2007 535d - Am I going to get hammered?

[lord trumpton]

I'm looking at a low mile 2007 535d (65k miles) as a replacement for my current daily drive golf.

As I'm not a derv owner I've not really kept abreast of the forthcoming taxes.

I'm not going to be entering cities - it's just a daily hack and mile muncher.

I'm just wondering what people think is likely to happen going forward over the next few years re fuel prices and tax - I just don't want to buy it and get slapped with an unsaleable 'dirty diesel' come resale in a couple of years.

I was tempted to go for a Golf R estate but I know I'm likely to lose more on depreciation with the R that I would do with the BMW

Hmmm

[lord trumpton]

Thanks for the replies

Having thought about it then I might give it a miss.

Remembering the previous push away from large engined petrol engined cars then almost overnight the used values fell off a cliff.

I can't be arsed with all that stress and probably plumb for a Golf R Estate - Equally as quick and probably very similar on fuel consumtion

[lord trumpton]

RobM77 said:

lord trumpton said:

Thanks for the replies

Having thought about it then I might give it a miss.

Remembering the previous push away from large engined petrol engined cars then almost overnight the used values fell off a cliff.

I can't be arsed with all that stress and probably plumb for a Golf R Estate - Equally as quick and probably very similar on fuel consumtion

I guess it depends what you want. I'd choose RWD over Haldex any day of the week.

Me too - That said it's just a daily smoker for school stuff and holidays really so not too fussed about that really.

I've already got RWD in another car