E60 550i Touring - Bork factor?

[Sargeant Orange]

So I was initially in the market for a cheapish dog carrier & was perusing E90 325's when curiosity got the better of me and I came across the 550i

Just wondering what the potential for serious damage here is, especially as i'm at the bottom end of the market (£7k-£10k) so likely to be the odd dog or two about. Anything to look out for in particular?

[Sargeant Orange]

Cheers for the help so far guys. The 55 plate linked above by jshond is probably the only viable one at the moment so may go and view it. £290 tax & £350 insurance looks decent.

Having run an rx8 for 3 years (albeit a while ago) mpg doesn't really bother me, anything over 20 would be fine.

[Sargeant Orange]

philmots said:

Sargeant Orange said:

Cheers for the help so far guys. The 55 plate linked above by jshond is probably the only viable one at the moment so may go and view it. £290 tax & £350 insurance looks decent.

Having run an rx8 for 3 years (albeit a while ago) mpg doesn't really bother me, anything over 20 would be fine.

Let us know how you get on.. Be aware it's got no xenons, which IMO is poor and would be a deal breaker for me on a 550i. Although it may not bother you!

Fortunate that it's in the kind tax group, it does hurt paying £505 a year!

Nice spot on the lack of xenons, thanks. A bargaining tool if nothing else I guess as I'm sure an upgrade is not cheap.

[Sargeant Orange]

I spoke to the seller of the black one today & unfortunately the history doesn't seem complete between 70k & 113k, although has plenty of invoices. The sat nav disc drive is also knackered which in isolation isn't a big deal to me but isn't ideal for any resale prospects, as i'm sure he's finding out.

The silver one seems strong money considering it's not overly loaded with options and has the restraint issue.

So i'll wait it out for now and see if anything more comes up soon.

[Sargeant Orange]

gazchap said:

The one at Lutterworth?

Yep that's the one

[Sargeant Orange]

Yes definitely the main guy there, had the whole discussion about how it wasn't really worth him getting BMW to fix it as he's selling on behalf of a friend.

[Sargeant Orange]

It could be worth a look for someone a bit closer than me then if that's the only sat nav issue. However the impression I got from the seller was that those invoices were for work carried out rather than a lazy dealer not stamping the book. The only way to really know would be to look through yourself, you very rarely get a full story from a dealer on the phone I guess,although he seemed a very genuine guy.

[Sargeant Orange]

Well an interim update of sorts...

I missed out on the manual 550i on eBay last week (another lucky ph'er got there first) but in hindsight the beige interior wouldn't have been the most suitable for my muddy dogs. So the search is still going on.

However in the meantime I've picked up a 2005 Subaru legacy 3.0r spec b Estate (what a mouthful!) to tide me over. My search doesn't seem so urgent all of a sudden