New Car Search - Possible Estate

Dandle said:
The mileage could be low because its an ex BMW car(although that should show 2 owners then). My car had 2320miles on it at 8 months old.
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I just bought an ex BMW car as well. 6 months old and a massive 800 miles on the clock! Why do BMW uk do this?
 
the spec on that 530i is massive, and the comfort seats are fantastic, although a horrifically expensive option at ~£2k
it really needs the Logic 13 or whatever sounds sytem though

it's not LCI is it?
i wouldn't pay £20k for a pre-facelift model
 
LCI = facelift

actually, having a think, the pre-facelifts probably fetch that price. i'd still knock him down a few thousand :p

i'd hope it has upgraded stereo, it'd be silly to tick everything, including the the TV, and not have the uprated stereo

have you got a link to the ad?
 
What's the option up from the SE; M Sport?

I'm driving one of those this weekend as well, but I don't hold out much hope for run flats + sports suspension + sports / standard seats being anything less than terrible on the speedbumps and potholes round here. There is a reason why there are so many 4x4s in Surrey.

I'm looking on autotrader and everything between £18k and 22k either a 530i or 530D and above is a 55 plate or older.

Am I looking in the wrong place or something?

Here's the link.
 
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It just seems like loads of money. Ok, my car was a year older and was the wrong side of 100k but it seems amusing I could have bought 3 of them forn the price of this 530i :eek:
 
I've just had a quick look on BMW Approved and there is a 56 place 530D SE Touring for the same price. It's a year newer, but it's still not face lift and and has Media Package and heated seats. I presume buying approved also has other benefits?

Do you mean your's was a 54 plate or it was 5 years old when you bought it? I'm guessing that the release of the newer model had a big impact on the pricing for yours? just a guess though.
 
I bought mine in 2006 when it was 4.5 years old. Sure, the new model has some effect but we are talking a HUGE difference here. Is it worth it? There are 54 plate E60 530's on Autotrader at half this money..
 
I think that's just me being irrational about mileage. I know it shouldn't mean anything in this day in age, and my volvo with 66k on it I see a just warming up. However, I just can't bring myself to blow £10 - £12k on something with 90 - 100k miles on it.

Weird, isn't it.
 
[TW]Fox;14106274 said:
£21,000 for an almost 4 year old SE specification 5 Series?

Rather you than me.
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it's hardly 'SE specification' is it?
it's got pretty much every option that isn't an M one..
what's he missing? an M steering wheel, harder suspension, black headlining and a body kit?

so what? that spec is immense. it's pretty much what we've got on ours and it's not a bad car.
not everybody wants the sports kit

and those alloys are really nice, and i'd take comfort seats over sports seats any day of the week

edit - just read the ad, it's even got the HUD, double glazing and the revised i-drive
how you can be slating this for not being an M-sport i have no idea, unless it's for the lack of Logic upgrade ;)
 
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[DOD]Asprilla;14106809 said:
I think that's just me being irrational about mileage. I know it shouldn't mean anything in this day in age, and my volvo with 66k on it I see a just warming up. However, I just can't bring myself to blow £10 - £12k on something with 90 - 100k miles on it.

Weird, isn't it.
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Yup, cos if it exploded and atomised itself on the way home you could buy another complete car and still not have spent more than this low mileage one..
 
True. I'm not set on this car, I'm just test driving it. However, cost isn't the only consideration, I want it to meet my other requirements of comfort, load capacity and driving pleasure.

90% of the E61s out there are M Sports and I have concerns over the comfort compared to what I'm used to. I think it will be an SE that I'm looking for.
 
Back from the dead, again......

Test drove a 520d SE Touring and a 525d M Sport Saloon this morning. Got to say that I was very impressed with the M Sport; it felt like a much smaller and more agile car than the SE and it wasn't bumpy at all. I don't think that was down to it being the saloon although Parkers reckons the Touring is 19cm wider?

Both engines felt under powered for what I'm used to, but that could be because they were auto diesels as opposed to petrol manual. I don't know much about using the auto box or the power bands. The sales man reckoned that the autobox adjusts to your driving style over time; is this true?

Am now hoping for a 530d M Sport Touring, but I might have to settle for the 525d because of budget and there are more about.

All round, an excellent car, but I'm guessing most people knew that.
 
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Not as many 530is about, unfortunately. Am also thinking that the diesels appear to have better residuals.

Few questions:

Does the autobox adapt, as the sales man said?
Are there any major servicing / repair cost differences between the petrol and diesel?
Are there any reliability issue differences between the petrol and diesel?

I'm also concerned with the petrol emmissions; the petrol is currently £200 a year more in road tax and I can't see that gap getting any smaller, making it a less appealing option for buyers when I come to sell it again.

Actually didn't find the run flats that bad.
 
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[DOD]Asprilla;14133553 said:
Does the autobox adapt, as the sales man said?
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Yes it does.

Are there any major servicing cost differences between the petrol and diesel?
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I find the 530d costs about 30-40 quid more to service than the 530i but nobody has ever been able to explain to me why, not even the dealer.

Are there any reliability issue differences between the petrol and diesel?
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The diesel has high pressure injectors and a turbocharger and the swirl flap issue, the petrol does not.

I'm also concerned with the petrol emmissions; the petrol is currently £200 a year more in road tax and I can't see that gap getting any smaller, making it a less appealing option for buyers when I come to sell it again.
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Current models:

530d: 170g/km
530i: 182g/km

This is not a huge difference. Both cars fall into the £175 a year tax bracket. Infact I don't think there has been a 530i in the over 225g/km bracket since they got rid of the M54 engines.
 
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