Thanks. I had kind of discounted the diesels as I thought they would lead to big repair bills when I dont do long runs, but now I just found a decent 520d diesel auto leather with sat nav (widescreen) for same as a 525i. It's for sale in the wilds of the Nass road, but with a long time dealer. 100k miles

Ideally I was looking for a 2007 manual N52 523 or 525. Even with 1080 tax.

I test drove a 2008 525i and absolutely loved it. But afraid of injectors/coils issue in N53 engine

Not from Hilltown. A few of us around. :-)