640d - fancy a convertible

[AB]

I'm not going to be looking for another 6 months as that's when the lease on my 435d finishes. I do about 25k miles a year which makes leasing fairly expensive so I'm looking at options when it comes to an end.

I've loved the 4 series, it's comfortable, efficient and pretty quick in all situations so I'm looking to replace it with something similar - but I'm looking to buy rather than lease this time.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

Something like this seems a lot of car for the money and has all the kit I've made use of in the 4 i.e. heated seats, xenons, pro nav etc.

I spend most of my time up and down the motorways or doing the 20 min mostly 30mph through town into the office and I miss doing it in a convertible.

I started looking at the E9x 335d but they don't do it in a convertible then I noticed the price of these things.

Any advice, problems or issues I need to consider?

[AB]

http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Something like this looks great.

I'd be open to a coupe if the right one came up too.

Any alternatives I should be looking at?

I could buy my 435d off them for £29k - 35k miles 18 months old.

[ZX10R NIN]

If you message the OP in the link below, he had a 640d before buying his GC so should be able to give you some pointers.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[AB]

Thanks. Between 25 and 30k seems stonking value.

[cerb4.5lee]

I do think they are a lot of motor for the money for sure, they are pretty quick and offer good economy for the performance and are a nice looking shape with a nice interior to match.

[AB]

I see it as a step up from the 4 series, I think I'd rather do that than buy the 4 from the lease co

[AB]

Doing a bit more research, are there any essential options I should be looking at? Obviously the reverse/surround cameras and upgraded audio would be nice to have but they come with most (what I see as) important things as standard (same as a 4 series M Sport) such as xenons, heated seats, bluetooth and pro nav.

The iDrive is a bit older, has the older controller, i.e. smaller and without the touch sensitive pad - but can I still set it up to send directions to the car from Google, something I use on a daily basis?

[cerb4.5lee]

Adaptive suspension comes highly recommended and I wish I had soft close doors because the amount of times I fail to shut the door properly drives me mad.

I also think the 20 inch rims are a must because the 19 inch ones look lost under the arches, a different interior trim is also nice as the silver trim looks a little cheap. The multi function dash looks cool too.

[AB]

Soft close doors seems relatively common on these things, more so than you see on many other models.

I quite fancy keyless entry as the whole keyless go has always seemed pointless without it.

[cerb4.5lee]

AB said:

Soft close doors seems relatively common on these things, more so than you see on many other models.

Yes I agree and I was a little frustrated when I got mine because after a little digging I realised that most of them had that option ticked.