E39 530D considering one....

[Sods Law]

Hi guys, I'm looking at a 530d as a daily driver for the next few month's as follows.
circa £4k
around 2000-01
100-120k miles
Auto or manual
the usual options

I will be having it remapped as well..

Any good buying guides or things to watch out for, apart from the usual use every button?

Thanks in advance

Dave

[Fox-]

I dont think thats enough money to get a tidy facelift 530d unless its the wrong side of 200k.

[okgo]

There was an 02 plate with 80k on it for £3k in classified last night.

[Fox-]

okgo said:

There was an 02 plate with 80k on it for £3k in classified last night.

I'm sure it was a lovely car in full working order with no dodgy story behind it.

[jamoor]

Don't remap an auto either.

[Matt UK]

Sods Law said:

Any good buying guides or things to watch out for

Yeah, watch out for those ones with a 'd' on the tailgate.
Pick of the bunch had an 'i'.

HTH

[Matt UK]

Fox- said:

okgo said:

There was an 02 plate with 80k on it for £3k in classified last night.

I'm sure it was a lovely car in full working order with no dodgy story behind it.

+1
Sounds far too cheap to be legit.

[okgo]

Matt UK said:

Fox- said:

okgo said:

There was an 02 plate with 80k on it for £3k in classified last night.

I'm sure it was a lovely car in full working order with no dodgy story behind it.

+1
Sounds far too cheap to be legit.

Looked alright, one owner for the last few years, decent ad etc.

[hadenough!]

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2...

[Fox-]

okgo said:

Matt UK said:

Fox- said:

okgo said:

There was an 02 plate with 80k on it for £3k in classified last night.

I'm sure it was a lovely car in full working order with no dodgy story behind it.

+1
Sounds far too cheap to be legit.

Looked alright, one owner for the last few years, decent ad etc.

You should have bought it and doubled your money then.

[Matt UK]

okgo said:

Matt UK said:

Fox- said:

okgo said:

There was an 02 plate with 80k on it for £3k in classified last night.

I'm sure it was a lovely car in full working order with no dodgy story behind it.

+1
Sounds far too cheap to be legit.

Looked alright, one owner for the last few years, decent ad etc.

An 02 plate 530d with 80k on it would be cheap at £6k.

At £3k I'd go in with my eyes very open indeed. It's either a bargain, a banger, or a scam. Or a horrible ex-plod spec.

[okgo]

Fox- said:

okgo said:

Matt UK said:

Fox- said:

okgo said:

There was an 02 plate with 80k on it for £3k in classified last night.

I'm sure it was a lovely car in full working order with no dodgy story behind it.

+1
Sounds far too cheap to be legit.

Looked alright, one owner for the last few years, decent ad etc.

You should have bought it and doubled your money then.

Not interested in going to some sthole to look at a car I don't need.

[confused_buyer]

To get a reasonable facelift 530d for 4k you will have to go the auction/trade route (and obviously be very careful as there are some 530d's with major issues floating around the auction houses) - you'll be lucky to get something private at that price and the only way you'll get one from a trader is ebay no warranty route.

That said, it is not impossible but you'll need to do some legwork, be prepared to travel & waste a few days.

A 530i is probably easier at that price and you may get lucky and find a sport with some decent options. They also tend to have less issues. Reckon on 20mpg town, 26-28mpg open road and about 32mpg on a gentle motorway run (all auto figures - add 2-3mpg for manual).

[Fox-]

okgo said:

Fox- said:

You should have bought it and doubled your money then.

Not interested in going to some sthole to look at a car I don't need.

Wow, you can afford to throw away an easy £3k?

Either that or it wasn't quite the nice 530d you think it was

[okgo]

Fox- said:

okgo said:

Fox- said:

You should have bought it and doubled your money then.

Not interested in going to some sthole to look at a car I don't need.

Wow, you can afford to throw away an easy £3k?

Either that or it wasn't quite the nice 530d you think it was

I have no interest in buying bargain cars I don't need.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1330216.htm

Not the one, which has dissapeared but looks ok..

[Fox-]

A pre facelift with the older variant engine, 2 years older, 50,000 more miles and its the same price, still think that 02 with 80k was legit?

[okgo]

[sparks_E39]

okgo said:

Fox- said:

okgo said:

Fox- said:

You should have bought it and doubled your money then.

Not interested in going to some sthole to look at a car I don't need.

Wow, you can afford to throw away an easy £3k?

Either that or it wasn't quite the nice 530d you think it was

I have no interest in buying bargain cars I don't need.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1330216.htm

Not the one, which has dissapeared but looks ok..

That looks very nice still, needs Celis Led rear lights and it will be very nice indeed, I would always worry about the Turbos going in a 530d though.