bought a 130i

[steveo825]

well after 3 months of searching i finally settled on a 2005 le mans blue 130i m sport fully loaded bar xenons and sat nav.

pick her up on wed night

quick snap as i was leaving dealers

[Heathwood]

Welcome to the club

[S3_Graham]

Sounds like a similar spec to mine. Had mine a month now and it's fab! Was expecting better fuel mind....

[steveo825]

What sort of mpg are you Getting?

I have a friend who works at the BMW dealers the car had been serviced at previously. They Couldnt recommend it enough
Wednesday can't come quick enough!

[wrightyrs]

Over last 16 months of recording all mileage and fill ups i'm averaging 30mpg.

Thats over nearly 30K miles.

A road commute to work from Essex into north east London.

[snorkel sucker]

Did you get a good deal?

I need to change my car in the not too distant future so have been getting some trade in prices.

It doesn't make for good reading. '55 plate with average miles and they are offering £6k.

Shocking.

[steveo825]

Yeh got a relatively good deal considering it was the only one available in NI.

Worked them down £1500 and few bits tidied.

I understand trade in prices are shockingly low right now. What are you changing for?

[snorkel sucker]

steveo825 said:

Yeh got a relatively good deal considering it was the only one available in NI.

Worked them down £1500 and few bits tidied.

I understand trade in prices are shockingly low right now. What are you changing for?

A friend of mine got rid of his 2002 E46 330Ci a few months ago and got only a grand less than what mine is "worth". Shows how much things have dropped. Shocking.

I don't know what I am changing for yet - its going to have to be something eco friendly as we have some new car allowance rules at work. I have looked at a Honda CRZ, Mini Cooper, VW Scirocco and an Alfa MiTo so far. Main criteria is sub 130co2.

Enjoy your 130i - its a great car.

[pilchardthecat]

snorkel sucker said:

Enjoy your 130i - its a great car.

[edition]

Have fun!!! Get mine back today after some work! can't wait!

[S3_Graham]

steveo825 said:

What sort of mpg are you Getting?

I have a friend who works at the BMW dealers the car had been serviced at previously. They Couldnt recommend it enough
Wednesday can't come quick enough!

I'm getting 29mpg currently. It seems to get more when I run it on super!

I paid way over the odds for mine but it's from BMW and has AUC warranty etc and lower than average miles.

[V8A*ndy]

Steve are you currently in NI?

Will have a look out for you in that.

Cracking car, you will have a lot of fun in that.

What dealer BTW?

[Odhran]

I think I saw this car in Galway 2 weeks ago? LM Blue 130i on Northern plates

[steveo825]

Yes live an hour from belfast. bought it from Charles hurst

Don't know of any other 130s close to me? Any one on here?

[Unlight]

I think I may have looked at/test drove this car - was it from Charles Hurst Belfast? Although I think the one they had was a different NI plate unless you had it changed?

[steveo825]

Yes it's from Charles hurst belfast. It was previously on a cherished plate so it probably was the one you test drove? what did you think?

Still waiting to pick it up they had problem getting someone to tidy up a rear wheel

[Unlight]

Yep thats the one I drove - IKZ **** if I remember correctly?

Thought it was an excellent car - that one really is in fantastic condition, like new! Do you mind giving a rough ballpark figure of what you paid for it by the way? I had done a bit of haggling on it!

In the end, it was the salesman that put me off buying from them - I'm still on the look out for one! Having a look for a couple on the mainland at the moment.

[steveo825]

Theres a lovely looking one for sale @ George Mackay if you haven't seen it?

[steveo825]

Picked the car up on Thursday. Drove
To work on Friday morning to be greeted by the oil light. Top up +1l

Topped up car then went to BMW dealers to have car checked out properly. Everything is fine. I then took the car over to car dealer I bought it from to gt the service book stamped(apparenty they forgot to do it during the week). Turns out they never serviced the car they just carried out a safety check. Car had last service 11,000 miles ago. They've apologised and booked it in for thursday. But too be honest I have no confidence in them
Doing it. Should I be pushing to get it serviced with BMW and let them foot the bill.

Edited by steveo825 on Saturday 30th July 07:47

[S3_Graham]

steveo825 said:

Picked the car up on Thursday. Drove
To work on Friday morning to be greeted by the oil light. Top up +1l

Topped up car then went to BMW dealers to have car checked out properly. Everything is fine. I then took the car over to car dealer I bought it from to gt the service book stamped(apparenty they forgot to do it during the week). Turns out they never serviced the car they just carried out a safety check. Car had last service 11,000 miles ago. They've apologised and booked it in for thursday. But too be honest I have no confidence in them
Doing it. Should I be pushing to get it serviced with BMW and let them foot the bill.

Edited by steveo825 on Saturday 30th July 07:47

Yes yes and yes again.

I picked mine up and had a few niggles. One of which was the fact that they sold me the car with a service due in 1 months time.

They agreed to take it back in a perform the service for me FOC. I'd be very suprised if your dealer didnt do the same!!

The other things they did FOC were, Replace the stereo and replace the drivers seat base due to wear. I also got 4 new tyres and disc's and pads all round.