530i m sport or sport, confused

[Robmilford]

Hi, I have just done a check on a 530i touring that I'm going to look at next week and it comes up as just sport not M sport on the reg check. Are they the same.
Cheers

[Bemmer]

Robmilford said:

Hi, I have just done a check on a 530i touring that I'm going to look at next week and it comes up as just sport not M sport on the reg check. Are they the same.
Cheers

Yes they are the same as far as i know.!

[E38Ross]

what age is the car? if it's around the 2000 era or earlier (maybe a tad later even) there were never Msport models, just sport models.

my 7 series, for instance, has a small M badge on the steering wheel and on the wheels etc but it's a "sport" model, not an Msport, as they didn't exist at the time.

the M sport models came in around 2003 ish (give or take) as far as i'm aware. may have been a little earlier but can't remember.

i'm sure zwolf will be along soon

[Robmilford]

Its an 06 car, the reason for the question is that there is another 06 car which on reg check does say M Sport, so I'm thinking there differant, but I can't tell from the adverts

[Tonberry]

Fox!

I think it's time we made the whole 'M Sport' farce a sticky.

[Fox-]

In terms of the E60/1, M Sport is Sport with a new name - thats it. Not to be confused with the 1 Series where Sport was a lower trim level which M Sport sat above. The changeover was September 05 - so I guess what you have there is an E61 which was built before September 05 but not registered until 2006.

[Robmilford]

I'm going to view the 06 car tomorrow, anything in particular that I should look out for?

[Robmilford]

Went to see the 06 car today, you were right Fox the interior was poor, not as good as my 01 330i. From the outside it was spotless but inside rubbish switch gear peeling on stearing wheel and ali trim with a swirl. There also seemed to be a problem with the sun roof which I think is not uncommon. I'm going to try and fiond a LCI car to look at. But still not happy at the tought of needing a warenty.

[Bemmer]

Sun Roof problems could easy swallow the best part of £2000....! on E53 X5's and E61 5 series touring's.....!

[Fox-]

Robmilford said:

Went to see the 06 car today, you were right Fox the interior was poor, not as good as my 01 330i. From the outside it was spotless but inside rubbish switch gear peeling on stearing wheel and ali trim with a swirl. There also seemed to be a problem with the sun roof which I think is not uncommon. I'm going to try and fiond a LCI car to look at. But still not happy at the tought of needing a warenty.

Honestly the best thing you can do is hang onto your 330i until such time as you can buy an F10.

[Robmilford]

wait until the F10 sounds like quite a good idea, I'm tempted to look at a LCI diesel but, the reason for a posh car starts with engine smoothness and diesel seems to defeat the object.

[ThunderSpook]

So get a 6 cyclinder diesel E61 instead. My 525d is smooth as.

[Robmilford]

A lot of our managers at work have got diesels and they sound anything but smooth when they pass us by at low speeds, but I have thought about a 530d I must admit, but they have swirl flap issuse.