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Hi all, Im a newbie to this site as I have recently written off my beloved Z3 and have ventured into the 328 market
I am due to pic the car up on saturday but was wondering if the following is a good buy:
www.pistonheads.com/sales/59115.htm
TIA
Martin
I am due to pic the car up on saturday but was wondering if the following is a good buy:
www.pistonheads.com/sales/59115.htm
TIA
Martin
ynysmeudwy said:
?? Why is it tooo new and why would you want more mileage on it ????
Cotty has a thing for the 'older model'
You would not get a 330 for that money, but it is a better car.. so i would spend a little more buying a 330 which had more mileage than this 328i to bring the price down..
cotty said:
I was talking about women
Hey my ex was six years younger than me (and still calling) but if the bodywork is still good who cares about the milage
I tend to go for the slightly older model
better quality and less depreciation but then i do also use and abuse other peoples younger models
>> Edited by mustard on Thursday 29th December 21:11
vixpy1 said:
Cotty has a thing for the 'older model'
You would not get a 330 for that money, but it is a better car.. so i would spend a little more buying a 330 which had more mileage than this 328i to bring the price down..
There are loads of 330's for that money. I agree with the sentiment though and would get a slightly higher mileage 330 over the 328. That one clearly hasn't been driven enough. I would rather have a newer higher mileage car than an older, lower mileage car.
I say all this having recently bought an E46 328, but I bought it because it was a bargain and I knew the guy who owned it, and after driving it I was just amazed that a 7 yr old car with 92k on could feel so solid. I've put on another 5k in the last couple of months and it feels spot on (very entertaining on wet roundabouts too). My first BMW and I am very very impressed, its replacement will be a 6 speed 330i sport in a year or so.
cotty said:
...why would you want a higher mileage newer rather than an older, lower mileage car
If a modern car has been serviced on time then mileage is largely irrelevant with respect to condition. Modern engines don't wear out to the extent that one would see from a mass market model of, say, 20 years ago.
A 5 year old car with 100k on the clock will have had a fairly stress-free life cruising motorways, with all fluids and parts operating for long periods in their optimal temperature range. Compare this to a 5 year old car with 15k on the clock, driven 3 miles to the railway station car park in the morning, then back home again at night, never reaching full working temperature and suffering condensation corrosion.
I'd never buy a car that's done less than 15k/year. Fortunately Joe Public are still scared of high mileage cars, making them nice and cheap for me to buy.
>> Edited by Hereward on Monday 2nd January 18:57
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