E60 / E90 BMW diesels - how to they take high mileage?
Discussion
Circumstances now dictate that we need to add a practical car to the fleet for a max of £5k and my eye has naturally fallen 3/5 series cars of the E60/E90 gens in the classifieds. How do these cars take high mileage? i.e. 120k+ miles? Are they reasonably cheap to run or should I just stump up more money and buy something younger with less miles?
Other options currently in the running are: Alfa 159 Sportwagon and Volvo V50s. If anyone has any experience of those it'd also be useful. As you might be able to tell I'm well out of my depth here!
Other options currently in the running are: Alfa 159 Sportwagon and Volvo V50s. If anyone has any experience of those it'd also be useful. As you might be able to tell I'm well out of my depth here!
cerb4.5lee said:
Mario149 said:
Going to see an E90 330D on Sat, fingers crossed it's a good 'un 
Good stuff and let us know how you get on. funny as it sounds given that I've been lucky enough to own some great high end cars, I'm getting dead excited about the prospect of this or a similar BMW for the princely sum of £5k or so. I've always been a big fan of straight 6s since I remember my dad getting a last of the line E30 320i in '92 or so....driving that aged 18 a few years later might have truly been the best motoring experience of my life. A 2 litre straight six NA engine...can you imagine that now?! Sounds naff but it feels like it's up there with the old Ferrari 3 litre V12s in terms of lots of cylinders yet tiny capacity somehow and yes I know I'm after a diesel now but I don't care in my head it would always remind me of that first BMW I drove Incidentally, if you want to make my life very complicated, do drop me an email if you have an E30 320i touring for sale
Welshbeef said:
Swirl flaps are not an issue on 231bhp onward engines.
Apologies, I suspect this one has probably been done to death on the BMW forum, but just to put this one to bed quickly on this thread: can we clarify what we mean by "not an issue"? Is it:a) they're not fitted
b) they're an improved design and so fail less
c) something else
If I do pull the trigger on the E90 330d I'm seeing shortly, is it something I should budget a few hundred quid for (blanking plates and fitting) and get done asap (probably along with a DMS remap
), or is it rare enough on the 330d cars that there's no need to bother?Note the car I'm looking at is this one: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...
Mario149 said:
If I do pull the trigger on the E90 330d I'm seeing shortly....
Yay! Inspection of the car came back very positive with just a few minor cosmetic bits that were found Hopefully going to collect Fri evening or Sat morning in time for a road trip to the Lake District next week Might also be able to squeeze in swirl flap removal and remap before the trip as well Mario149 said:
Mario149 said:
If I do pull the trigger on the E90 330d I'm seeing shortly....
Yay! Inspection of the car came back very positive with just a few minor cosmetic bits that were found Hopefully going to collect Fri evening or Sat morning in time for a road trip to the Lake District next week Might also be able to squeeze in swirl flap removal and remap before the trip as well Quiet, refined, comfortable, gets a bit of a hustle on when you prod the loud pedal, so far so good And literally not a mark on the interior (apart from wedding ring wear on the gear knob, already ordered a new one) despite nearly 134k miles, makes Italian leather look like tissue paper. Can't wait for her remap and dyno session tomorrow I've brimmed her from virtually empty with V-power diesel in case it makes any difference When I dreamed about owning a straight 6 BMW when I was little, this wasn't strictly what I had in mind, but for less than £5K it she feels like an *awful* lot of car
Welshbeef said:
One thing I'd buy is Wynns diesel injector cleaner - you can use one bottle over 4 tankfulls of derv. Will get rid of any clogging (if any) plus its only £12 for 4 bottles so no cost at all and will certainly benefit you.
Oh a recommendation seriously only go for Michelin pilot sport rubber it will last deep into 30k miles - mine nearly did 40k miles really good and they were non run flats.
On eBay buy the latest maps on DVD £10 over the £100-150 OEM and its identical.
Always use OEM parts they really do last well.
Make sure its upto temp every time before you open the taps as in sure you do anyway.
Enjoy.
Oh a recommendation seriously only go for Michelin pilot sport rubber it will last deep into 30k miles - mine nearly did 40k miles really good and they were non run flats.
On eBay buy the latest maps on DVD £10 over the £100-150 OEM and its identical.
Always use OEM parts they really do last well.
Make sure its upto temp every time before you open the taps as in sure you do anyway.
Enjoy.
Mine's not posh enough to have satnav, so no map worries
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