rantingYoof Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 One of those is a primed grenede and the other is an ancient X5. Kiltox, stonedagain and NorfolkNWeigh 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Spotted earlier today. Brown with beige interior Split_Pin, Kiltox, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 There does seem to be the odd gem of an E53 colour combo around. I still think I win though 210 mile round trip today - faultless. Coolant level seems to be stable for now ?. Didnt reset the trip before I left so not sure on consumption (shows 20.9 average, up from 20.1 when I left) but the range was at 400 miles when I left with a full tank and it’s now on 398 on my return! dome, Cheggers and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Oh and I really could do with sorting out the faulty PDC - it’s a bastard to park in tight spots! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Theres a hellrot red one in at may local garage just now dont think I've seen another red one. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 It’s so sad that you can’t seem to buy them in colours any more - the spec list for a new one is depressing. Is BMW Individual still a thing? Not that I have the £60k for a new X5 never mind the extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I think it is I bet it's expensive through. Porsche used to do that paint to sample that cost a fortune but it made some great looking cars. I think they stopped it as it was a fucking nightmare on a production line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 The only colour you can buy a new X5 in (ie not monochrome) is doom blue. Sad stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Never look out across a Supermarket car park, the pallet is quite depressing. Kiltox and Hawkeyethenoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 I also can’t believe how much a new X5 costs having just looked at the configurator. I could spend £80k easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 The x3 is the size of the original x5 now although i bet that goes up to 50 grandiose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeyethenoo Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Kiltox said: I also can’t believe how much a new X5 costs having just looked at the configurator. I could spend £80k easily. That would buy a lot of L322s. rantingYoof and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, cort16 said: The x3 is the size of the original x5 now although i bet that goes up to 50 grandiose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 x3m is 80 grand! https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/all-models/m-models/x3-m-competition/2019/inspire.html?tl=sea-gl-{CampaignName}-mix-miy-.-sech-{AdGroupName}-.e-bmw x3m-.-&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5q_V8aKy6wIVWeDtCh1OnQiWEAAYASAAEgJuwfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Fuck me. How do people with ordinary jobs and ordinary houses afford these cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 They don't. Plus their houses might look nice on the outside but are badly maintained hovels when you look closer. No kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 I’m not trying to get all finance bashing here but the payments on a £60k car would be what? £600 a month? I was paying £389 for my 3 series on 5 year HP and that was a used ex rental example. Frightening stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Nobody must actually buy them with cash at that money, more likely 900 a month on a lease or PCP for that M one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 That’s more than my mortgage and I live in the South West. That would give me heart palpitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Just checked and at 10k a year 3+36 that X3M is 736 a month. That's significantly more than my mortgage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Guess brown beauty is staying for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I guess some folk just have different priorities. I get stuff done to the house every year to keep it good but my newest car is 13 years old, other folks in the street have new A6s and X3s but their houses have water ingress, missing slates and all original fixtures and fittings ( I always have a nosey online when a house near me comes up for sale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I guess the type of buyer is someone middle aged, bought their house cheap and mortgage paid off. Parents elderly so need to have a "high car". Still want something "sporty" so M badged. With the mortgage gone, having an equivalent mortgage payment going out isn't as much a big thing. rantingYoof and Kiltox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liggle Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 10 hours ago, Split_Pin said: I get stuff done to the house every year to keep it good but my newest car is 13 years old, other folks in the street have new A6s and X3s but their houses have water ingress, missing slates and all original fixtures and fittings ( I always have a nosey online when a house near me comes up for sale). I went to look at a V70 for sale the other day, trader based at home on a nice street but his house was falling apart with rotten wooden windows and doors, rubbish laying around etc. Yet on the drive he had 2x Bentleys, 2x ML Mercs and 2x BMW's... he "specialises in used Bentleys and supplying new cars to rich contacts because his gets 4%" apparently. Like you say... priorities, he was probably asset rich and cash poor with that kind of stock Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroller133 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 13 hours ago, cort16 said: Just checked and at 10k a year 3+36 that X3M is 736 a month. That's significantly more than my mortgage. Seems cheap* to me. 39x£736 is £28704. If you bought one cash for £80k would you expect to get £51.2k for it at 3 years old? If not the Lease seems a cheaper all round option. I suspect the excess mileages will be about a £1 per mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I think you'd get more 35 or 40 for plus the market for cars like this is unpredictable with the changes in legislation around congestion charging and road fund license. . Leasing is the way to go if you want something like this. Here's a BMW garage selling one brand new for £66,000 with nearly 16 grand off. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/new/202007231598071 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 13 hours ago, cort16 said: Just checked and at 10k a year 3+36 that X3M is 736 a month. That's significantly more than my mortgage. 8 minutes ago, Stroller133 said: Seems cheap* to me. 39x£736 is £28704. If you bought one cash for £80k would you expect to get £51.2k for it at 3 years old? If not the Lease seems a cheaper all round option. I suspect the excess mileages will be about a £1 per mile. I've downloaded the figures £769 is at 47 months and a very juicy deposit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroller133 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 I'm not wishing to take part in the PCP bashing that takes place on here, but I'm struggling to understand who would buy this car? To have this as a company car with fuel it would cost £15k:yr in tax - it would actually be no more expensive to lease it at your own expense! A Volvo XC90 hybrid with a list price of £74k would only cost £5k. So it seems almost anyone having this car is spending at least a grand a month of their own money. Whether co car tax, lease costs, or depreciation if buying in cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Someone walked into a BMW main dealer in 2001 and paid £43k for a brown X5 with brown interior - why does anyone do anything? rantingYoof, stripped fred, hennabm and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripped fred Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Definitely worth buying these type of cars when they have massively depreciated and then take the risk of something going drastically wrong. That's the autoshite way... Hawkeyethenoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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