KN57FPC / M5ENC (e61 M5) - Previous owner?
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Found some pics and its is the car we used to own! I will upload a pic later but if there is anything you want to know about the car let me know.
CSLchappie said:
As far as I'm aware the car is a one owner vehicle, it was a well specced dealer demo car that then was sold onto the previous owner who also had a 7 series (both were PX'd for an Jag XJ at the dealer I bought the car from)
Edited by CSLchappie on Saturday 10th May 15:00
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These are the only photos I can find atm, these were taken the day we sent it back to the garage.
We won the BMW National Concourse with this car in 2009, this car was mint when we sent it back.
If I remember rightly we leased the car so might explain why it is only 1 previous owner, I don't know how it works.
Just a note to say that this car may be appearing for sale at Sytner over the coming weeks, I traded it in yesterday against a 340i touring.
Mechanically the car was sound, always kept in warranty and any problems that occurred were always addressed. Over xmas its had an oil service plus a few bits of warranty work done. Tyres and brakes are good all round, brake fluid was done in September. The only downsides are cosmetic, some prick in a B&Q car park put a sizeable ding in the drivers door and I grazed the rear bumper on a stone wall trying to reverse out of a parking space after someone had blocked me in.
Hope it finds a good home!
Mechanically the car was sound, always kept in warranty and any problems that occurred were always addressed. Over xmas its had an oil service plus a few bits of warranty work done. Tyres and brakes are good all round, brake fluid was done in September. The only downsides are cosmetic, some prick in a B&Q car park put a sizeable ding in the drivers door and I grazed the rear bumper on a stone wall trying to reverse out of a parking space after someone had blocked me in.
Hope it finds a good home!
cosworth330 said:
Maybe it's the one advertised on PH by Sytner Nottingham for 21K, advert went live yesterday no photos yet.
Why did you decide to chop it in for a 340? Suspect the 340 is a lot easier to drive and live with!
Yes that will almost certainly be my car, assuming they sort the cosmetic bits I'd say that's a pretty reasonable price that its being offered for.Why did you decide to chop it in for a 340? Suspect the 340 is a lot easier to drive and live with!
I was coming up to 8 years ownership (this was my second) the car had 86k on it and with the miles I do I'd be hitting the 100k mark over the next 12-15 months which would significantly impact the warranty costs. Regardless of your opinion on having a BMW warranty, the car has had in my ownership new throttle actuators, starter motor, dsc control unit, diff seals, tail gate switch, throttle position sensors and pressure sensors - all in all its cost me about £3500 in warranty payments/excess charges, the cost of that work as a main dealer is well over £7k (starter motor was an eye watering cost due to the 11 or so hours of labour, dsc unit itself was over £1700) Aside from fixing things I was coming to the conclusion that my regular monthly running costs were also getting silly, £300+ on petrol, £90 on warranty, £45 on tax... totted up its pretty much on a par for what I'm paying monthly for the 340.
I also fancied a change and wanted something a bit more relaxed. Loving the 340 so far, its no M car and I don't think it pretends to be, however for the journeys I make its just as capable as the M5 was.
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