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Yes - the current 530i has 272bhp, it is almost as powerful as the 535d let alone the 530d. With the E39, the 530i was 231bhp compared with 193bhp from the facelift 530d. For a brief period with the introduction of the E60 both 530i and 530d were 231bhp.
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Yes - the current 530i has 272bhp, it is almost as powerful as the 535d let alone the 530d. With the E39, the 530i was 231bhp compared with 193bhp from the facelift 530d. For a brief period with the introduction of the E60 both 530i and 530d were 231bhp.
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Please check your figures - these are not correct.
It'll probably be another. In an ideal world I'd have something like an M5 but I've got different priorities now and am not in a rush to blow thousands and thousands on a new car ASAP as I once was. I'll replace the 530 in a couple of years with something worthy that I can keep for another 5 years.
Only the latter is current. The 231bhp figure is the M54B30 engine found in the 2000-2003 E39 and the 2003-2005 E60. It was replaced by the N52B30 in 2005, which was initially 254bhp and from 2007, 268bhp (Not 272bhp as I wrongly stated above).
[TW]Fox;14056467 said:
535i? Or does that have the running costs of an M5? Not fancy something non-BMW or not as fast or as big (I assume with you being a student, and parents having a 530d you don't really 'need' a big car and could get away with a 3/Mondeo?).
Unfortunately they don't do a 535i (The last was the E39 535i V8) in this country. The Americans get one, though. I don't want a Mondeo, I've done that. I'd consider a facelift 330i M Sport, though. I didn't buy the 5 because I needed the space, it just happened to come with the space.
I finish Uni this Summer so will have an actual proper life when I change car again in the future and the girlfriend will murder me if this happens before I move out and thus lose use of the 530d anyway
No idea where 214bhp comes from - the E60 530d is currently and has always been 231bhp (Although a newer 245bhp variant of this engine exists it hasnt yet made its way into the 5.. not sure why)>
530i is 272bhp and 320nm.
530d is 235bhp and 500nm.
Most people buy the diesel version because it such a good car. The petrol engine is really nice but that makes very little difference if you not stiring a gearstick. The extra low down torque of the diesel also suits the auto box very well(90mph is just a tad over 2000rpm so very relaxed). For the extra price of the diesel it is a no brainer to go for it for most people even though the fuel savings may not be massive in a lot of cases.
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[TW]Fox;14056226 said:
How about around town?
How much more is a 530d than a 530i?
530i does 20-22mpg, 530d does 27-29mpg. But you don't tend to do 20k miles a year around town, the very nature of short trips in town is that the overall mileage is pretty low so the different in overall fuel costs remains pretty small.
E39 wise? About a grand-1500ish now I think.
[TW]Fox;14056519 said:Unfortunately they don't do a 535i (The last was the E39 535i V8) in this country. The Americans get one, though. I don't want a Mondeo, I've done that. I'd consider a facelift 330i M Sport, though. I didn't buy the 5 because I needed the space, it just happened to come with the space.
I finish Uni this Summer so will have an actual proper life when I change car again in the future and the girlfriend will murder me if this happens before I move out and thus lose use of the 530d anyway
Ah my bad, I know they do a 335i and just assumed it was in the 5 as well. Would an M3 not be a good mix?
Why did you get a 530i over a 330i then as isn't the 330i slightly quicker, and basically the same car just slightly smaller?
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[TW]Fox;14056524 said:
parkers being typicall useless
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