bmw 320d

freddie1970

Looking at a lovely 320d today ...think I might buy tmor..it's a 2006 with cream seats and walnut surround dash ...getting it from dealer at 8,000 with 90,000 miles what do u think

bazz26

Very low mileage for an 8 year old diesel car. Does it have any verifiable service history to back up the low mileage? Has a mechanic inspected it?

freddie1970

well its 95,000 miles yeah its low..there is only service history until sep 2010..im thinking off bringing it to carsireland car check tomorrow

bazz26

Might be worth bringing it to a BMW independent garage or main dealer for an inspection. Mileage is stored in 3 places on that model BMW - the digital odometer on the dashboard, the key fob and the car's ECU.

freddie1970

very good would a dealership check it?

bazz26

I'm sure they would but a good BMW indy would be cheaper if one is conveniently local to you.

bazz26

I presume this is the car?

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/BMW/3-Series/....DIESEL,-SE,/48613990420208160/

Car looks very clean but I'd check with the main dealer who serviced it, it might have more history than the service book suggests, just not stamped. 4 year gap in service history is potentially a lot of driving so worth paying someone to plug it into a computer that can scan things on it like mileage, , previous fault codes, etc.

freddie1970

Yeah that's it alright what u think off the price

bazz26

A bit pricey imo. I sold my 2008 model last year for €15k and that was a M Sport with 75k miles, leather seats, Sat Nav, Bluetooth, etc. I'd be looking at closer to €7k for that car.

freddie1970

They are now talking about 7800 cause of low mileage very hard to verify mileage though

freddie1970

Is aa car check any good

bazz26

No idea, never used them. How much are they charging?

moonfish

I rang Frank Keane they said it has full service history and was in for inspection recently with no issues

freddie1970

They are charging 270 bmw recommended them

bazz26

Motorcheck.ie offer an inspection for €199 and includes a full report too afaik.

freddie1970

got the car in the end very happy with it..only problem is there is beige material seats in it that stain very easy ..there is a fella in newcastle seatcover.ie that does synthetic leather in cars for 300 does anyone have any experience of this service

bazz26

You might get a second hand set of genuine leather seats for close to that sort of money. They regularly come up on the likes of ebay or owners forums.

Idbatterim

for E300 Id try and get used genuine leather seats from bmwdrivernet or donedeal... the sport seats ideally...

freddie1970

I looked them up very pricey getting them shipped over from bmw net forum

bazz26

This ad is old but might be worth ringing the seller anyway:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/carparts-for-sale/2009-bmw-3-series-breaking/3923963