Hello from London! Aspiring to be a 530d owner

[dave_s13]

If it falls through this just popped up in my fb feed.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=1...

LCI and with the great spec. Got the comfy seats, hud and pan roof.

[th3h1ghlander]

Just fell through, but not from the buyer's end. Wife's job situation has changed and gunna have to put the purchase on hold, unlikely that the seller will wait until it is sorted out. Cancelled holiday that required a car so the pressure is off as far as time goes :/

Bye bye car deposit

Dave_S13: Cheers for the advert, will keep an eye on it in case the situation changes and I get more cash to up to an LCI.

[th3h1ghlander]

For any who were monitoring this thread, I will kick it back into gear when I make my purchase. I will probably then start a new project thread on car to show my experiences maintaining the car. Until then...

[RWD cossie wil]

I've just bought an 09' 535d, coming from an E39 530d... Have to say it's utterly fantastic & I can't think of a better all round car for daily driver. You will be over the moon with the 530!

[renorti]

listen, check for front suspension noise. though mine was fine when I bought it,about 3 years driving the shocks,arms,ball joints and bushing all pretty badly worn.the 4 arms are over £100 each{ don't use aftermarket cheaper ones, but mine lasted about 1 year then failed}.
just replaced with genuine arms,drop links,discs/pads{not cheap!} £700 odd but drives nicely again.
dpf,s do block up too, very expensive to replace.

[th3h1ghlander]

RWD cossie wil: Cheers dude, hoping to kick back into gear early December and find a car, one I was going to purchase will probably be sold by then (it was awesome spec and really looked after).

renorti: I hear ya, when I have been test driving I have been listening for knocking or rubbing while doing sharp stopping and acceleration as well as taking around roundabouts hard. Have been doing visual inspection of suspension components as well (as much as possible). I don't understand why DPF replacement is so expensive and no one can tell me why. It is a £300 part which should be bolt on/off from the exhaust track (and disconnect and reconnect sensor cables). Obviously there are a few things to remove to get to it but it did not look difficult, so why do I hear the horror stories of £2500 to replace it?