my first car, a 3 series
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ok so im almost 21 (and will be when i buy the car) and want to buy a bmw instead of driving my mums little car which i've been using since i was 17.
im looking to spend around 5k and want to find a car thats reliable.
i am tempted by a 330d performance wise but i fear it might be expensive to run and finding a decent one for my sort of money will be tricky. what other models are good alternatives? what is the 320d like?
im looking to spend around 5k and want to find a car thats reliable.
i am tempted by a 330d performance wise but i fear it might be expensive to run and finding a decent one for my sort of money will be tricky. what other models are good alternatives? what is the 320d like?
You would get a great condition 328 for that money.If you haven't already, check insurance costs. I'm also 21 and pay £700 insurance for a 99' 528 fully comp, but a 328 would have been over £1k with the same company, and I have 3 years no claims and no driving offences. Unless you do at least 15-20k a year, you're not much worse of with a petrol rather than diesil.
Edited by sparks_E39 on Thursday 15th January 13:44
The E36 is a good start, best of the bunch is always going to be a 328i but later 325i's were pretty good aswell, bhp rating was only a couple off the 328i.
I think if you can push your budget just abit more and look really hard, you will find a high mileage 330ci sport for about £6000, you can always settle for the SE trim for less, but it wont be well equipped, and it wont have that sport bodykit which in my opinion does make the car stand out, oh and not forgetting the 18" MV alloys!
I think if you can push your budget just abit more and look really hard, you will find a high mileage 330ci sport for about £6000, you can always settle for the SE trim for less, but it wont be well equipped, and it wont have that sport bodykit which in my opinion does make the car stand out, oh and not forgetting the 18" MV alloys!
samdale said:
not 2 bothered really, can still get decent performance from diesel and not get stung for insurance of a big petrol
The insurance is largely the same, a petrol one will cost you less to buy, petrol is cheaper to buy and it doesn't have a turbo to explode, swirl flaps to injest and destroy the engine or high pressure injectors to empty £1000 from your bank for the replacement of.Fox- said:
samdale said:
not 2 bothered really, can still get decent performance from diesel and not get stung for insurance of a big petrol
The insurance is largely the same, a petrol one will cost you less to buy, petrol is cheaper to buy and it doesn't have a turbo to explode, swirl flaps to injest and destroy the engine or high pressure injectors to empty £1000 from your bank for the replacement of.
Plus its more fun to drive and sounds nicer.tomTVR said:
Fox- said:
samdale said:
not 2 bothered really, can still get decent performance from diesel and not get stung for insurance of a big petrol
The insurance is largely the same, a petrol one will cost you less to buy, petrol is cheaper to buy and it doesn't have a turbo to explode, swirl flaps to injest and destroy the engine or high pressure injectors to empty £1000 from your bank for the replacement of. Plus its more fun to drive and sounds nicer.30 seconds in the Classifieds and the 1st page throws up this...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/854711.htm
I'd say thats the type of thing to go for, 320i petrol.
You wouldn't look like you're driving your dads 4 door diesel, a bit of ///M kit thrown in, already de-badged, job done.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/854711.htm
I'd say thats the type of thing to go for, 320i petrol.
You wouldn't look like you're driving your dads 4 door diesel, a bit of ///M kit thrown in, already de-badged, job done.
Now I'm not a huge fan of the snowplough look but you gain a bit cow on the seats 0.3l in the engine and it's old enough to be low tax.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/852939.htm
The 1st one does look a little cheap but it's a buyers market at the moment.....
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/852939.htm
The 1st one does look a little cheap but it's a buyers market at the moment.....
bimmer_87 said:
I think if you can push your budget just abit more and look really hard, you will find a high mileage 330ci sport for about £6000, you can always settle for the SE trim for less, but it wont be well equipped, and it wont have that sport bodykit which in my opinion does make the car stand out, oh and not forgetting the 18" MV alloys!
if you look hard enough you'll easily find one. i paid 4k for a 330ci SE with 80k on the clock. only things its laking from a sport are the suspension (which i'm not fussed about anyway) and the bodykit (again i can live without it and it makes it a bit more Q) everything else was fitted from new. weird really as it pushed the original price up to that of a sport pretty much
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