BMW 320D - Help on price

jamesk_irl

Sold my car at the weekend . I had another thread on selling privately for the first time for thanks for the advice. All went well in the end - patience is a virtue.

So planning to get a replacement this week.
Would appreciate if people could take a look at the models below and suggestions on price. I have a budget of up to 22k.

Usual case of not many cars with extras available.

1) http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/320d-SE-/201108201354562/advert?channel=CARS
€19,750
64,278 M / 103,445 KM
Murphy & Gunn

2) http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/320d-SE-/201107201320062/advert?channel=CARS
€23,950
20,000 M / 32,187 KM
Callanan Motors (Drogheda)

3) http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/320-D-M-/201050200584231/advert?channel=CARS
€24,950
31,000 M / 49,890 KM
Yomac Cars Glasnevin
M Sport

4) http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/320D-SE-/201034199325699/advert?channel=CARS
€24,800
29,270 M / 47,105 KM
Hinchy's Garage Limerick
Automatic & Bluetooth

5) http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/3-Series/320d-SE-/201110201513585/advert?channel=CARS
€21,495
50,255 M / 80,878 KM
Frank Keane

I looked on the NI BMW sites did not see any big value importing (I only checked the NI main dealers).

bazz26

I was in a similar position last November, sold my old car privately and had cash in my hand and looked for a diesel 5 or 3 Series. Ended up buying a 08 318d Edition M Sport, only 38k miles and originally a UK car with FBMWSH and warranty until this August. Car has Dakota leather sport seats, 18" alloy wheels, BMW Business Sat Nav, i-drive with bluetooth and upgraded media centre with usb/aux connectivity. Nothing else I looked at could match the car for condition or spec and I am very happy to date with my purchase.

The guy I bought mine from is a registered dealer who tends to specialise in sourcing BMWs, he is based in Co Limerick so PM me if you want me to send you a link to his website rather than posting it up here. He may be able to find something more suitable for you.

Of the ones you linked the only one I would be interested in is the Le Mans blue M Sport but even that is on the expensive side and the spec looks pretty standard M Sport. The others are standard SEs with little or no extras. Some of those were advertised when I was buying and were overpriced back then.

I'd be aiming for the "Edition" M Sport like mine, they were available as a limited edition from early 2008 just before the E90 received a facelift, they were good value at the time as you got about £3k worth of extras for about £1500.

jamesk_irl

Thanks Bazz - PM sent