Anyone have any experience of these? common faults what sort of mileage they do, what needs to be looked out for and when etc

I quite fancy one of these but never even been in one let alone driven one.

Cheers for any info

 

Hi Andy,

Rated as one of the best cars BMW has ever made!!

I had the E34 and that was good, but the E39 was suppost to be in another league.

Its no cossy - as I'm sure your aware - its a big luxury motor and for that its superb!

I seriously considered one when I replaced the E34 but instead I got the scooby as I wanted somthing different not just the next newer modle

Alex

 

Cheers Alex! I know it no cossie but i would still keep that anyway.

Just after something to go to waitrose and back and generally smoke about in when i need to (dont need to commute in it so would prob use it less than the cossie )

Was looking at another datsun GTiR or a wrx estate or similar but figured i should go for something more grown up (but a little PIMP )

any othe suggestions welcome

 

do it!

Black the windows - chrome the alloys

And fit a wickidly loud exhaust!!!



BLIIIIIIING

 

I work for BMW & the v8s suffer a bit (not much)from overheating & burning oil they are relitivly cheap tho compared to 530 Sport or 528 Sport...Although IMHO if you have 528 or 530 Sport money buy one & forget about the v8 they are guzzlers the sports are better cars & the 6 cylinders are totally bomb proof..

 

I've been looking into getting one of these very soon! Was going to go for an earlier V plate ish 525i for around the 4k mark but having looked about 7k - 8k will get you a lovely angel-eyed pimp wagon!!!!

How well do the 525i's go? I'm not after raw power but something with a bit of grunt along with a bit of fuel economy!

Chris

 

chris NO bmw has fuel economy

you must be mistaken it for a fiat panda mate

 

i couldnt be arsed with the economy i just wanted to fit a set of pipes and listen to the V8 and if it burns a bit of oil i'll just take the cossie out so it doesnt seem that bad

like i said its just going to be used for arsing about in really. anything else to watch out for on them then ?

 

So long as its above 25mpg ill be happy!

 

they have faulty indicators and the fog light swtich seems to stick i belive

if you want 25mog from a bmw i sugest you borrow a mates and let him fill the tank

 

They're not that bad, both M3's (both evo's) I had always got that kind of consumption!

 

christ, dont think my mates 325i does that,,,,,,,, hell dont think my xr3i cabrio does that either

 

old shitters get bad fuel econo mate

 

fair comment

but then you dont seem many 3 series that get driven gentle i guess

 

mates M5 done 19mpg, not bad at all for a 5.0 V8 if you ask me, my M3 does 25-26 mpg as well Carl

 

Ginge my E39 528 tiptronic averaged just under 40 mpg on our recent trip to Croft and back which was 417 miles Average speed was over the legal limit apparently so it wasn't like i was driving it like my old man would either

 

Seriously thinking about one too, after 600 miles in the 2wd without air-con in France, the E39 really tickles my fancy at the moment.

cfoster where do you find them for 7-8k ??? Cheapest I've found is Ł10K, then it sort of jumps to Ł13 upwards, depending on mileage, etc...

 

I just looked on autotrader matey

 

cfoster
Me too, but no E39 for that money

Some 3.5 and 3.8, but no 5.0 V8 under Ł13K, even done a nationwide search.

 

My E36 325i returns 25mpg easy if being sensible and not launching every time you move off

 

cheers for the replies what are they like with moon mileage on them ?

 

It's a V8 and a BMW, only just run in with 150,000 on the clock surely. Our 850Csi with 120,000 still purred so well you could stick a 50p coin on the engine and it wouldn't fall off.

Try this with a new cossie engine

 

Andy, here are a few links to bmw boards I kept when I was looking, hope they are helpful to you

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=54416
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=54788
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=54994
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=39556
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=56642

http://www.bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/index.htm