5 Series prices

[_DeeJay_]

Could anyone give me an indicative value of the following:

1) 523i '99 65k miles, air-con, 17" BMW wheels, auto-dim mirror, auto wipers, ski bag, 12 month MOT+TAX, just serviced (insp II), FBMWSH, cloth trim.

2) 2002 M5. No extras. 50k miles. 3 months BMW warranty remaining.

I'm looking to change from 1 to 2 and would appreciate an idea of what it's going to cost to swap. I'm guessing 17k if i'm lucky at a dealer.

I know I'd be better with a higher spec m5 (phone, double glazing and sat-nav all improve resale) but would like a late car and don't want to throw too much money at it.

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[TimW]

1) 8-9k ish

2) 25k??



im not sure thats just rougly looking at the averages of the classafieds

[_DeeJay_]

TimW said:

1) 8-9k ish 2) 25k?? im not sure thats just rougly looking at the averages of the classafieds

Yup, those were the figures I came up with.
Perhaps 1k too generous on the dealer price for the PX though...

[Julian64]

I would certainly consider a one year older M5. 2001 M5's had all the later TV screen sizes and functionally identical to the 2002 model.

The facelift for M5 seemed to happen about mid 2000.

I bought a 2001 M5 in december for 22K at 67K miles and all the goodies.

BMW drivers very much like their goodies, you will have trouble selling the car without them.

[_DeeJay_]

Julian64 said:

I would certainly consider a one year older M5. 2001 M5's had all the later TV screen sizes and functionally identical to the 2002 model. The facelift for M5 seemed to happen about mid 2000. I bought a 2001 M5 in december for 22K at 67K miles and all the goodies. BMW drivers very much like their goodies, you will have trouble selling the car without them.

I agree that it will hurt resale and I desperately wanted double glazing (I do a lot of miles) but I also want a late car (I'll be able to renew the warranty longer etc). I may have to stump up the cash and get a late, low mileage, high spec car.

I suppose it will depend on how good a deal I can get on the car I'm currently looking at. They'll know it won't sell well lacking options so we'll see.

There's a 30k miler from a main dealer with all the goodies for 32k but I really don't want to tie that much cash up in a car that is a compromise, not the car I really want (I hate saloon cars).



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[Julian64]

Saw a 30K miles 2001 on ebay not so long ago that went for £19500. At least thats what happened at the end of the auction. I don't know whether he actually parted with it for that money, but it certainly sounds a bargain.

However its just too easy to wind back your mileage nowadays to let the mileage be a big factor in the price.

[_DeeJay_]

Julian64 said:

Saw a 30K miles 2001 on ebay not so long ago that went for £19500. At least thats what happened at the end of the auction. I don't know whether he actually parted with it for that money, but it certainly sounds a bargain. However its just too easy to wind back your mileage nowadays to let the mileage be a big factor in the price.

Yep, I'd certainly want to see the car's previous MOT's and service schedule on such a low mileage car.

The one I'm looking at is a one owner car supplied and serviced by the same dealer so I'd hope it'd be genuine...

Darren

[bigpow]

Most important on the M5 would be a warrantee due to the costs of vanos replacements. The price will start to drop quicker this year due to the new M5 on the scene

[_DeeJay_]

bigpow said:

Most important on the M5 would be a warrantee due to the costs of vanos replacements. The price will start to drop quicker this year due to the new M5 on the scene

The warranty is another kettle of fish altogether. The general opinion seems to be that a warranty is necessary in case the VANOS or other as engine related trickery lets go.

I was told the later cars are better in that regard but I'm not sure if that's the case.

The one I'm looking at is still under the original warranty though I would definately extend it.