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opinions on these two bmws?

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  • #2
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,903 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    megamiles and over priced second one. "all extras you can think of" ok how about sat nav and electric sport seats? :P


  • #3
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    megamiles and over priced second one. "all extras you can think of" ok how about sat nav and electric sport seats? :P

    Yeah, mad money.


    OP, they are both the same engine, so reliability should be the same in terms of likely things to go wrong on both. It all comes down to how each was maintained and the general condition of the cars as they stand.


  • #4
    BeatBoxing Blowfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭BeatBoxing Blowfish


    You'd get a 320d for the price of the second one!


  • #5
    duffman3833
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭duffman3833


    see has it service history and give the car a good test drive, get it up to temp. look on bmw forums and see whats a common fault and question seller did he have this issue already and ask what was done on car in past so you have a good idea what was replaced


  • #6
    landmarkjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 705 ✭✭✭landmarkjohn


    I would go for the first one (G reg) over the M Sport.

    Price more realistic. Nicer less common colour. Wheels are: less common, more comfortable, cheaper tyres.

    If you do buy get yourself a spare coil from Mister-Auto.ie for €13 and keep it in the boot.

    We have a 06 318i, 129BHP, good car let down bit by unreliable coils (all four failed at different times, in hindsight should have replaced all four together)... that said I would imagine they have been replaced at those mileages.


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  • #7
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    I'd have neither of them being honest:

    The first one is a basic ES model which doesn't have many toys.
    The second one is a higher spec M Sport but overpriced given the mileage on it.

    If I were in the market for a car like that then I'd consider something like below, granted it's not rwd but the Accord is still very nice to drive and less likely to give trouble. Decent bit of poke in them too with 155bhp.

    http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/Honda/Accord/2.0-TYPE/201114398987604160/


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