Opinions on this car

[JordanLotoski]

Iam thinking about picking up this car this week, its here in calgary, car was brought here from the states, has 127,000km, its been changed to KM (70XXXish miles) has the M sport package, perm package, xenon lights, no accidents, its a very clean car drives so smoothly, breaks are perfect, rubber is 90%.

can anyone give me opinions, i know its a V8 i did look up the gas mileage, cocts about an extra 400 bux a year ove rmy benz in gas.

http://www.canadatrader.com/result/d...4486701&pgno=1

ohhh its a 6 speed too

[AsianCaucasian]

Looks pretty good to me. Pretty fair price for the condition of the car.

[schurchill39]

IMO its not to shabby i like it. But i wouldnt get rid of your benz to get it (unless you have an older benz) But remeber its not us who is going to buy it and who has to live with the choice. Do what you think

[Nalgene]

to me that is quite a bit of money to be spending on a car that has that many kms on it. Then again its a 5 series BMW and im a 19yo with not alot of money.
I would almost recomend going for a 3 series. You would get a newer one with less kms for that price.

[Weapon_R]

Has the cluster been changed over? If so, you have no real indication of the mileage on that car...

[JordanLotoski]

the cluster wasnt changed sorry, they just has the miles changed to KM's still has the MPH speedo ,and ive run a carfax and the mileage has never been tampered with, iam actually getting the car for 23,000...and i just made 4300 on my jetta, so iam actually getting the car for more like 19,000.

iam keeping my benz (2004) my wifes daily driver,.

[Weapon_R]

Its a really good deal. I checked Canadatrader.com and there arent any in that range other than a lower mileage 1998.

[ecstasy_civic]

Go for it man, looks really nice and would look nice next to the black benz

[JordanLotoski]

iam nto 100% sure though...thats why iam looking for opinins, is this a car i could sell in a year fofr say 20k?
and hows the 4.4l V8

[illeagle]

DO IT.. You can't go wrong with BMW. They are supposed to be one of the most reliable cars out there. For me that model isen't really that quick, but then again it's a luxo-car. But once she gets going the thing pulls till you run out of numbers on your speedo.

no i dea on it's resale value

[Nalgene]

have you had it inspected yet?

[JordanLotoski]

the car was just serviced at calgary bmw a month ago, and nothing was found, it needed a new water pump that was replaced, iam calling there tomorrow to get the full details on the car, they guy has no problem with me taking it to calgaryu bmw to get looked at though, but if it was just there iam sure thet would have noted of any problems.

I just got back from looking at a 1997 bmw 740i blue/tan 120km sport package guy wants 25,000 firm

what would u guys get? 540i or 740i?

[SoSlowDx]

i'd get the 540. The 740 is more of an old timers car, to me anyways.

[ecstasy_civic]

It depends I guess.

IMO the 540 is more of a drivers car, being smaller and having a 6speed.

The 740 is more of a cruiser and more accomodating to comfort and features.

If its for your clients i'd say get the 7 Series, more room, if its for your family and how you want to drive it, id say get the 5 Series.

[asp integra]

5 series cars are super nice, i am just wondering about the mileage, seems like quite a bit on a 6 year old car, but thats just me, still a great car though

[JordanLotoski]

the avergae is 24,000 a year

[asp integra]

is it really that much??? that seems like alot

[lastprodigy]

Originally posted by asp integra
is it really that much??? that seems like alot

not really thats around a tank of gas a week (at like ~500 kms a tank)

[E36M3]

Both the 540 and 740 are great cars. The 540 is really cramped in the back seat, so if you are going to be driving clients around, I'd get the 740. I think that the 540 is one of the most rewarding sedans to drive, but the 740 is no slouch either (especially for its size)

The 4.4L V8 is bulletproof.

[JordanLotoski]

whats better on gas?, and resale, say if i wanna sell the car in a year?

if u guys where in my shoes would u get the 740i, 540i, give it another week to see what else comes for sale. or get something from our east?