Used BMW

magunkey said:
The sad thing is that snobbery and second hand values go hand in hand. People buying second hand cars are immediately faced with the fact that their 'New' car is already usurped by something with a newer reg. So the 'D' reg has an importance to them. It's kind of like not being considered a yokle or something (No offence to country reg's).
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magunkey said:
That other BMW I mentioned in an earlier post is a KY reg so it's immediately less attractive a proposition than the D reg car that helen origianlly asked about.

It's a mad world...but there you go!
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That BMW looks like a mint, the only thing wrong with it is the D reg!
I would want 1000euro off the price for that alone! Considering that its probably being broken into several times up there in the big smoke and wings,bumpers,mirrors have been scratched by impatient Dublin drivers

Give me a 02-C-UPCORK. reg any day!. We've got some of the best roads in Ireland down here now,(well nearly!) and an airport that works!

Anyway only joking....Looks like a good car. Best of luck.
 
magunkey said:
It seems a fair price alright...but I'd say that if you can't afford it don't buy it.

There are too many nice used cars out there that you will be able to afford. I suggest you offer him whatever it is you actually can afford and if he won't or can't accept it just walk away.
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Thats more or less what my mother said. Mmmmmmm....
 
CCOVICH said:
90k miles on a 02 'D' reg looks strange to me.
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Unfortunately I can't post from other threads.

If you have a look at the thread about the 1.4Golf. There is mention of a 2003 golf doing 80K per year. It really is a common thing these days.
 
Hi Magunkey,

Have decided that I'm not going beyond my 12,000 budget.

I don't want to be taking up your time but you seem to know about cars. Any advice on what I should be looking for within my budget?

Any help would be really kind of you.

Thanks.
 
what do you want in engine size, doors, hatch/saloon, diesel/petrol, kids? pets? hobbies? think of yearly tax/insurance/service charges/fuel economy when factoring costs.

all the main sites have search preferences. Id put the above answers in and start with min price at 10000 and max price up to 13.5k. Come back with your main selections and we can advise from there.

www.carzone.ie
www.autotrader.ie
www.cbg.ie
www.buyandsell.ie
 
I think I'm bitten by the BMW bug. The one that started this thread was so nice and solid. Magunkey thought I should look at cars from 99 to 2001 so I'm going to do that first. E46?!?!?!:confused:

It's quite exciting now that I know a bit more about what to look out for.


Thanks to everyone for their help so far.
 
HelenM said:
I think I'm bitten by the BMW bug.

Thanks to everyone for their help so far.
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Good Plan young lady. A good BMW is better than most everyting of an equivalent price. Let us know what you come up with and I'm sure lots of people will give you their opinion.

And as far as helping people goes. You may well find that your donkey work on the Comapct might just benefit someone else here who's budget it does meet.

Just for the record E46 is the manufacturers generic name for all 3 series models built from 1999 to 2005.
 
Shakespeare said:
Hi
Best of luck with the new car. Re the bank, you can just walk in and withdraw from your account (bring ID such as driving licence).
One thing worth checking when you go to the bank - to avoid horribly long queues for cash, check whether the cash desk will allow you to withdraw that amount. You may have to go to customer service instead of the regular cash desk (I've no idea why???). This happened to me recently (taking out the cash for my 1.6 VW Golf as it happens - and I love it!) and the bank had no sign up or anything so after 25mins in the cash desk queue I had to go and start again at the Custr service desk.
(The cash desk wouldn't give out more than Eur5k)
Happy driving
S.
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Bank Draft!!
 
I would say ask a few questions on this board
[broken link removed] and this one [broken link removed] before you go buying any BMW, just to get a better opinion
 
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