Commuting Barge - Alternatives?
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I would need a budget of more than £30,000 before I could buy a car I'd change my E39 530i Sport for.
However they do cost a bit to keep going. Being a blinded irrational E39 fanboy helps make this less painful, though. I'd usuaully say the diesel is pointless as you'll spend the fuel savings on turbochargers and injector replacements but at 22k miles a year it might still make sense.
Just keep a £1k warchest topped up at all times and you'll be fine.
Everything else is just crap in comparison
However they do cost a bit to keep going. Being a blinded irrational E39 fanboy helps make this less painful, though. I'd usuaully say the diesel is pointless as you'll spend the fuel savings on turbochargers and injector replacements but at 22k miles a year it might still make sense.
Just keep a £1k warchest topped up at all times and you'll be fine.
Everything else is just crap in comparison
Find a 1 owner car and completley ignore the mileage. It doesnt matter. They wear miles brilliantly well, a decent one shows almost no interior wear and the typical downside of high miles - poor resale - doesnt matter because they are so cheap now anyway.
If stuff breaks you can simply replace it. A good, looked after example doesn't turn into a baggy heap of crap with high miles. If you drive one that is a baggy heap of crap its because its not been looked after and not because of its mileage.
If stuff breaks you can simply replace it. A good, looked after example doesn't turn into a baggy heap of crap with high miles. If you drive one that is a baggy heap of crap its because its not been looked after and not because of its mileage.
I don't know if this is going to be a rusty heap of s
t or not, but should just about meet your criteria
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3408001.htm
t or not, but should just about meet your criteriahttp://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3408001.htm
I think I need to consider the autos - I may have to post in the BMW section but real world whats the 530i like in comparison MPG wise (auto or manual)?
LPG is an option but I end up back at 530 costs then for little return.
Thats a good shout that merc but not my thing unfortunately - cheers for the link though, got me thinking a bit.
Going to tax the volvo I think and just see how long it will last while I search.
I had a leftfield thought about a 55 Leon Cupra FR+ diesel as I had one before. But dare I say its a little too erm hothatch like. Im in the market for a cruising machine really.
LPG is an option but I end up back at 530 costs then for little return.
Thats a good shout that merc but not my thing unfortunately - cheers for the link though, got me thinking a bit.
Going to tax the volvo I think and just see how long it will last while I search.
I had a leftfield thought about a 55 Leon Cupra FR+ diesel as I had one before. But dare I say its a little too erm hothatch like. Im in the market for a cruising machine really.
This is proving very hard, as I live so far up the darn country I cant just see cars easily.
So far most have missing history or FSH turns into mates uncle serviced it etc.
Taking in the auto now as well, otherwise it's just not happening.
Just going to have to hope the current car lasts a bit longer, but now looking at accords and other options as it isn't going to last much longer
Found one auto E39 on the A/T with 76k and FBSH, looks clean but its higher priced and very far away.
That bland diesel grew euro box death is just round the corner if I can't sort this quickly!!
So far most have missing history or FSH turns into mates uncle serviced it etc.
Taking in the auto now as well, otherwise it's just not happening.
Just going to have to hope the current car lasts a bit longer, but now looking at accords and other options as it isn't going to last much longer
Found one auto E39 on the A/T with 76k and FBSH, looks clean but its higher priced and very far away.
That bland diesel grew euro box death is just round the corner if I can't sort this quickly!!
halo34 said:
This is proving very hard, as I live so far up the darn country I cant just see cars easily.
So far most have missing history or FSH turns into mates uncle serviced it etc.
Taking in the auto now as well, otherwise it's just not happening.
Just going to have to hope the current car lasts a bit longer, but now looking at accords and other options as it isn't going to last much longer
Found one auto E39 on the A/T with 76k and FBSH, looks clean but its higher priced and very far away.
That bland diesel grew euro box death is just round the corner if I can't sort this quickly!!
It took me 6 months to find the right E39.So far most have missing history or FSH turns into mates uncle serviced it etc.
Taking in the auto now as well, otherwise it's just not happening.
Just going to have to hope the current car lasts a bit longer, but now looking at accords and other options as it isn't going to last much longer
Found one auto E39 on the A/T with 76k and FBSH, looks clean but its higher priced and very far away.
That bland diesel grew euro box death is just round the corner if I can't sort this quickly!!
And this was back in 2006 so I was looking at 4 year old ones, in theory making it easier.
kchika said:
You took 6 months to find your E39 with 140k miles on it in 4 years? I'm sure that back in 2006, there were much better examples than yours?
Only if I'd spent £16k on a 30k miler and even then it would likely be better only on paper and in terms of residual value. It was truely immaculate in every way having been cherished by its one and only owner from new. He only used it weekdays to drive to and from his office 140 miles down the M4, and had a 330Ci Sport Cabriolet for the weekend. A likely story you might think, and I was sceptical at first, but it was literally in perfect condition - there was and still isn't a mark on it and the seats looked barely used. It put many of the lower mileage ones I saw to shame, had a stack of exclusively BMW Service invoices and was even still covered by BMW Comprehensive Warranty for 6 months.I drove 200 miles to buy it - it was very definately worth the wait. It was many times better than all of the other sub £10k examples I looked at - most of which were 70-110k mile cars, the ultra low milers being comfortably out of my student budget
I can see why it took so long given its hard to get a response and Ropey history seem par for course.
There is one in classifieds from a dealer, but I can't find any record of them on google and I'm pretty sure the car they have was up for sale few weeks back privately with the same pics. Makes me very wary.
One other looks good on at but it's location puts me off!
There is one in classifieds from a dealer, but I can't find any record of them on google and I'm pretty sure the car they have was up for sale few weeks back privately with the same pics. Makes me very wary.
One other looks good on at but it's location puts me off!
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