E39 5 Series or Alternatives

Foxhole Norman

Hey lads, so as a lot of ye probably know, I'm after an E39 5 Series. The one I'm looking at is the following:

http://carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=1062173&r=s.php%3Fm%3D10%26o%3D87%26r%3D2003%26g%3D0

Test drove it last week and loved it. Has almost all of the spec I want bar the Dual Zone Climate Control but I'm not too bothered about that, it still has A/C

It has 138,000 Miles on the clock with a Full Murphy and Gunn/Courtney Motors Service History up to 124,000 miles, it's only missed 1 and that was in the last 14K.

No noises what so ever inside the car but I'm not that mechanical savvy(yet :pac:) and would like to know what I should be looking out for on these?

Budget is around €3,000-€3,500.

The spec I want or as close to is MFSW, Cruise, A/C, Electric Windows all round, Alloys, Leather Steering Wheel, Leather Seats.

Idbatterim

Looks like a cracker of a car! Id get a recommendation from someone here on a BM specialist in Cork and get it checked out prior to purchase... Below is another absolute belter, in Dublin though...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525i-msport/6700690

that one has climate control, also the 189bhp engine 2.5L engine v the 168 bhp in the 2.2L 520...

Foxhole Norman

Idbatterim wrote: »

Looks like a cracker of a car! Id get a recommendation from someone here on a BM specialist in Cork and get it checked out prior to purchase... Below is another absolute belter, in Dublin though...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/bmw-525i-msport/6700690

that one has climate control, also the 189bhp engine 2.5L engine v the 168 bhp in the 2.2L 520...

Yeah myself and Supergurrier have been keeping and eye on that. Not sure if I really want the 2.5 though, I know it's only an extra 100 to tax but I think the 2.2 would do me fine. Only thing is that I would like to try and get one from a dealer for a small bit of piece of mind but I'm not opposed to private sales.

Idbatterim

for the piece of mind, I would strongly advise having it checked by a specialist with a ramp and diagnostic equipment...

Foxhole Norman

Idbatterim wrote: »

for the piece of mind, I would strongly advise having it checked by a specialist with a ramp and diagnostic equipment...

Yeah that's a happening alright . Already have a fellas number so going to sort something out.

MuppetCheck

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Yeah myself and Supergurrier have been keeping and eye on that. Not sure if I really want the 2.5 though, I know it's only an extra 100 to tax but I think the 2.2 would do me fine. Only thing is that I would like to try and get one from a dealer for a small bit of piece of mind but I'm not opposed to private sales.

The warranty you'll get won't be worth much, rarely is from a small indy. I wouldn't dismiss a well checked out private sale tbh.

Foxhole Norman

MuppetCheck wrote: »

The warranty you'll get won't be worth much, rarely is from a small indy. I wouldn't dismiss a well checked out private sale tbh.

Ah I know, problem is that there is feck all M-Sports out there, even private, people seem to want to hang onto them.