BMW and M Power Owners

James J said:
This is the one and only time I've deviated from that very logic mate. All due to my holiday and having to have the car running by the time I came back. Been royally shafted by that mistake and it'll prove a costly one. Any minor stuff I can do myself, but removing rocker covers on my engine is a nightmare job.

Genuinely not sure what the next move should be. I could take the car back and book it into the highest rated garage here for BMW work (Redish automotive in Bristol) and try and recoup my money through clickmechanic, or leave it with the current garage to sort his mess out and potentially wait weeks for my car to be returned and there's no guarantee it'll be fixed.
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I would personally just take it back and give it to your usual first name terms trusted place. Pay them separately, have a laugh with them about how crap the other place is, and get the car fixed.

I'd then probably look to recoup my money through my credit card provider or whatever for the other garage, and let them pursue me if they wanted to after that.
 
ChrisD. said:
The dealership flat out refused to knock any money off mine, but I did get more for my Focus than book price.
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Basically all the same thing, anything over book for the PX is a discount. Cost to change is the important number with a PX....
 
Jez said:
I would personally just take it back and give it to your usual first name terms trusted place. Pay them separately, have a laugh with them about how crap the other place is, and get the car fixed.

I'd then probably look to recoup my money through my credit card provider or whatever for the other garage, and let them pursue me if they wanted to after that.
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Glad you said that as that's my current train of thought too. I paid on my MasterCard via clickmechanic as a safety net so that's definitely an option!
 
That other garage have proven to be typical independent waste of time liars. I wouldn't even bother dealing with them any longer personally. Recoup the money through your financial service providers and ignore them is what i would do. Then deal with any chasing if/when the original garage contact you.

Thats what i'd do anyway :)
 
grudas said:
I'll be honest and say if this is what it wanted for a long time then get it! Good condition ones will only go up in value and bad condition ones are to be avoided for obvious reasons. They're old so small issues are expected. Get it and enjoy it!
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It's no secret I've wanted another one of these for a long time - had a 728i back in 2005 and regretted selling it ever since - I'm not buying it as an investment nor a garage queen but do intend to keep it a long time, from what I've seen of e38 prices - and I've been watching- good ones are slowly but surely going up.

Yes it's a lot of money for what it is, but, it's bang in the middle of pricing of the better ones out there.

If I keep it for say 5 years and sell it on for 2-3k that's not bad deprecation for a car I like and am an enthusiast of and will enjoy far more than a generic used Mondeo / Insignia etc.


Rilot said:
I disagree. It's not a rare, extremely desirable poster car. Look at the values of E32s if you want a guide. Most sit at the £500 mark with only the 750is commanding good money. With cars such as this, it's only the top spec ones with the top engine that become desirable as they age.
Much as I love the E38, and much as I know how he loves them too, I would not be dropping £6.5k on one no matter what the condition. Then again, if he's plannning on keeping it for a decade or more then I can see the logic to a point.
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Indeed, most e32's are £500 sheds, the ones that are not sheds command a considerable premium.

Resale isn't my concern ultimately, it's a long term ownership plan I have for it, its going to do relatively few miles (I have access to other cars) and I'll keep it tip top condition wise.

If I keep it 5years and it costs me £10k in depreciation and running costs, I'd say I've done rather well over your average car purchase, which plainly this isn't.

After nearly dying a few years back, I've decided to indulge myself in what I'm into and have wanted, it being a 740 wasn't the issue, condition was the deciding factor and this is by far the best I've seen, I've seen far too many! :D
 
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Shivy011 said:
Yo guys

My mum is looking at purchasing a AUC X3 for around £25k in the next month or two. Before anyone says, no she doesn't want a 3 series estate, she has back problems and thus finds it difficult to get into and out of a lower down car. Test drove the Q5 and XC60 also but she prefers the X3.

