vandallist

Hey guys, i have BMW for over 10 years now and I always had a diesel, back from e46, e39 and now I even have an m57 525D e60, BUT overall my pockets are really starting to empty with my e60 diesel. I mean don't get me wrong it was always expensive to keep up with BMW but stuff that dies on me is in 99% related to diesel engines.
Since i am pretty much hooked to BMW brand i wouldn't want to change it but i think its probably a good idea to move from diesel to petrol. However overall online experience there is not very much info on e60's 525i (218hp) mostly people talk about 530i +, but thats out of my budget. Even in my country i can't find lots of them on sale but on German sites i found like 10-20 nicely kept so i wouldn't mind to go over there and buy it.
My questions are, am i making a mistake changing the so-called "bulletproof" engine m57 for oil-thirsty petrol? About fuel consumption i won't ask since i am sure it spends more then diesel but lets be honest even diesel i have spends like 12l city drive so i am not doing any huge sacrifice there. On autodata i read that it takes like 7.5sec ot 100 and that really sounds fast to me since i am driving a car now that takes 8.5sec but people keep saying that 525i is slow and uphill is slow and its not enough power...
Does anyone have some positive/negative experience with these engines maybe even a similar situation like mine ? Thanks!

donpb

People will always have their own differing opinion. Test drive the car and see for yourself.

I'm not sure what you mean by oil thirsty. Whoever told you that, must have had a bad leak. My e60 has never been oil thirsty and it actually has a leak at the oil pan gasket.