Goodbye 5 Series Forum
07-06-2011, 11:10 AM
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Hi all,
After almost 12 years of BMW driving it comes the time for a change. Not because I do not like BMWs anymore but due to a simple calculation. It's more than two months that I am looking and planning to buy a new F10/F11 but to make the car as per my wishes (535xi M sport with some basic features) no matter what I would to spend more than ?70.000. Definitely too much for a 5 series (IMO this time it is overpriced)considering that you can easily find a 7 series with quite low millage for much lower price. However as I do not need such big car as a 7 and I am a bit sorry to spend such money for a 5 (I am rather saving some more money for a bigger apartment or invest in some other real estates like parking places). Thus I start looking around for a good alternative and found a 2010 Audi A6 sedan 3.0 TFSI Quattro, S line in and out with almost all the features I would buy myself, with 13.000 km on the clock for ?35.000.
So after almost one month of thinking I decided to go with it and I will most probably come back to BMW when the F10/F11 LCI will be available in about three years time.
I will, however, follow the forum as my heart will always beat for the BMW's.
Goodbye for now,
///Marco.it
After almost 12 years of BMW driving it comes the time for a change. Not because I do not like BMWs anymore but due to a simple calculation. It's more than two months that I am looking and planning to buy a new F10/F11 but to make the car as per my wishes (535xi M sport with some basic features) no matter what I would to spend more than ?70.000. Definitely too much for a 5 series (IMO this time it is overpriced)considering that you can easily find a 7 series with quite low millage for much lower price. However as I do not need such big car as a 7 and I am a bit sorry to spend such money for a 5 (I am rather saving some more money for a bigger apartment or invest in some other real estates like parking places). Thus I start looking around for a good alternative and found a 2010 Audi A6 sedan 3.0 TFSI Quattro, S line in and out with almost all the features I would buy myself, with 13.000 km on the clock for ?35.000.
So after almost one month of thinking I decided to go with it and I will most probably come back to BMW when the F10/F11 LCI will be available in about three years time.
I will, however, follow the forum as my heart will always beat for the BMW's.
Goodbye for now,
///Marco.it
07-06-2011, 12:01 PM
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07-06-2011, 12:25 PM
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07-06-2011, 09:39 PM
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