We test drove a 15 plate m sport with pro nav yesterday and it was pretty nice, however had the sport suspension. Although it wasn't too bad I understand SE has a softer ride?
2.0D is ideal, but I noticed 3.0D comes up often for around this mark also. Dad is not keen on having 3x 3.0D cars in the house though especially as mum only uses it around town

Any must have options when buying it used? She definitely wants pro nav, I say xenons would be nice also and heated seats come standard. Anything else I am missing? IT looks very difficult to find an M sport with M sport suspension deletion or adaptive dampers for around £25k with the xenons and pro nav. The cars for £25k are usually 13/63 plate.

Also is there a difference in pro nav and pro media? Both have the larger screens? Some cars on AUC site say pro nav, some say pro media... I am confused
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anyone thoughts on X3?
 
Was invited to an 'M Day' by the local dealer yesterday, so thought it'd be rude not to pop along. Stupidly didn't take any pictures of the Boutsen Ginion Racing LMP2 or their Blancpain M6, but hey ho..

Ended up getting the keys to this fine machine for an hour or so. Other cars available were the green M4, an X6M or M760Li. Could've hung around another few hours for a spin in the M2 but traffic was building and the roads around there were full of tractors, weekend drivers and speed cameras.

Anyway, WHAT A MACHINE!!! Car was a 2017 M3 with Competition Pack and pretty much every optional extra thrown at it. The quickest car I've ever driven on the road, but my word can it shift. Carbon brakes are epic, as expected, but what amazed me the most was how docile and calm it was at 20mph through villages, yet how insane it is blatting at fullspeed down B roads and on the motorway. Just such a complete car. Now I get what all the car journos are babbling about when they talk about sublime balance and grip and all the other things they rave about when the talk about the M3. It's just amazing. It just pulls and pulls, with relentless torque. Overtaking really does require you to re-calibrate your brain!

Sitting in one at a dealer and nitpicking the cheap plastic is, obviously, a different experience when you're nailing the throttle and you get to licence-losing speeds in the blink of an eye. Mind you, this one had the individual extended leather, which was rather nice. Massively jealous of anyone who has one of these as a daily driver, but for those who do, I can understand why you'd have one over a 340i, but at the same time, if you're just bumbling up and down the motorway, a 340i or 335d is just the more obvious choice. Either way, WHAT A MACHINE! Epic, epic thing. Only downsides are the dodgy synthetic engine noise (yes, you can hear it), and the rather flat exhaust note. Anyway, highly recommended by a complete nobody on the internet. WHAT A MACHINE!

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Scania said:
Yes it's a lot of money for what it is, but, it's bang in the middle of pricing of the better ones out there.
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My personal view is that this is an error. I understand your hankering for an E38 but feel that if you are so into them that you are prepared to spend big money then it has to be on an ideal spec E38 not one that's simply low mileage.

Hold out for a facelift 740i Sport not a beige 735i SE.
 
[TW]Fox said:
My personal view is that this is an error. I understand your hankering for an E38 but feel that if you are so into them that you are prepared to spend big money then it has to be on an ideal spec E38 not one that's simply low mileage.

Hold out for a facelift 740i Sport not a beige 735i SE.
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I hear what your saying to a degree, the trouble with a specific model it limits the already small choice of good ones, this is a 740 I've been watching for a while, disregarding the LOL price, it's a long way from "mine" condition wise for a lot more money, miles and a non full dealer history over its 112k life, along with no mention of how many owners...


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610198930276?atmobcid=soc4


I think the one I'm looking at blows it out of the water, as for the colour, both me and my partner like it, you like your 5's colour don't you? Personal preference and all that, having had a cosmos black e38 in the past (and it being a pig to keep clean) this one actually appeals.

Had "mine" been a 740 then great, but the fact it's a 735 doesn't bother me, I'm not after a tyre shredder but it'll have a bit more get up and go than my old 728 albeit by not much.
 
My grandad had a blue 740i back in the mid to late 90's. It was fantastic. I remember the two front seats like being something out the cockpit of an aircraft - both in size and sheer number of features. Dual armrests were great! I also seem to recall the back of the headrests doing something. I don't recall that they had TV's incorporated but I'm sure they lifted up and had something behind.
I'm also sure that it had sat-nav.
 
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