Is anyone buying BMW 645/630s
Discussion
I can't believe the price of these cars. Surely they can't be that much more to run than a 5 Series. I rang up one guy who has dropped £6K off his asking price in 2 months and still no takers. Full BMW service history, lots of worthwhile extras and he has said "just come and drive it and make me an offer - I might say yes".
Is there anything to look out for in particular?
Is there anything to look out for in particular?
Eagerbeaver said:
I thnk it is "each to their own" but I think they are the most fantastic looking BMW saloon and cannot believe the crazy prices these cars are not selling for. These must represent one of the "credit crunch" bargains.
I'm just not sure if I can afford the running costs.
Running costs aren't that bad, if you do a search there are a few older threads that talk about this very subject.I'm just not sure if I can afford the running costs.
love the smilies on this forum ,that price was worth a good smiliechr15b said:
just done a quick search on autotrader, cannot believe these are sub 20K!
Tempting, aren't they? I know of someone who does intersteller miles in one (drives to Italy from Scotland and then back again) for his business, and thinks his 645Ci is just an awesome machine for it. Better even that his last car, the M3.Oh, and I think with the right colour and wheel combo, they look bloody awesome. Like a shark for the road indeed.
I love the 6 Series and at the prices they're reaching now it's hard not to be tempted... except they're young enough to incur punitive road tax which I have no desire to pay whatsoever. It's one thing paying a lot to run a car because it costs a lot to run, another thing to pay a lot to run a car because our cynical and dogmatic treasury has some spurious 'green' excuse to think I should.
Edited by MitchT on Tuesday 19th August 19:33
Chainguy said:
chr15b said:
just done a quick search on autotrader, cannot believe these are sub 20K!
Tempting, aren't they? I know of someone who does intersteller miles in one (drives to Italy from Scotland and then back again) for his business, and thinks his 645Ci is just an awesome machine for it. Better even that his last car, the M3.Oh, and I think with the right colour and wheel combo, they look bloody awesome. Like a shark for the road indeed.
i've always shy'ed away from big big engined cars because of the associated running costs. Up until this last year i've always done anywhere between 25 and 50k miles pa so would financially criple me.
This last year i've done 8k! this will be the first time ever that i will service a car based on time and not mileage!
so given i live <1 mile from work, and do a very small mileage, just how thirsty is the 645i ?
given my current mileage i'd expect it'd make less than a fiver a week difference in fuel, but the thing that still puts me off is that if i want to go out for a spin of an evening and do say 100 miles (not difficult) it's going to cost me so much more that it will make me think - do i really want to go out. (if that makes sense)
This last year i've done 8k! this will be the first time ever that i will service a car based on time and not mileage!
so given i live <1 mile from work, and do a very small mileage, just how thirsty is the 645i ?
given my current mileage i'd expect it'd make less than a fiver a week difference in fuel, but the thing that still puts me off is that if i want to go out for a spin of an evening and do say 100 miles (not difficult) it's going to cost me so much more that it will make me think - do i really want to go out. (if that makes sense)
chr15b said:
i've always shy'ed away from big big engined cars because of the associated running costs. Up until this last year i've always done anywhere between 25 and 50k miles pa so would financially criple me.
This last year i've done 8k! this will be the first time ever that i will service a car based on time and not mileage!
so given i live <1 mile from work, and do a very small mileage, just how thirsty is the 645i ?
given my current mileage i'd expect it'd make less than a fiver a week difference in fuel, but the thing that still puts me off is that if i want to go out for a spin of an evening and do say 100 miles (not difficult) it's going to cost me so much more that it will make me think - do i really want to go out. (if that makes sense)
I have managed to get just 8mpg while having a some what brisk drive, then I got 18mpg on the motorway, again, I was not hanging around as I only get to drive the car every couple of weeks.This last year i've done 8k! this will be the first time ever that i will service a car based on time and not mileage!
so given i live <1 mile from work, and do a very small mileage, just how thirsty is the 645i ?
given my current mileage i'd expect it'd make less than a fiver a week difference in fuel, but the thing that still puts me off is that if i want to go out for a spin of an evening and do say 100 miles (not difficult) it's going to cost me so much more that it will make me think - do i really want to go out. (if that makes sense)
However 20-25mpg should be about right and is around what Mrs GMan gets on her drive to work.
Hi,
I often average around 19-20mpg in and around London, pottering about. I also had to blast down to Abergavenny (from Heathrow T3), leaving at 4.30pm Friday on the dot. I arrived there at 6.15pm. During the start of the motorway section about 10 minutes out of LHR, I reset the OBC and got just over 29mpg the whole way. I can certainly live with that.
As a car it fills so many needs and desires for me that, yeah, I can sigh when looking at the Road Tax aspect, but it's to be enjoyed. It's very fast. It can cruise. It can hustle along. It can carry a lot in the boot, and you CAN carry others in the rear. And looks wise, it polarises and could never be seen as bland.
I suppose that if everything in the used market is taking a bath, well then you just have to focus on what you really desire, and not worry so much about the economics........
