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    Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    Hi folks, a family member is looking for a car, all those years of burning his ears off about BMWs must've paid off as much to my surprise he asked me if I knew of any diesel 5 series going.

    The requirements:
    Diesel - 525 or up to avoid timing chain issues
    08 up - for co2 tax
    As low a mileage as he can get, but definitely has to be low mileage
    Sport model

    He will spend up to 15k - now I know nothing about e60 prices is that realistic or is it eh ...a bit ambitious?

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    Have been looking for the exact same thing really for similar money..low miles is a must.

    The more I look around, the better an 08 Jag XF 2.7 diesel looks

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    The xf is a stunning looking machine id love a petrol one but if you look on the uk forums you will find plenty of guys who left bmw to move to the xf and ended up coming back to the 5 series , its a fine looking car but just not in the same league

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    Your going to have trouble finding one here 98% of late e60's are 2.0 diesels

    Although i did come across this its the only one but slightly over budget

    Probably uk and bring home a 530d would be the best bet

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/5-Series/525D-M-S/201424224604026/advert?channel=CARS

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    That looks pretty nice man!

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    Still looking if anybody knows of anything

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    Be prepared to sift through an awful lot of E60 crap for sale - petrol & diesel. I've given up on finding one for herself, and I looked high and low for over a month. I'm afraid that its become a model that has fallen into the wrong hands, with very poor maintainence/history. An 08 low miler diesel sport (which Ireland and it's granny wants) are over priced. If I was to go looking again, I'd be waiting on a known 'forum' model to get advertised to save the time wasted / head wrecking searching.

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    Quote Originally Posted by ciars
    Be prepared to sift through an awful lot of E60 crap for sale - petrol & diesel. I've given up on finding one for herself, and I looked high and low for over a month. I'm afraid that its become a model that has fallen into the wrong hands, with very poor maintainence/history. An 08 low miler diesel sport (which Ireland and it's granny wants) are over priced. If I was to go looking again, I'd be waiting on a known 'forum' model to get advertised to save the time wasted / head wrecking searching.
    That's exactly what I'm hoping for

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    The timing chains are a fault with the 6 cylinders too...

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    RE: Diesel E60 sport - 15k to spend

    Quote Originally Posted by Smokey Bear
    The timing chains are a fault with the 6 cylinders too...
    That's right I remember seeing Valdas' threads on it..

    Feck it I'll tell him to buy an A6 instead... That's what he wanted to buy anyway

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