E60

[Andy]

Expensive way of getting a car these days.




Regards
Andy

[CitizenKane]

Seems so! Feckin hell.

[james forde]

I haven't looked at diesels in ages, so out of interest I thought I'd work out what it might look like to import something from the UK (in this case a 535d as there are virtually none here).

Based on the cheapest post-2008 one I can find on AT in the colour that I want (here: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-det...us=1500&page=1 ), my calculations are as follows:

Purchase price (in Euro at today's exchange rate): €8,065.23
VRT: €6,436 (NOx charge is €3,550)
VAT @ 23%: €1,855*
Customs Duty @ 10%: €806.50*
*I assume the VAT and Customs Duty are calculated on the purchase price before VRT?
Total: €17,162.73

Is this right? A circa £7k car costs €17k to bring into Ireland?

One way to make you feel violently ill.

[dergside]

Any diesel before Euro 6 (mandated from around Sept 2015, iirc, but some BMW diesels were EU6 compliant earlier - back to F10 530d around the LCI in 2013 being the earliest example I think (or 330d/730d, etc. with Blue-Performance option specified from around 2012) will be fleeced for NOx, so well worth thinking about a petrol as an alternative. In the case of the e60 535d, the CO2 category/rate is the same for a 530i (LCI - N53), with similar power, etc, but NOx on the petrol is a small fraction, so there's a big difference in the on-the-road cost of an import (still a ridiculous final number). It makes it worth considering the real delta cost to running a petrol and how long the extra running costs would be covered by the difference.

Alternatively, if you must go diesel, its worth thinking whether something EU6 compliant and a few years newer may only be marginally more expensive to get on-the-road, e.g. an LCI 530d, or Blue-Performance specified car (535d wasn't EU6 compliant until later, maybe early in 2015, would need to dig a little to remind and confirm the precise timing).

[CitizenKane]

Any diesel before Euro 6 (mandated from around Sept 2015, iirc, but some BMW diesels were EU6 compliant earlier - back to F10 530d around the LCI in 2013 being the earliest example I think (or 330d/730d, etc. with Blue-Performance option specified from around 2012) will be fleeced for NOx, so well worth thinking about a petrol as an alternative. In the case of the e60 535d, the CO2 category/rate is the same for a 530i (LCI - N53), with similar power, etc, but NOx on the petrol is a small fraction, so there's a big difference in the on-the-road cost of an import (still a ridiculous final number). It makes it worth considering the real delta cost to running a petrol and how long the extra running costs would be covered by the difference.

Alternatively, if you must go diesel, its worth thinking whether something EU6 compliant and a few years newer may only be marginally more expensive to get on-the-road, e.g. an LCI 530d, or Blue-Performance specified car (535d wasn't EU6 compliant until later, maybe early in 2015, would need to dig a little to remind and confirm the precise timing).

Helpful, thanks. Realistically I will probably just end up going for a four-pot diesel, given the objective is mainly commuting now, so I doubt I'll consider importing. If I could get something with a bit more poke like a 530d or 535d as long as the others boxes are ticked then that would be a bonus, but I'm not hung up on it.

Mind you, I would consider getting a pre-2008 535d and live with the tax if I could find a clean one, but they are like hen's teeth.

[Big H]

Here's a low miler LCI E60 M Sport - you'd want to be quick I'd say....

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sal...miles/30069516

[CitizenKane]

Nice. I'd actually seen that one up a few weeks ago by the same dealer, maybe it's been re-advertised. It does look lovely but I've got my heart set on something Black now so I will hold out

[Dossie01]

I'd take that one above in a heartbeat, love the colour. I bought an 09 carbon black 520 LCI e60 early December. Love it and have spent a right few quid bringing it back to orignal spec.

They are so hard to come by in decent mileage, automatic and good spec ( my deal breaker was heated seats)

Must start a blog, have done so much in such a short time .

Hope something crops up soon, but good ain't cheap!

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[CitizenKane]

I'd take that one above in a heartbeat, love the colour. I bought an 09 carbon black 520 LCI e60 early December. Love it and have spent a right few quid bringing it back to orignal spec.

They are so hard to come by in decent mileage, automatic and good spec ( my deal breaker was heated seats)

Must start a blog, have done so much in such a short time .

Hope something crops up soon, but good ain't cheap!

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Start a thread for it, I'd definitely read it with interest!

[CitizenKane]

Out of interest, that Blue one posted above has road tax of €390 according to the ad, which I've seen on some other ads also. Why is that, I thought all post-July 2008 520d's were at the €270 or €280 band?