My thoughts only....
I often average around 19-20mpg in and around London, pottering about. I also had to blast down to Abergavenny (from Heathrow T3), leaving at 4.30pm Friday on the dot. I arrived there at 6.15pm. During the start of the motorway section about 10 minutes out of LHR, I reset the OBC and got just over 29mpg the whole way. I can certainly live with that.
As a car it fills so many needs and desires for me that, yeah, I can sigh when looking at the Road Tax aspect, but it's to be enjoyed. It's very fast. It can cruise. It can hustle along. It can carry a lot in the boot, and you CAN carry others in the rear. And looks wise, it polarises and could never be seen as bland.
I suppose that if everything in the used market is taking a bath, well then you just have to focus on what you really desire, and not worry so much about the economics........
My thoughts only....
tigerkoi said:
Hi,
I often average around 19-20mpg in and around London, pottering about. I also had to blast down to Abergavenny (from Heathrow T3), leaving at 4.30pm Friday on the dot. I arrived there at 6.15pm. During the start of the motorway section about 10 minutes out of LHR, I reset the OBC and got just over 29mpg the whole way. I can certainly live with that.
As a car it fills so many needs and desires for me that, yeah, I can sigh when looking at the Road Tax aspect, but it's to be enjoyed. It's very fast. It can cruise. It can hustle along. It can carry a lot in the boot, and you CAN carry others in the rear. And looks wise, it polarises and could never be seen as bland.
I suppose that if everything in the used market is taking a bath, well then you just have to focus on what you really desire, and not worry so much about the economics........
My thoughts only....
Ditto what you said!I often average around 19-20mpg in and around London, pottering about. I also had to blast down to Abergavenny (from Heathrow T3), leaving at 4.30pm Friday on the dot. I arrived there at 6.15pm. During the start of the motorway section about 10 minutes out of LHR, I reset the OBC and got just over 29mpg the whole way. I can certainly live with that.
As a car it fills so many needs and desires for me that, yeah, I can sigh when looking at the Road Tax aspect, but it's to be enjoyed. It's very fast. It can cruise. It can hustle along. It can carry a lot in the boot, and you CAN carry others in the rear. And looks wise, it polarises and could never be seen as bland.
I suppose that if everything in the used market is taking a bath, well then you just have to focus on what you really desire, and not worry so much about the economics........
My thoughts only....
It's interesting what you say about the M6....I tested one a few months ago, lovely metallic blue, with cream interior....Stephen James Enfield really couldn't move it for quite some time.
And yes, the performance is phenomenal, but day to day, I really couldn't see how much more of an improvement it would make over what I currently have. I'm in no way suggesting that my 645 runs as fast as an M6, but for the extra outlay, I'd never realise it day to day, that extra 1/10th, you know? Phenomenal car, but at the 52k they were asking (then 51, 49995...etc..), all I thought was, no......
As for road tax, yes it's a one-off payment and not a huge deal. It's more the principle behind what the Govt are doing.....But £400 are Smarties if you're thinking of running a V8 bruiser or V10 missile.
And yes, the performance is phenomenal, but day to day, I really couldn't see how much more of an improvement it would make over what I currently have. I'm in no way suggesting that my 645 runs as fast as an M6, but for the extra outlay, I'd never realise it day to day, that extra 1/10th, you know? Phenomenal car, but at the 52k they were asking (then 51, 49995...etc..), all I thought was, no......
As for road tax, yes it's a one-off payment and not a huge deal. It's more the principle behind what the Govt are doing.....But £400 are Smarties if you're thinking of running a V8 bruiser or V10 missile.
The GMan said:
Chainguy said:
chr15b said:
just done a quick search on autotrader, cannot believe these are sub 20K!
Tempting, aren't they? I know of someone who does intersteller miles in one (drives to Italy from Scotland and then back again) for his business, and thinks his 645Ci is just an awesome machine for it. Better even that his last car, the M3.Oh, and I think with the right colour and wheel combo, they look bloody awesome. Like a shark for the road indeed.
Agreed about the blue with Alpina look!
About prices one thing I would think about is spec:
The thing with the early cars is maybe that someone forget to get Professional Nav over Business. Bluetooth (in this range of car) is a must have. A sunroof (just vent), would be more desirable. Then it's things like Active Steering and Dynamic Drive. Of course some purists may balk at some of these things but when someone is looking at the difference between 19k and closer to 30k then it's in the goodies. TV....Multi-changer......I could go on. But this is the same story for most nice cars on the used market.
About prices one thing I would think about is spec:
The thing with the early cars is maybe that someone forget to get Professional Nav over Business. Bluetooth (in this range of car) is a must have. A sunroof (just vent), would be more desirable. Then it's things like Active Steering and Dynamic Drive. Of course some purists may balk at some of these things but when someone is looking at the difference between 19k and closer to 30k then it's in the goodies. TV....Multi-changer......I could go on. But this is the same story for most nice cars on the used market.
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