Ah, much like yourself, who has come into this very thread to offer all your hard won advice!
Sorry who are you again?
Because most people who see these cars for sale won't look past the purchase price, 9k is cheap innit, Ford Focus money.
What sort of cash do you have set aside or are prepared to spend maintaining the car, remembering it was once a 60k plus car not a 16k Ford Focus.
I'd say 'not knowing much about BMW' was the textbox definition of an 'unhappy ending'.
Whilst my personal finances are technically irrelevant, I could if so WISHED spend a hell of a lot more on a car, but choose not to.
Please do not take my statement of not knowing much as a definitive statement about all things bmw
Mechanically I can deal with almost anything, it's far more bmws daft naming conventions!
For example - business / professional nav
Comfort seats??? Wtf, are all other bmw seats by definition UNcomfortable?
See where I am going with this?
Hence my comment about Mr fox popping in
It's HIS encyclopaedic knowledge I am after