Just something to see if it works. Mod on Duty!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Helicopter123 said:

Lovely cars but that wood!! Jesus Wept.

I quite like it!

[Marty Funkhouser]

hornetrider said:

I've been watching Suits (slick lawyers) and instead of rolling in a Benz the main guy has a Lexus. Nice bit of kit and a slightly left field choice. Any experience?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Now thats a proper luxo-barge.

[EarlOfHazard]

Marty Funkhouser said:

hornetrider said:

I've been watching Suits (slick lawyers) and instead of rolling in a Benz the main guy has a Lexus. Nice bit of kit and a slightly left field choice. Any experience?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Now thats a proper luxo-barge.

None of your friends would call shotgun in that!

[hornetrider]

EarlOfHazard said:

None of your friends would call shotgun in that!

[ATM]

ATM said:

brickwall said:

ATM said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

ATM said:

ATM said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

ATM said:

550i Touring

Reg Date 17/03/2009
130,850 Miles
£12,995.00

Carbon Black Metallic Paint,
Black Dakota Leather,
Sports Auto Transmission,
Detachable Towbar,
Rear Side Airbags,
USB Audio,
Media Pack with Professional Navigation and Bluetooth Telephone,
Logic 7 Hi-Fi System,
Visibility Pack with Adaptive Xenon Headlamps,
Sports Seats with Electric Adjustment and Memory Function,
Heated Seats,
Electric Folding Mirrors,
Lane departure Warning System,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262587990706

Momentous car. Cant help but think £12.5k is big money for a 7 year old car with £130k on the clock.

It was 13k when I posted it.

Now £11,995

As a trader you must be thinking this will take an age to shift? Even at 12 large its a lot of car to maintain.

I have one. They're no more than any other 5 to maintain. Fuel is a different story obviously.

Now £10,995.

£9,995

A PH'er has bought this now. Not me.

[johnwilliams77]

Better have spare thousands in case of a big bill (s), hope it goes well for whoever bought it...

[Lowtimer]

Any idea what the final deal was?

[dom9]

Lowtimer said:

Any idea what the final deal was?

According to the e61 thread in the BMW forum; £9,500.

[Marty Funkhouser]

Lord have mercy on their soul.

[hornetrider]

What are you pussies whining about

[Helicopter123]

dom9 said:

Lowtimer said:

Any idea what the final deal was?

According to the e61 thread in the BMW forum; £9,500.

Still seems big money for for an E61 with 130k on the clock.

Balls. of. steel.

[ATM]

Helicopter123 said:

dom9 said:

Lowtimer said:

Any idea what the final deal was?

According to the e61 thread in the BMW forum; £9,500.

Still seems big money for for an E61 with 130k on the clock.

Balls. of. steel.

Had mine 15 months. Not many problems:

AC never worked - probably the rad.
Rear Shocks and bushes for MOT.
Bonnet catch repaired.

Then just tyres and fuel.

[Stickyfinger]

Comfy and Style !, the last of the Big Hydro Citreon's

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1015416737...

[anonymous-user]

That plate belongs to Keith Adams if aronline.com

[Marty Funkhouser]

ATM said:

Had mine 15 months. Not many problems:

AC never worked - probably the rad.
Rear Shocks and bushes for MOT.
Bonnet catch repaired.

Then just tyres and fuel.

"just"

£200 a corner and sub 20mpg or worse?

[Patrick Bateman]

To be fair, you'd have to do quite a bit of town driving to be sub 20 mpg. I comfortably averaged 21mpg in the M5 and a 550i is going to be better in the same circumstances.

If you average £200 a corner for a set then you're either going exclusively for Super Sports or getting ripped off.

[hornetrider]

100 a corner give or take. They're only 245/40/18 ferchrissakes.

Seriously, people have this massive fear when you mention it's got a V8. But they wouldn't bat an eyelid if you got a 520D. The engine is the most reliable bit of the car. Everything that fked up on mine was electrical gubbins.

The 550 is actually pretty good on fuel. Mine averaged 26mpg over the life of my ownership (62k miles).

[ATM]

Patrick Bateman said:

To be fair, you'd have to do quite a bit of town driving to be sub 20 mpg. I comfortably averaged 21mpg in the M5 and a 550i is going to be better in the same circumstances.

I like to think I give mine a bit of hammer and I think the computer shows 21.9 average. I honestly dont care. It cost me £8000 and its surprisingly fast for such a big wagon.

[BalhamBadger]

£2k over budget but there can't be too many of these about:

BMW 5 SERIES 4.4 550I M SPORT INDIVIDUAL 4d AUTO 403 BHP BLACK PACK
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[p1stonhead]

BalhamBadger said:

£2k over budget but there can't be too many of these about:

BMW 5 SERIES 4.4 550I M SPORT INDIVIDUAL 4d AUTO 403 BHP BLACK PACK
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Quite lovely.

If it was manual (does it exist?) it would be a great 'Nearly manual M5'.