Thoughts on this e61 530i

[andyscole]

What are your thoughts on this car? and the dealer? I am a bit dubious of the dealer (not that i have had any dealings) just don't like carsupermarket ethos. They have had the car up for 3 weeks and just lowered the price by 200. The car is very well priced, good spec colour combo and is post lci so good fuel economy so unsure why not gone yet...might go down tomorrow and have a look.

cheers

The link...http://www.cargiant.co.uk/BMW/530i/details-475445-BMW-530i.asp

Edited by andyscole on Tuesday 24th August 20:10

[hornetrider]

Erm...

[thehos]

why would someone buy a 530i instead of a 530d?

[Fox-]

thehos said:

why would someone buy a 530i instead of a 530d?

Why ever not? They have a fantastic 272bhp straight six engine thats very economical indeed for a 6 cylinder petrol. If that wasn't good enough, they are usually a fair bit cheaper than the 530d, they dont sound like minicabs and they are faster.

What a strange question to ask on a website called 'Pistonheads'!

[thehos]

Fox- said:

thehos said:

why would someone buy a 530i instead of a 530d?

Why ever not? They have a fantastic 272bhp straight six engine thats very economical indeed for a 6 cylinder petrol. If that wasn't good enough, they are usually a fair bit cheaper than the 530d, they dont sound like minicabs and they are faster.

What a strange question to ask on a website called 'Pistonheads'!

just didnt think there was that much difference in performance and price

[andyscole]

Fox- said:

thehos said:

why would someone buy a 530i instead of a 530d?

Why ever not? They have a fantastic 272bhp straight six engine thats very economical indeed for a 6 cylinder petrol. If that wasn't good enough, they are usually a fair bit cheaper than the 530d, they dont sound like minicabs and they are faster.

What a strange question to ask on a website called 'Pistonheads'!

My thoughts exactly fox. More car and more pleasure for your money. You think it's worth a punt then?

[thehos]

Fox- said:

thehos said:

why would someone buy a 530i instead of a 530d?

What a strange question to ask on a website called 'Pistonheads'!

Why, do they not have pistons?

[5678]

I don't know on how good the price is but it looks a nice car. What would it be from BMW with warranty?

[Fox-]

andyscole said:

Fox- said:

thehos said:

why would someone buy a 530i instead of a 530d?

Why ever not? They have a fantastic 272bhp straight six engine thats very economical indeed for a 6 cylinder petrol. If that wasn't good enough, they are usually a fair bit cheaper than the 530d, they dont sound like minicabs and they are faster.

What a strange question to ask on a website called 'Pistonheads'!

My thoughts exactly fox. More car and more pleasure for your money. You think it's worth a punt then?

Its worth a look but I'd expect to find a not particularly well looked after ex-fleet thing at that money. If its in good nick, its a bargain.

[SJobson]

It'll definitely be ex-fleet, but for the money it looks great. I'd rather have black leather with the MSport interior trim and Platinum Grey, but horses for courses. And it has climate control which is often not found on pre-LCI 530is.

I would add that there doesn't seem to be the same (almost cult) market for petrol-engined E60s as there is for large petrol E39s, so despite being relatively rarer, it probably won't hold its value that well.

[Fox-]

SJobson said:

It'll definitely be ex-fleet, but for the money it looks great. I'd rather have black leather with the MSport interior trim and Platinum Grey, but horses for courses. And it has climate control which is often not found on pre-LCI 530is.

It's an LCI.

[quote]
I would add that there doesn't seem to be the same (almost cult) market for petrol-engined E60s as there is for large petrol E39s, so despite being relatively rarer, it probably won't hold its value that well.

Not sure I agree. I wish you were right - I bought a fantastic condition E39 530i Sport when it was 4 years old for well under £10k.

Looking at E60 530i M Sport's of a similar age now and they are quite comfortably into 5 figures..

[SJobson]

I know it's an LCI - if you wanted to save money on a 530i MSport Touring, you'd have to go pre-LCI and it's very hard to find one with climate rather than basic air-con. Hence my comments.

Fox, by the time you bought your 4yr old 530i Sport, the E60 had been out for a while, I imagine? Once the F10 has been out for a while, I expect the current high-ish E60 values will slide. They sold in vast numbers, probably way more than the E39 judging by their prevalence on motorways, and people still want the diesels over the petrols.