matthehat17

They should be. Double check it of course, but apart from that you'll be fine. A 3-yr warranty sounds like excellent stuff on one of these.

gaddafi

don't buy a diesel

they are not that economical

the petrol engines are nicer - the bigger the better

even my car does 20mpg

why have a smelly hulk that does 25mpg?

JamieS2K

San , new 530d BMW is a great looking car IMO. Plus you can get those engines chipped to nearly 300 bhp if you like. If I wanted an old mans car I would def get a 5 series

san2000

Pete, average of 35mpg is what most reports (inclusind some of the folk on PH) say.

smnasn

I had a 330d for spell when I was doing mega miles.

It was a manual and did 42mpg, verified by my sat nav/fuel, calculations.

Pretty rapid in the real world...not so good at 0-blah type figures tho.

A better car than the petrol 330 in the 4 door version IMO if you after a mile muncher.

If I have the misfortune to be doing > 30k miles again I would get another.

Once it is warm it even sounds good.

The 2.5 Omega diesel had the Beemer engine in it BTW...

Mole

To 3.0 petrol engines (in x5 guise) are doing less than 20mpg and to be honest you would not really know it was a deisel. The whistling from the turbo is louder than the engine and bmws have the finest deisel engines out there.
You can thrash the nuts off mine and it will never go below 23 mpg. On motorways its 28mpg.
I was looking at the add for the alpina d3 and that looks really nice for 27k.

gaddafi

I don't think San is considering an X5, so that vehicle's consumption isn't relevant

as I said, you can have 400bhp and 20mpg all day long (and close to the budget)

or you could have say, 35mpg, no revs, half the performance and the great experience of diesel on your hands, feet and clothes

based on 12,000 miles a year, running the diesel would save you less than

matthehat17

Funny you should bring this up, Gad, I had a trawl through and found your experiences of the M5's consumption and you mentioned you get 20mpg. What's your mix of driving? Do you do more motorway miles? I'm still keen on the idea of the E39 and as I don't do mega-miles, I think it makes sense financially.

530d E39s should manage 30-35mpg, because the earlier 3-litre diesels were obviously less powerful. The economy dipped to about 28-30 with the 204bhp 330d but as the engine advances in terms of power-to-economy, the more powerful 231bhp versions of it today can get nearer to 40mpg.

It's up to you San. I'd suggest an M5 for

Fieldl

I agree with Gad on this one.
I hate the smell and feel of diesel and wouldn't own a car that uses it.
Regardless of how fuel effecient it was.

san2000

Blimey...I knew the depreciation was bad, but not that bad!

Right...someone find me an M5 near me!