535D durability
Discussion
Does anyone have any experience of either high mileage or intense usage with a 535D?
I would normmally be looking to chop my 535D in around now but a combination of general economic uncertainty and lack of inspiration mean that I`m considering keeping the thing until it drops. I have two young children who have extraordinary abilities to trash cars so it`s kind of attractive to limit them to one car and perhaps "re-allocate" funds to another, more interesting, motor.
Trouble is that these are pretty complicated bits of kit and I am not sure of their ultimate durability. Car is currently on 45K miles and has the odd relatively minor problem but serious mechanical/electrical collywobbles would prove pretty boring.
Does anyone have experience or a view? should I keep it and run it into the ground over the next few years or will it be a liability?
I would normmally be looking to chop my 535D in around now but a combination of general economic uncertainty and lack of inspiration mean that I`m considering keeping the thing until it drops. I have two young children who have extraordinary abilities to trash cars so it`s kind of attractive to limit them to one car and perhaps "re-allocate" funds to another, more interesting, motor.
Trouble is that these are pretty complicated bits of kit and I am not sure of their ultimate durability. Car is currently on 45K miles and has the odd relatively minor problem but serious mechanical/electrical collywobbles would prove pretty boring.
Does anyone have experience or a view? should I keep it and run it into the ground over the next few years or will it be a liability?
Welshbeef said:
45k come off it thats nothing. While reading it I presumed you either owned a 535d which had best part of 150k on it or were considering buying one for £15k with that milage.
45k... Why not keep it until its at 90k and re evaluate then or if your really worried Im guessing its still under 3 years old get a BMW extended warranty for total piece of mind one years warranty will cost you far less than 1 months depn off a new 535d + continue that into the future.
Current mileage isn`t really the issue, it`s more about whether I now plan to keep the thing until it`s happily into six figures or whether I change it over the next year or so. I wouldn`t have worried much about this in the past but it is a pretty complex bit of kit and I wonder about the long term durability...45k... Why not keep it until its at 90k and re evaluate then or if your really worried Im guessing its still under 3 years old get a BMW extended warranty for total piece of mind one years warranty will cost you far less than 1 months depn off a new 535d + continue that into the future.
Welshbeef said:
ettore said:
Thanks for the views. My natural inclination is to keep the thing until it drops so guess I`ll give it a go. I`ll be watching it though!
Out of interest whats the highest milage car you have owned bar your first car assuming it was a banger?45k... on the VW 1.9 TDI units they are barely run in at that sort of milage, Id assume similar for BMW too.
Purpose of post is to find out if anyone here has already done mega-miles on a 535D so I know what to expect. Current mileage is irrelevant to that and its currently warranted to the hilt.
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