Likely P/X value on my 528?

[B19GRR]

Hi all,

Depressing times ahead due to a dramatic increase in mileage so I need to go look at diesel misery mobiles Obviously it's an ideal time to be shifting a bigger engined motor, my timing is as impeccable as always!

So spec is:
'98S 528i SE Steptronic (post Nikasil)
85k
FSH (all BMW bar the last done at BMW specialist)
Dark silver (lachs?)
Black leather interior, lots of toys.
17" Style 32 alloys, two new rears, fronts have lots of tread still.
BMW aero kit

Bad bits:
Stone chips
Couple of very small rust bubbles
Alloys aren't too pretty, not badly curbed mainly flaked lacquer.
Duff front ABS sensor, diagnosed by indy last Monday, just need time to get it booked in, tricky with the new job.





Go on then, cheer me up with some awful values

Cheers,
Rob

[B19GRR]

Hi guys,

I'm sadly not unsurprised by the replies

Is it worth changing? I know, it's a fecker, cost of changing will take minimum of 1 year to recoup so I'd have to keep it longer than that (more depressing) - I don't want to be dropping more than £4k on whatever.

If I can get something that'll average 50odd mpg then at least it will pay back over time. I'm currently averaging around 30mpg (brim to brim measure) and will be doing 30+k a year on the road. Based on that then I should be saving around £1500 a year in fuel

Naturally I've considered the old lpg malarkey but using the online calcs for that I'd only make around £800 a year saving so would take even longer to recoup.

It's a pita!

Cheers,
Rob

[B19GRR]

Plenty of motors out there that could do the job, something like this would be OK, although I'd prefer a few less miles:
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/adve...

Of more interest though is this motor that the same dealer has:
http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_popup.js...
Sweet, odd that it doesn't have the 'technical data' tab

Cheers,
Rob

[B19GRR]

sniff diesel said:

Buy this one:

http://manchester.gumtree.com/manchester/59/284577...

rip the LPG kit off it and I'll by the rest of the donor E36 off you

Hmmm, get the bugger T&T'd and run it instead. I wonder what's up with it for them not to bother? Half a million miles removed from the odo perhaps? However I see it's in the very salubrious Cheetham Hill district so I'm sure such behaviour wouldn't occur

'ere, the cheeky bugger's put it up by a fiver!
http://manchester.gumtree.com/manchester/05/290341...

Been having a look in to lpg'ing. There's a place in Corby that'll do a fit for £1500. Assuming a max loss in performance of 15% then I could save a smidge over £1k/year. The question is whether the 15% loss is correct.


Hmmm, curse you for linking to gumtree! Shame this isn't a 525:
http://cambridge.gumtree.com/cambridge/67/31366867...


Cheers,
Rob

[B19GRR]

Fox- said:

You won't see a sustained average 50mpg+ from that, and when the injectors/turbo need replacing (This is common on the TDCi) your fuel savings are instantly wiped out.

That's a valid point, is there such a thing as a modern diesel that doesn't have some sort of fatal flaw that the manufacturers like to brush under the carpet?

It's all just a bit pants really!

Cheers,
Rob

[B19GRR]

Ah well, after scraping off at least 1/2" of ice at 7:30am, driving through blizzard (well a bit snowy) and crawling in a 3 mile jam on the M11, I arrived at work warm and comfortable. I can't see me doing that in a noisy old manual diesel, so ferk it, I'll just have to keep the bugger. Oh, and look a bit more in to LPG for the hell of it!

Cheers,
Rob