BMW 535d sport m

Banny said:
Unfortunately this is what this forum is like it's almost come down to the fact shall I ask this question or not, because you what sort of response your going to get.
Bet the 35d is fair rapid though besides it's only 6k can't take it with ya, I have a petrol myself but don't mind diesels especially with two turbos
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Yes, i hate forums which actually tell you the facts, rather than saying.

Awesome Bro, go for it.

The 535d has numerous additional items which can break, (two turbos, DPF, EGR) this is ontop of the shared components between the petrol and diesel models.

The only real advantage a 535d has over say a 545i is MPG, and since he’s doing a laughable 3k a year, why bother? The large petrol engine sounds and drives better.

The OP has already made up his mind, so why post then get in a huff when people tell him otherwise?

I'm going to guess its so people like you can chip in and moan, no doubt because you've been told something you didn't want to hear in the past.
 
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Yeah, there has been a lot of "what to look for with this car" threads, which are inevitably filled with "that's the wrong car" answers.

My personal favourite is the general feeling on here that every diesel engined car is a dog, and unless you are driving to the moon every other thursday, you should get a petrol because it's cheaper.
 
Firestar_3x said:
The large petrol engine sounds and drives better.

The OP has already made up his mind, so why post then get in a huff when people tell him otherwise?
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To you. The OP has already stated that he prefers diesel, and will only consider diesels, yet is told he is wrong. No wonder he "gets in a huff" when people tell him what he should like. It's not North Korea we live in.
 
-Ad- said:
/facepalm squared.
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This sums most of this up tbh.

As Fox says, if you're after one with an engine that makes getting from A to B effortless and you're only doing 3k miles per year, it would make far more sense to go with a 535i or 545i. Would be far smoother.

But, if you've simply posted here to tell us what you're doing and that's that, then you may as well have waited to show us what you've bought. :confused:
 
Ryan-3 said:
This sums most of this up tbh.

As Fox says, if you're after one with an engine that makes getting from A to B effortless and you're only doing 3k miles per year, it would make far more sense to go with a 535i or 545i. Would be far smoother.

But, if you've simply posted here to tell us what you're doing and that's that, then you may as well have waited to show us what you've bought. :confused:
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Are you saying someone can only post two types of thread in Motors? "what type of car to get" or "look at my new car"?
 
Banny said:
Unfortunately this is what this forum is like it's almost come down to the fact shall I ask this question or not, because you know what sort of response your going to get.
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xs2man said:
Yeah, there has been a lot of "what to look for with this car" threads, which are inevitably filled with "that's the wrong car" answers.

My personal favourite is the general feeling on here that every diesel engined car is a dog, and unless you are driving to the moon every other thursday, you should get a petrol because it's cheaper.
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The forum has helped people make better choices in the past and also saved people a lot of money. I'm sure those people appreciate that the forum isn't full of "yes men".

You can't stop people replying but you can ignore their replies.
 
I don't doubt that many have been helped. But what is the use on insisting the OP (any OP, not just in this thread) is wrong long after they clearly state their preference? Once or twice is fine. If it looks like it's convincing the OP, that's also fine. When they categorically, repeatedly state what they are looking for, it's not.
 
Minstadave said:
Both Fox and I have 530Ds and are recommending the petrol, it's not as if we're anti diesel.
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Fox may drive a £19000 diesel but in the short time I've been frequenting Motors nothing in his posts thus far has led me to believe that he's now pro diesel.

He himself has said he bought the diesel variant because petrol variants in the desired spec rarely come up for sale. That's not necessarily an argument that I think stacks up but that's another matter. :p I don't speak for him but that's how I've interpreted his posts thus far.

Personally I agree with xs2man, if the OP prefers the way diesels drive it's pointless trying to convince him otherwise. The OP has owned 6cyl petrols in the past so its not as if he's arguing from a point of ignorance.
 
One sec.... hahahahaha.

OP... seriously... LISTEN to these people... or at least tell us why you want a dag dag to do 3k miles a year? Your DPF will be shot within a year, the poor engine won't even get up to temp 90% of the time (diesels take longer to warm up).

You're spending 6k on this, so money IS an issue, so why buy something that will throw a bill at you because of the way you drive it?

Get petrol, enjoy sound, smoothness and the effortless power.
 
I don't doubt that a lot of people have been helped in the past neither.
I just doubt how many of the posters actually know anything about said cars, I know a lot do fox included in this, but a lot don't they just think they do, how many have had both variants so can have an unbiased opinion, I know a couple of friends who have 35d cars and they love them because of power delivery etc, mpg don't even come into it.
Fair point the car has done some miles and could possibly put up some big bills, even so petrol can put up bills too. Vanos seals are a weak point and cooling systems.
So it goes to show that there is good and bad in both.
I personally bought an a4 tdi with 130k on it took it upto 250k and never had one engine bill apart from clutch which is to be expected.
Wonder how many of you so called experts can change a cambelt, clutch or grind valves in for example probably not many of you but your quite happy to dish out advice on stuff that you merely read about.
 
Sounds cheap to me as I have been looking for a 530d M Sport as I don't want an Auto (no i dont do 3k a year :) lol) and haven't really found a nice/decent example, all mainly SE models.

Anyway I am surprised it hasn't blown up in the 110000k its done already since the x35D is rubbish :P
Everyone is writing the car off without even seeing it, let the OP go have a look and let him decide I'm sure he will be back here to give his opinion.
 
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Ryan-3 said:
This sums most of this up tbh.

As Fox says, if you're after one with an engine that makes getting from A to B effortless and you're only doing 3k miles per year, it would make far more sense to go with a 535i or 545i. Would be far smoother.

But, if you've simply posted here to tell us what you're doing and that's that, then you may as well have waited to show us what you've bought. :confused:
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My post was at no point at all a look what I'm getting thread it was please could you advise what to look for on a 535d thread as I'm aware there are some more knowledgable people on here than myself.
 
Born_2_Kill_83 said:
I would argue against this my XJR looks/drives and even smells like new still, it's all about how its been kept.
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Well then you should look into materials and some Engineering. I need not say anything, those will describe it all, especially when you consider suspension bushings and dampers for example.

psalliss said:
Why is it madness if it's what I want. Anyway thanks to all helped with actually question bit will close the thread I think as going off tangent.
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Well you've been given some meaningful and quite obvious advice, but have decided to employ the tactic of:

'NER NER I'm not listening I know what I want, I know best NER NER'.

Why even bother with some stubborn people, easier to just let them **** up and learn for themselves :D
 
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