balbs

"Why do people spread completely wrong info. Being too lazy to google but not to lazy to type in an answer full of wrong info"



My appologies to the OP. I admit when using my phone I do get lazy and I perhaps just respond too quickly on the phone rather than when I'm in front of my laptop.

Diamond, who the f$@k lit the fuse on your tampon sister?? Man why do people have to be an a$$ behind the keyboard.

FRONJONI

That's it. This pic has me laughing right now. Love it.

Diamond

225 obviously is what I meant. There is abig diff between a typo as I just did v. giving completely wrong information like 270 hp in a 530.

FRONJONI

There's also a big difference between someone who is well informed, and a smart ass.

skelevirus

Who lit the fuse on your tampon!! hahahaha fvckin classic

socale39

Back on subject....I haven't had any troubles with my 04 model. I will be taking it in for an oil change and a recall but thats it! Since the car wa bought by the previous owner, my car hasn't seen anything outside regular maintenance. I will say though, I have the service records pulled every time I look at a car. Service records will tell you a lot.

Howitzer

Apparently the 2004 model 530i's were some of the best because of the M54B30 engine and its the reason I went with it and not the faster V8 545 that was supposedly plagued with issues.

Diamond

Actually in 2003/2004 when the e60 came out nobody had a single concern about the 545 engine. The minor issues it had in the 745 had been addressed and only later did problems come out after a couple years. So not likely that you "chose" a 225hp engine over a 325hp engine to due this reason. You could'nt afford it but why lie?

pjinca

Who's to say he's lying? Who pissed in your cereal this morning? Oh, that's right, you have a 2010 M5 with all the options, right? No, you have a 530 like quite a few of us do, get real. Sometimes it's not about cost, I came from an SRT-8 Jeep that was costing me $750/mo in gas so when I went looking for a replacement the last thing I wanted was another V-8, hence the 530. Not to mention getting a great deal on it at the time (bought my car in 2007 with 16k miles on it for $29k, kinda hard to pass up). That was my situation and I don't regret it for a second, at the time I got exactly what I was looking for. That said, the next car will be a V-8 - at least!!!

Diamond

but your story is nothing like saying you got the 225hp model because the 325hp V8 had "too many problems" which is not even a true statement at the point he would have been buying the car. So why compare your situation which is fine if you dont want to spend the gas I hear ya but don't say its because you wanted a more reliable engine as that was not possible to know at that point