's example has relatively high miles so has undoubtedly needed consumables etc.

4.5 years of servicing (done properly) decent tyres, repairs etc..

Just over £2k per year seems very feasible to me with this sort of car.

Scania · 8 May 2011 at 12:27

4k p/a works out @ 76 miles per week, as I already said, I don't touch my car for 5 days of the week yet I manage a lot more than that!

woodpigeon4 · 8 May 2011 at 12:31

Jjustme said:
Not sure how this proves anything but... there.

It doesn't prove anything, because it doesn't show your age/time you've held a driving licence, etc, etc. I could show you the insurance quote on my subaru, which is less than a quarter of that, but if I put a 17 year old as the main driver, it would probably hit £9k or more.

d_brennen · 8 May 2011 at 12:31

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
4k p/a works out @ 76 miles per week, as I already said, I don't touch my car for 5 days of the week yet I manage a lot more than that!

I suggest OP just buys some nice walking shoes...

Jjustme · 8 May 2011 at 12:31

Manage a lot more what than that?
More than £2k p/a to run?

Scania · 8 May 2011 at 12:32

Jjustme said:
Manage a lot more what than that?
More than £2k p/a to run?

No you pillock! - 76 miles per week - 4k p/a

Jjustme · 8 May 2011 at 12:34

woodpigeon4 said:
It doesn't prove anything, because it doesn't show your age/time you've held a driving licence, etc, etc. I could show you the insurance quote on my subaru, which is less than a quarter of that, but if I put a 17 year old as the main driver, it would probably hit £9k or more.

But I could change it for the sake of the screenshot, if there was a single page with this information, I would be happy to show you..

And if you can take my word, it shows I'm 17, held license for less than a year, obtained 31.01.2011 and another additional driver, who lives away for most of the year who has held his license for a year, and the main driver who has held his license for over 9 years and has more than 5 years NCB.