Another try......
Discussion
Another BMW looker joining in.
Since selling my pride and joy last year (not a BMW)I've changed to many cars and lost to much money, but, the search continues and I'm now landed on BMW land.
Looking for a well balanced diesel diesel big enough to carry a pram and the usual baby stuff and with some poke. I previously looked at E46 3 series but the boot wasn't big enough and the look of the touring model didn't inspire me but I recently looked a E60 330D saloon which seems to fit the bill.
What baffle me, is that an high mileage 530D is not much more expensive that a 330 or 520 diesel ?????????
So far I've been looking at 04 high mileage models,looking to spend around 5/6 would have to be manual and ideally black, lots of history and receipts.
Here is were I need you expertise and advise.
is the budget realistic for a well looked after car?
Would 120/150K miles be too many or how much is too many?
Was there a bad year for the 530 (on the 330 was pre 04)?
Would services and repairs (relative) bills kill me? If I'm not wrong, services seems to be around 250/300 every 20K miles or 12 months which is reasonable
Other than swirl flaps and bushes on high mileage are there any major known problems?
Anything else I should consider?
Thank you in advance for your hep, I'm now off doing some more reading.
Since selling my pride and joy last year (not a BMW)I've changed to many cars and lost to much money, but, the search continues and I'm now landed on BMW land.
Looking for a well balanced diesel diesel big enough to carry a pram and the usual baby stuff and with some poke. I previously looked at E46 3 series but the boot wasn't big enough and the look of the touring model didn't inspire me but I recently looked a E60 330D saloon which seems to fit the bill.
What baffle me, is that an high mileage 530D is not much more expensive that a 330 or 520 diesel ?????????
So far I've been looking at 04 high mileage models,looking to spend around 5/6 would have to be manual and ideally black, lots of history and receipts.
Here is were I need you expertise and advise.
is the budget realistic for a well looked after car?
Would 120/150K miles be too many or how much is too many?
Was there a bad year for the 530 (on the 330 was pre 04)?
Would services and repairs (relative) bills kill me? If I'm not wrong, services seems to be around 250/300 every 20K miles or 12 months which is reasonable
Other than swirl flaps and bushes on high mileage are there any major known problems?
Anything else I should consider?
Thank you in advance for your hep, I'm now off doing some more reading.
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