So I got myself a new motor!

Mr.David

Well the missus isn't bothered in the slightest, so I thought I might share my excitement here, amongst fellow petrolheads!

Got myself an '07 BMW 325i M Sport, really happy with it. Lovely creamy straight six, such a delight after a dirty, rattly diesel!

It's pretty much showroom condition, one owner and really low mileage.

Had it up the Dublin mountains, handles really well. Ride is very firm at low speed over bad surfaces, but the benefit is the normal-high speed composure and handling on windy roads.

Have it about two weeks, averaging 23mpg so far. All city driving, a mix of normal and more enthusiastic driving Looking forward to getting it out on a good long spin West. Overall though, feck fuel economy!

Will post a few pics later if anyone is interested!

ian87

Well wear. Enjoy it!

Alanstrainor

Join the BMW 6 cylinder club

Well wear dude...although I feel like I should ban you for not having any pics!

Supergurrier

Another BMW head !

Well wear, givf pics

Chuck Stone

This car is a figment of your imagination if you cannot provide some pics Sir.

bmwguy

But....but....but...its petrol. Are you mad? Whats the tax? And the mpg? You lunatic. Ah no, fair play, best of luck nice car

MetzgerMeister

bmwguy wrote: »

But....but....but...its petrol. Are you mad? Whats the tax? And the mpg? You lunatic. Ah no, fair play, best of luck nice car

I really, really hope you are joking :eek:

Mena

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I really, really hope you are joking :eek:

Here, Have a lend of my sarcasm-o-meter. Yours appears to be on the blink.

MuppetCheck

Mena wrote: »

Here, Have a lend of my sarcasm-o-meter. Yours appears to be on the blink.

That made me laugh!

We'll wear with the new car, be sure and post some pictures. A well specced E90 or E92 is a stunning car.

Madman2

Congrats on the purchase, like said above the e90/e92 is a great looking car. I'd love to get those mpg figures in my e30 325

bmwguy

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I really, really hope you are joking :eek:

Yep, of course I am. Very few come on here having bought a 2.5 (or is it a 3.0?). Many ask, but not many have bought

Ardennes1944

bmwguy wrote: »

Yep, of course I am. Very few come on here having bought a 2.5 (or is it a 3.0?). Many ask, but not many have bought

Is that sarcasm again? :pac:

homer90

23mpg, straight 6 ---> Win.

Funnily enough, I have put the bike into hibernation for the winter. Have gone from 75+ mpg to 18 - 20 mpg. Its a bitter pill

best of luck.

bmwguy

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Is that sarcasm again? :pac:

No, not this time. Am I right in saying its unusual for such a car to be purchased in this day and age?

Dr.Rieux

Well wear. Given you've had it in the Dublin mountains, did you get it from Lewis Motors in Cabinteeley? They had an 07 e90 325i that looked very clean in the pictures up until the last week or two

ION08

Well wear.

E92 m-sports are very nice looking machines

Is it a 3 litre or a 2.5??

unkel

The I6 BMW engines are so smooth, it's a pleasure just to listen to them. Well wear

Miss my 6 and 8 cylinder BMWs. It's been nearly 2 years since I owned one

Mr.David

Dr.Rieux wrote: »

Well wear. Given you've had it in the Dublin mountains, did you get it from Lewis Motors in Cabinteeley? They had an 07 e90 325i that looked very clean in the pictures up until the last week or two

Yeah thats the one.

Lewis Motors were very good to deal with, I'd recommend them.

It's a 2.5 not the newer 3.0. Afaik the newer 3.0 is quite a bit more economical but also less reliable.

Ok, well I'll go take some pics now then before I get banned from my own thread!

Dr.Rieux

Mr.David wrote: »

Yeah thats the one.

Lewis Motors were very good to deal with, I'd recommend them.

It's a 2.5 not the newer 3.0. Afaik the newer 3.0 is quite a bit more economical but also less reliable.

Ok, well I'll go take some pics now then before I get banned from my own thread!

My brother bought an RX8 off them about two years ago and says the same. I had been looking at that one online for a bit and was disappointed to see it had gone. Looked lovely. Do you mind me asking the price you paid?

Looking forward to the pics

Mr.David

Some pics from this morning.....!

I bought the BMW Performance Darkline rear lights and changed them on...think it looks much better than the standard lights. Not in a boy racer way or anything, but just looks more aggressive?!

ION08

Looks great, for some reason i just assumed it would be an e92

Anyway, the darkline lights are a great addition and tastefully set the car off. The standard clusters are very dull and outdated looking imo

Id be a lot happier with the "older" 2.5 engine as opposed to the 3.0 325i. If it was the 3.0 liter version id feel a bit jiffed paying 3 litre tax for a 325 instead of an actual 330! (Or even a 335 in that case :-P )

Very cool car, best of luck with it

Ardennes1944

Is that still an m54 engine block? but tweaked for more power?

mickdw

Are you the guy who used to work in development with jaguar op?
no faith in jag products?

Mr.David

mickdw wrote: »

Are you the guy who used to work in development with jaguar op?
no faith in jag products?

Yeah thats me,

I'm only 28 so a bit off a Jag yet I reckon! Maybe when they bring out the 3-series rival, or a second hand F-type....

ian87

Well wear op, makes me wish I'd held out for an m sport when I was buying my e90.. Love the contrasting interior. Mine is beige beige beige, the black door handles etc really looks much better.

Mr.David

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Is that still an m54 engine block? but tweaked for more power?

No, I think its an N52. 218bhp. Not that much torque low down, it really wants you to open it up. Above about 4,000 is where it starts to come into its own!

Ardennes1944

Same as my own, 4k is the magic number

166man

I never liked that model 3er but that is a simply stunning motor...

Best of luck with it, I love it!

