BMW 530i Sport - 3 years on

[TW]Fox;14958931 said:
Yes - I've maintained the BMW main dealer servicing. To be honest it's pretty reasonably priced, I pay about £100 for an Oil Service, £200 for an Inspection 1. My next service however is an Inspection II at £350 :eek:

Tyres are Eagle F1 - first two sets were GS-D3's but now my rears are Assymetrics. Rear tyres last approx 13k.
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See with Inspection II, does it all get replaced regardless of condition?

ie brakes etc?

Putting the e36 in for it next week.

I also want your car! :D

Once I've finished plowing cash into the valver (thee never ending story), the e36 will get replaced with something akin to yours.
 
Discs, pads, brake fluid and coolant changes are all seperate to the Inspections :eek:

Tend to DIY brakes though.

And nexy year it will finally gain a Ring sticker :D
 
[TW]Fox;14960953 said:
Discs, pads, brake fluid and coolant changes are all seperate to the Inspections :eek:

Tend to DIY brakes though.

And nexy year it will finally gain a Ring sticker :D
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Yeah the brakes on this have been DIY'd, and they are nice and stoppy. (ABS though :( )

So what is the difference between Inspection 1 and 2 for what they perfrom on the car, other than brakes?

What happens if you need both 1 & 2, does 2 cover both or have to get both actions performed?
 
You never need both at once. Servicing is roughly every 15k and goes oil service, inspection 1, oil service, inspection 2 repeat ad finitum.
 
[TW]Fox;14961228 said:
You never need both at once. Servicing is roughly every 15k and goes oil service, inspection 1, oil service, inspection 2 repeat ad finitum.
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Ok. Well as you know my e36 only had partial nonbmw sh.

I have orange and red block, with Inspection above.

Is this inspection II?

I'm not sure how to re-introduce the car into bmw servicing, other than just dropping the car off to them obviously..

thanks fox.
 
This is the thing though, if you spend another 6 months looking yo'll find what you want. As I recently mention, a friend of mine picked up a very very nice 02 530i M Sport Touring with 96k on the clock, full BMWSH, 2 owners, one of which was BMW themselves from Norfolk. Paid £4200 for it.

Generally though, things in Norfolf are very cheap! :D

RE: the airbag, I just wondered if the sensor on the wheel ring was faulty. It's quite common for these to go. Easy fix even from BMW. Worth bearing in mind if it happens again.
 
Looks alright but I hear there's some nasty little impressions on the rear seat leather, totally ruins it for me :)
 
Fox, good write up. I still miss my e39, fantastic car.

Is yours a 2002 model? I always thought it was older due to the steering wheel. £8k seems expensive now, but then again I paid £10700 for my 03 530d Sport with 83k on the clock @ exactly 4 years old, so you didn't get a bad deal at all.

If I was you, I'd splash a bit of money on the car - get the nav & steering wheel, BBS LMs & keep the originals so you can swap back in come sale time and recoup the money. Stop being sensible and just do it - these aren't bits that wear, so if you plan to do it, do it asap and get as much enjoyment as possible from it. Interesting how your feelings towards having an "old" car are changing.

You'll love the ring by the way - best thing I've ever done.
 
In theory all post October 2001 cars are MY2002 spec with the newer steering wheel. Some cars however were built prior to Oct 01 but not sold until later - hence mine is newer yet isn't MY2002 spec. Grrr.

Original owner got a bit conned there - he paid list for the car as well (Have the original invoice) so no discount for it being the previous model years spec!
 
Nige01010 said:
Reading back at the OP it seems 160k?? Which is a lot really IMO, I have driven a few 160K petrol’s and they seem to be falling to bits but this seems to be in a very good state for a high mileage motor! You can tell it’s well looked after :)
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Thats only a bit more than average for the age. They will do a lot more and certainly munch through them better than a non-exec car.
 
I still maintain that its age and not not mileage which kills cars. Most high mileage cars are also pretty old - people assume because a 12 year old Vectra fell to bits it was because it had 150k on it. No, its because it was driven for 12 years! My car clocked up its first 140k or so in just 4.5 years. You don't trash a car doing this sort of mileage in this sort of fashion. You simply trash its residual value whilst retaining its condition, which I found very handy :D

My Mondeo was perfect in the time I had it (Took it to 150k miles), yet its now over 10 years old and is a shabby mess despite having covered only 10k since I sold it.
 
[TW]Fox;14965184 said:
I still maintain that its age and not not mileage which kills cars. Most high mileage cars are also pretty old - people assume because a 12 year old Vectra fell to bits it was because it had 150k on it. No, its because it was driven for 12 years! My car clocked up its first 140k or so in just 4.5 years. You don't trash a car doing this sort of mileage in this sort of fashion. You simply trash its residual value whilst retaining its condition, which I found very handy :D

My Mondeo was perfect in the time I had it (Took it to 150k miles), yet its now over 10 years old and is a shabby mess despite having covered only 10k since I sold it.
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Yeah age is the big factor, but you cannot dispute high mileage cars tend to be more problematic with mechanical items failing etc.
 
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