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[tyeo86]

Hey Guys,

I currently drive a BMW e61 530d 2005, and i'm looking to sell for something slightly cheaper. I like the looks of the facelifted 93 but had a few questions first.

How big is the boot on the saloon?
Is it easy to get serviced/parts?
What is the road tax on the 2.8 v6?

My options would be TTid, 2.0t or 2.8 v6 all face lifted so 2008 onwards. Only manual considered.
i have seen a nice 2.8 v6 57 plate with a hirsch upgrade, anyone know or tryed this?

[stevoknevo]

Quite a few 2.8 V6 owners on UKSaabs, £460 for RFL IIRC. Boot is a decent size but not a patch on the earlier hatchback 9-3's. Hirsch upgrades are apparently very good.

[griffin dai]

tyeo86 said:

Hey Guys,

I currently drive a BMW e61 530d 2005, and i'm looking to sell for something slightly cheaper. I like the looks of the facelifted 93 but had a few questions first.

How big is the boot on the saloon?
Is it easy to get serviced/parts?
What is the road tax on the 2.8 v6?

My options would be TTid, 2.0t or 2.8 v6 all face lifted so 2008 onwards. Only manual considered.
i have seen a nice 2.8 v6 57 plate with a hirsch upgrade, anyone know or tryed this?

I'm 99% sure its after 23rd March 2006 that the higher tax comes in so if your looking at a 07/08 car its definitely the 400+ quid job!
Mines a 55 plate, so the tax is more friendly..... and I'm loving it!! Especially since the remap which has just transformed it into soemething a lot more tasty! (They're not that quick standard tbh) They've got LOADS of potential these V6's (Pretty brutal after a remap!!)

There's a lot of Hirshed cars on UKSaabs and one or two on here, I've gone with JZW for my remap, and I think theres only 2 of us with this done in the UK, the other is a TX. I'd definitely recommend a JZW remap but would also recommend an uprated clutch as its a huge jump in torque, plus get some decent brakes as my standard ones are now cooked after a couple weeks fun

Parts are still pretty easy to get, the audio is crap on the earlier cars, as in dreadful!! And also a pain to upgrade to anything decent, but later cars (I think '07 onwards) have a different system.

Fuel is pretty shocking on the 2.8! I'd even go as far as saying its close to my old E55 AMG's mpg!! Luckily I'm only doing 5-6k per year these days so doesn't really bother me.

[tyeo86]

griffin dai said:

I'm 99% sure its after 23rd March 2006 that the higher tax comes in so if your looking at a 07/08 car its definitely the 400+ quid job!
Mines a 55 plate, so the tax is more friendly..... and I'm loving it!! Especially since the remap which has just transformed it into soemething a lot more tasty! (They're not that quick standard tbh) They've got LOADS of potential these V6's (Pretty brutal after a remap!!)

There's a lot of Hirshed cars on UKSaabs and one or two on here, I've gone with JZW for my remap, and I think theres only 2 of us with this done in the UK, the other is a TX. I'd definitely recommend a JZW remap but would also recommend an uprated clutch as its a huge jump in torque, plus get some decent brakes as my standard ones are now cooked after a couple weeks fun

Parts are still pretty easy to get, the audio is crap on the earlier cars, as in dreadful!! And also a pain to upgrade to anything decent, but later cars (I think '07 onwards) have a different system.

Fuel is pretty shocking on the 2.8! I'd even go as far as saying its close to my old E55 AMG's mpg!! Luckily I'm only doing 5-6k per year these days so doesn't really bother me.

thanks mate. I've had a number of juicy cars so I think I'll get a TTid as it will be the wifes

[philmots]

My 2.8 was great. Mapped it was easily as quick as my standard 335d.

It was terrible on fuel though but it was driven fairly hard. 22ish mpg, 30 on a good run.

[tyeo86]

philmots said:

My 2.8 was great. Mapped it was easily as quick as my standard 335d.

It was terrible on fuel though but it was driven fairly hard. 22ish mpg, 30 on a good run.

22mpg isn't bad mate, I've come from a cayenne s with average of 10/12 mpg. the 530d atm averages about 25mpg about town.