Autosport

Lovely looking Beemer, best of luck

dh0011

she loos smashimg - best of luck with it

Voodoomelon

Looks great, best of luck with it! You don't see too many 5s after the 32s in this country.
We should just change the name of Motors to BMW Driver now.

MetzgerMeister

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Same as my own, 4k is the magic number

It's immediate in mine :P

Layinghen

The car looks pristine. Well wear and enjoy it.

Ardennes1944

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's immediate in mine :P

Cant hear you Sir!

Comhrá

Terrific-looking motor!

Congratulations on it and may you enjoy it very much.
Hopefully you will have plenty of security built-in, as undesirables will be drawn to it (as I'm sure you'll be aware anyway) Just make sure to make it as difficult as possible to nick...

cena

That is one nice looking bmw. The shine on it.

Mr.David

unkel wrote: »

The I6 BMW engines are so smooth, it's a pleasure just to listen to them. Well wear

Miss my 6 and 8 cylinder BMWs. It's been nearly 2 years since I owned one

Thanks.

Was it you that had the 728i?

Voodoomelon

Unkel had a 735i E38.

Big Nasty

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Unkel had a 735i E38.

Me too. *sniff, sniff*

unkel

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It's immediate in mine :P

That's a lie. Put your foot down and nothing happens for about 3 or 4 minutes and then she goes like stink. Turbo lag :pac:

N/A engines FTW

Mr.David wrote: »

Was it you that had the 728i?

E34 530 V8
E38 735 V8
E39 520 I6

Now the family car is a bangernomics Saab 9-5 turbo. Nothing wrong with it, but it ain't no BMW

anoda_username

Beautiful car, enjoy it!

lomb

unkel wrote: »

That's a lie. Put your foot down and nothing happens for about 3 or 4 minutes and then she goes like stink. Turbo lag :pac:

N/A engines FTW



E34 530 V8
E38 735 V8
E39 520 I6

Now the family car is a bangernomics Saab 9-5 turbo. Nothing wrong with it, but it ain't no BMW

Why not let the saab go and get what you want. Motoring costs are a crapshoot anyway you look at it. Theres folks out there in brand new humdrum skodas, vws, and nissans that cost 25k-30k and the costs per annum are anything from 6-10k a year. Im sure you could run a V8 Bmw on average miles(esp if LPG if needed)for quite a bit less. The only way anyone can get truely cheap motoring is buying a pre 2002 petrol supermini like a Yaris, I think I worked out the possible costs as less than 2.5k a year all in! Having said that who would want to drive one is another matter.

Op that BM is a stunner inside and out, enjoy it!

unkel

lomb wrote: »

Why not let the saab go and get what you want.

Are you buying? I'll have an F10 M5 so. Can I borrow your fuel card too?

Jimdagym

unkel wrote: »

Are you buying? I'll have an F10 M5 so. Can I borrow your fuel card too?

How does the 9-5 hold up to the e39 unkel?

lomb

unkel wrote: »

Are you buying? I'll have an F10 M5 so. Can I borrow your fuel card too?

Sure stick an lpg kit in it and your good to go:cool: Wouldnt touch a post 03 M5 , too unreliable for my liking.

Big Nasty

lomb wrote: »

Why not let the saab go and get what you want. Motoring costs are a crapshoot anyway you look at it. Theres folks out there in brand new humdrum skodas, vws, and nissans that cost 25k-30k and the costs per annum are anything from 6-10k a year. Im sure you could run a V8 Bmw on average miles(esp if LPG if needed)for quite a bit less. The only way anyone can get truely cheap motoring is buying a pre 2002 petrol supermini like a Yaris, I think I worked out the possible costs as less than 2.5k a year all in! Having said that who would want to drive one is another matter.

Op that BM is a stunner inside and out, enjoy it!

Only reason I let my 735 go was the tax. If motor tax was abolished and put on fuel I would have gladly kept it and probably bought something else too for cq. €1800 that would be the price of a years tax! :mad:

unkel

Jimdagym wrote: »

How does the 9-5 hold up to the e39 unkel?

The 9-5 is a lot of things. Cheap, big, comfy, safe, well built, well specced, decent (mid range) performance for a 2l car. Did I mention it was very cheap?

A drivers car it isn't though...

And the E39 is the best driving saloon of its generation. A car so accomplished, it left all competition for dead back in the 90s. Even more so than the E34 had done in the 80s. This is true even for the base model I owned, a 2l 520i manual. Only 150BHP (that's about half of what I really want in a car ), but if you keep the revs up the car handles and performs remarkably well

Big Nasty

01-03 Facelift 520 Sports are asking 2-3k at the moment. I know the 2.2 burns a bit of oil but that's still small beans for a damn smart car. Puts out similar power to the pre-facelift 523 too!

unkel

MCMLXXV wrote: »

01-03 Facelift 520 Sports are asking 2-3k at the moment.

They're asking too much

Saw an '04 E60 520 asking 3k the other day...

Jimdagym

unkel wrote: »

The 9-5 is a lot of things. Cheap, big, comfy, safe, well built, well specced, decent (mid range) performance for a 2l car. Did I mention it was very cheap?

A drivers car it isn't though...

And the E39 is the best driving saloon of its generation. A car so accomplished, it left all competition for dead back in the 90s. Even more so than the E34 had done in the 80s. This is true even for the base model I owned, a 2l 520i manual. Only 150BHP (that's about half of what I really want in a car ), but if you keep the revs up the car handles and performs remarkably well

Cheers, I love my 9-5, but an e39 is an itch I have always wanted to scratch. Even more so a 525/530i. Maybe next bangernomics.

Big Nasty

unkel wrote: »

They're asking too much

Saw an '04 E60 520 asking 3k the other day...

Don't like 'em - give me an E39 any day.