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05-01-2007, 03:47 AM
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My Ride: All on order and should be here by 28th September 2007
Please help me!!!!
It is time to kick my old company car into touch and get a new machine and I really fancy a 5 series.
My dilemma is this, I have obtained quotes for a 520d M Sport (Carbon Black, Advanced Air Con, Vis. Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and a 525d M Sport (Visibility Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and the cost per month differs by approx ?80..
My budget allows for the 525d but only with a couple of options whereas I could get the 520d and add extra toys like leather, better stereo and bigger wheels
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What would you guys do?
It is time to kick my old company car into touch and get a new machine and I really fancy a 5 series.
My dilemma is this, I have obtained quotes for a 520d M Sport (Carbon Black, Advanced Air Con, Vis. Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and a 525d M Sport (Visibility Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and the cost per month differs by approx ?80..
My budget allows for the 525d but only with a couple of options whereas I could get the 520d and add extra toys like leather, better stereo and bigger wheels
.What would you guys do?
05-01-2007, 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by idgam' post='419748' date='May 1 2007, 06:47 AM
Please help me!!!!
It is time to kick my old company car into touch and get a new machine and I really fancy a 5 series.
My dilemma is this, I have obtained quotes for a 520d M Sport (Carbon Black, Advanced Air Con, Vis. Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and a 525d M Sport (Visibility Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and the cost per month differs by approx ?80..
My budget allows for the 525d but only with a couple of options whereas I could get the 520d and add extra toys like leather, better stereo and bigger wheels.
What would you guys do?
It is time to kick my old company car into touch and get a new machine and I really fancy a 5 series.
My dilemma is this, I have obtained quotes for a 520d M Sport (Carbon Black, Advanced Air Con, Vis. Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and a 525d M Sport (Visibility Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and the cost per month differs by approx ?80..
My budget allows for the 525d but only with a couple of options whereas I could get the 520d and add extra toys like leather, better stereo and bigger wheels
.What would you guys do?
05-01-2007, 04:00 AM
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I would probably go for more toys. Sure, engine is important but I'd probably take a better interior environment over a hike in power. If I were buying an out and out sports car then my answer would be different.
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Originally Posted by BlackCat' post='419754' date='May 1 2007, 02:00 PM
I would probably go for more toys. Sure, engine is important but I'd probably take a better interior environment over a hike in power. If I were buying an out and out sports car then my answer would be different.
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And if you are really not convinced you still can get a chip that can even overwhelm the 525d...
You're choice but i should know...
05-01-2007, 04:50 AM
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Originally Posted by idgam' post='419748' date='May 1 2007, 12:47 PM
Please help me!!!!
It is time to kick my old company car into touch and get a new machine and I really fancy a 5 series.
My dilemma is this, I have obtained quotes for a 520d M Sport (Carbon Black, Advanced Air Con, Vis. Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and a 525d M Sport (Visibility Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and the cost per month differs by approx ?80..
My budget allows for the 525d but only with a couple of options whereas I could get the 520d and add extra toys like leather, better stereo and bigger wheels.
What would you guys do?
It is time to kick my old company car into touch and get a new machine and I really fancy a 5 series.
My dilemma is this, I have obtained quotes for a 520d M Sport (Carbon Black, Advanced Air Con, Vis. Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and a 525d M Sport (Visibility Pack, Load through system and interior light pack) and the cost per month differs by approx ?80..
My budget allows for the 525d but only with a couple of options whereas I could get the 520d and add extra toys like leather, better stereo and bigger wheels
.What would you guys do?
Have you considered the Co2 figures in your ?80 month difference?.., I had the same dilema last month and opted for the 520d SE with toys rather than the bigger engine. the 520d is 158mg which rounds down to 155 for tax purposes. I hate giving anything to the tax man.
05-01-2007, 04:55 AM
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2006 - E60 525xi - Carbon black -- ///M-kit
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Originally Posted by wired' post='419765' date='May 1 2007, 02:50 PM
Have you considered the Co2 figures in your ?80 month difference?.., I had the same dilema last month and opted for the 520d SE with toys rather than the bigger engine. the 520d is 158mg which rounds down to 155 for tax purposes. I hate giving anything to the tax man.
05-01-2007, 05:12 AM
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Options make or break a car. Sure the engine is nice, but with the amount of cars on the road these days not to mention police camera vans , who really gets to open the car up.
Sitting in traffic a well spec'd 520d is a nicer place to be than a 525d
Sitting in traffic a well spec'd 520d is a nicer place to be than a 525d
05-01-2007, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by fuzzer' post='419769' date='May 1 2007, 08:12 AM
Options make or break a car. Sure the engine is nice, but with the amount of cars on the road these days not to mention police camera vans , who really gets to open the car up.
Sitting in traffic a well spec'd 520d is a nicer place to be than a 525d
Sitting in traffic a well spec'd 520d is a nicer place to be than a 525d
As for one of the previous comments by fellow contributor 'BMW ///M 525xi' that a chipped 520d will overwhelm a 525d - a chipped 525d will blow any 520d into the weeds!
I still say go for the bigger engine - if you want options over having a real driver's car then go buy a Volvo!
05-01-2007, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike O' post='419802' date='May 1 2007, 03:56 PM
if you want options over having a real driver's car then go buy a Volvo!
Most cars are compromises, but clearly part of the attraction of the E60 is its driver focused nature. I just happen to want my car to be a nice place to be for those occasions where I'm on the motorway or stuck in traffic. If I had a commute across country lanes then my answer would be different. Or my car would...
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05-01-2007, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike O' post='419802' date='May 1 2007, 03:56 PM
Obviously I'm the exception in buying a BMW because it's a driver's car as opposed to buying a mobile lounge.
Why buy an auto then dude?
I thought a real drivers car had to be a manual or an SMG? Sounds like youve gone down the road of the old man mobile lounge a bit yourself ...