Brown as fuck: 2001 BMW X5 3.0 - Exxon5!

[Kiltox]

I also can’t believe how much a new X5 costs having just looked at the configurator. I could spend £80k easily. 

[cort16]

The x3 is the size of the original x5 now although i bet that goes up to 50 grandiose

[Hawkeyethenoo]

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.

[Kiltox]

5 minutes ago, cort16 said:

The x3 is the size of the original x5 now although i bet that goes up to 50 grandiose

[cort16]

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

[Kiltox]

Fuck me. 

How do people with ordinary jobs and ordinary houses afford these cars? 

[Split_Pin]

They don't. Plus their houses might look nice on the outside but are badly maintained hovels when you look closer. No kidding.

[Kiltox]

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. 

[cort16]

Nobody must actually buy them with cash at that money, more  likely 900  a month on a lease or PCP for that M one.

[Kiltox]

That’s more than my mortgage and I live in the South West. That would give me heart palpitations. 

[cort16]

Just checked and at 10k a year 3+36 that  X3M is 736 a month.

That's significantly more than my mortgage.

[Kiltox]

Guess brown beauty is staying for a while  

[Split_Pin]

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).

[SiC]

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. 

[Liggle]

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

[Stroller133]

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. 

[cort16]

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

 

[Agila]

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.

[Stroller133]

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. 

[Kiltox]

Someone walked into a BMW main dealer in 2001 and paid £43k for a brown X5 with brown interior - why does anyone do anything?  

[stripped fred]

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...

[95 quid Peugeot]

15 minutes ago, stripped fred said:

Definitely worth buying this car  when they have massively depreciated and then take the risk of something going drastically wrong. That's the autoshite way...

That particular X5 is argumently one of the nicest cars I've driven, and sadly I like the colour internal and external,

[hennabm]

4 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Someone walked into a BMW main dealer in 2001 and paid £43k for a brown X5 with brown interior - why does anyone do anything?  

Similar for mine. Someone back in mid 2002 went in and ordered a mint green X5 with pale green leather interior and coughed around £43k. Just why would you choose that combo?

 

Oh and ticked the poverty spec petrol engine - being the 3l straight 6 instead of the real beast of the V8 or the economic diesel.

[Kiltox]

Been getting quotes for a windscreen for this. It’s really badly swirled and scratched - has a few minor chips outside of the swept area and just generally shows its age and a life of going through automatic car washes too often / having worn out wipers drag across it. 
 

Autoglass want £430 

Independent place was surprised the best they could do was £360 - they expected to be able to beat them by a lot more than that!

[Jazoli]

1 hour ago, Kiltox said:

Been getting quotes for a windscreen for this. It’s really badly swirled and scratched - has a few minor chips outside of the swept area and just generally shows its age and a life of going through automatic car washes too often / having worn out wipers drag across it. 
 

Autoglass want £430 

Independent place was surprised the best they could do was £360 - they expected to be able to beat them by a lot more than that!

What's your insurance excess for windscreens? a hammer is quite effective at simulating a rock thrown up by a quarry wagon

[Kiltox]

Cant go down that route sadly 

[hennabm]

I had a small crack in the middle of the screen and asked the insurance to do it. Unfortunately Autoglass cracked it even more when attempting a repair. So I had to pay £140 for a new screen. I'm sure yours, like mine will have the light and rain sensor in it behind where the mirror sits. I you don't want these to work I'm sure a base spec screen should be cheaper, if they do such a thing.

[Kiltox]

Does your car have auto lights?

Mine has auto wipers so obviously has the rain sensor but doesn’t have auto lights which confused the windscreen place I spoke to. 

[hennabm]

It does but thankfully the switch allows me to turn them off. The light switch turned to the left gives auto function. Turned to the right gives the standard side and then head lights.

[Kiltox]

I wonder if I can retrofit them by having a sensor fitted with the new screen and changing the switch - wonder if the wiring is in place