Originally Posted by dejongj' post='586424' date='May 22 2008, 10:33 PM

Thanks for all the replies guys/girls....It will be negotiation time soon and see what deal I can get....

I wish you guys stop talking about upping the engine, ideally I want a 535d and I can afford a 535d, and it is greener than a lot of other cars in that class of engine....But I want to do this one with my mind, and lets face it the car will be mainly driven by my wife on the school run except for some of the weekend...And having driven the 520d it is impressively fast compared to a lot of other vehicles we looked at....

Anyway thanks again...

Originally Posted by dejongj' post='592211' date='May 31 2008, 02:53 PM

Just came back from a BMW Dealer in Milton Keynes (UK), he wouldn't budge from a 5% discount which is not good enough compared to a new model in 1 years time'ish and the 11% obtainable on a 6 or 7....But even more shockingly they only offered me ?8750 trade in for my Murano which means it would only have retained 27% of its value after 3 years....I guess it is the wrong time to make any deals, hence I walked out....

Originally Posted by dejongj' post='592211' date='May 31 2008, 01:53 PM

Just came back from a BMW Dealer in Milton Keynes (UK), he wouldn't budge from a 5% discount which is not good enough compared to a new model in 1 years time'ish and the 11% obtainable on a 6 or 7....But even more shockingly they only offered me ?8750 trade in for my Murano which means it would only have retained 27% of its value after 3 years....I guess it is the wrong time to make any deals, hence I walked out....