What car for £6.5k per year?

clv101 said:
How come? Is it not better to emit less pollutants into the air we all have to breath?

Do you genuinelly beleive somebody would pay an extra £4000 for the diesel version of the car simply to emit less pollutants if fuel economy was not an issue for them?

This isn't the Peakoil forums you know ;)

Even if he isn't paying for the fuel himself, his company will be - a lower fuel bill means a more successful company.

The saving in fuel will be eaten by the additional cost of the car if he's paying himself.

I just don't see how emissions and economy can be disregarded?

Becuase sometimes, they just don't matter.
 
[TW]Fox said:
160bhp, 0-60 8.5ish seconds.

I thought that the 2.0 litre 4 cylinder diesel in the 320d produced 163bhp?

Is this the same engine in the 525d?

[TW]Fox said:
As for that one though - although its the best colour it does have no options, and there is a ridiculously high premium to pay on low mileage 5's. If that had 80k+ on it, it would be less than £10,000.

You mentioned the comms pack earlier, but that's nothing a retrofitted Nokia Bluetooth Carkit wouldn't fix, and sat nav isn't an issue as he's already got TTN5. He dosen't really like leather, so the alcantara trim will go down well (are these still sports seats?), and it already comes with in a nice metallic colour and has sporty bits/nice wheels that should make for a quicker sale come resale time.

Am I right in saying that some of the latest aftermarket headunits include Bluetooth Phone support etc? Something like that that had MP3/iPod/Flash Card storage capabilities might also be worth considering in place of the Nokia Bluetooth kit...

What other options are worth looking at?
 
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Kingy said:
I thought that the 2.0 litre 4 cylinder diesel in the 320d produced 163bhp?

Later versions do, yes, but most of them are 150bhp.

Is this the same engine in the 525d?

No - all E39 engines are 6 cylinders, the 2.5 litre diesel included.


You mentioned the comms pack earlier, but that's nothing a retrofitted Nokia Bluetooth Carkit wouldn't fix, and sat nav isn't an issue as he's already got TTN5. He dosen't really like leather, so the alcantara trim will go down well (are these still sports seats?), and it already comes with in a nice metallic colour and has sporty bits/nice wheels that should make for a quicker sale come resale time.

Yes, the Alcantara seats are still Sport seats.

Am I right in saying that some of the latest aftermarket headunits include Bluetooth Phone support etc? Something like that that had MP3/iPod/Flash Card storage capabilities might also be worth considering in place of the Nokia Bluetooth kit...

Yup, thats correct. Unfortunately though an aftermarket head unit in an E39 looks a little out of place, as nobody has done a really decent plastic converter thingy :(

What other options are worth looking at?

There isnt really anything you NEED, but Xenons, electric memory seats, heated seats, etc etc are all nice to have..
 
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