New Car

[BG97]

Hi,

Looking to get a second hand BMW 1 series, promised myself after uni I would get one

Completely confused as to what I should go for. Live in central Scotland and frankly don't know enough about cars to decide what I should go for. Hoping for advice as to what I should be looking for with the car? diesel or petrol? mileage vs age? etc.

Budget is between £4k -£6k, doing city and motorway commuting etc.


Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading

[Funk]

Depends on the mileage you're doing, how new you want it, what kit you'd like, coupé or hatch..?

If you're doing lots of short journeys and not much mileage, get a petrol. If you're doing lots of longer journeys and high mileage then perhaps a derv. That said, there are far nicer 'small-engined' hatchbacks out there if you're looking at 114/116i variants... I had a 123d company car for several years and it was very good for a diesel (I was doing around 25k/yr miles). Would I buy one with my own money just because? No... If you can get a 1er with a 6-pot lump such as a 130i then that'd be a different matter.

[Shiv_P]

I wouldn't really consider one unless it was 125, 135 or 130i. The rest of the petrol and diesel engines have various timing chain issues and really a golf or audi a3 is the better car

[Funk]

125i M-Sport manual coupé: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

130i M-Sport manual hatch: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

130i M-Sport Manual hatch: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Wildcard - 6 bag gets you into one of these easily: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

or even:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

any which will be a MUCH better steer than a boggo 116i for similar money...

Edited by Funk on Thursday 12th July 16:31

[ZX10R NIN]

Has to be a 6 cylinder if it's a petrol engine:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Also look at the 3 series as you'll have a better chassis & a bigger pool to pick from.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Diesel wise the 123d is the only option:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Funk]

So glad various people took the time to respond to the op who hasn't even bothered to respond back.

Classic PH these days.

[ZX10R NIN]

It's becoming standard operating procedure on PH these days , they start a thread read the information they do or don't like & that's the last you hear.

[Funk]

I even resisted the urge to just tell him to work out how Autotrader works and went to find helpful links just like you did.

Ho hum.

[ZX10R NIN]

Don't worry about it I'll carry on doing the same, with or without a response from the OP.

[Mr Tidy]

So a lack of interest then!

I had a 123d for over 6 years - but like all N47 engines it had the cam-chain issues in the background.

So I sold it and moved to straight 6 N/A petrol engines - thankfully!

OP, if you ever drop by again don't buy a BMW with less than 6 cylinders (that's what my BMW Indy told me).