Need something a bit more capacious as the S3 just isn't cutting it. Whilst I can fit my e-bike in the back of it it's a squeeze and I'm going to ruin the interior long term. As it's an S3 it's not type approved for a tow bar and I don't like roof mount carriers. As trade in prices are hilarious right now I'll keep the S3 for a while until I can get around to private sell it.
I've been looking on the usual sale sites for the last few weeks to find myself a decent sized BMW estate. Looked at the usual candidates 3 and 5 series Touring, X3 and X5 all adequate size wise to fit my eBike in the back of comfortably. A localish trader had a couple of Touring's in plus an outsider choice which I thought I'd at least have a look at. The touring was nice except for the gash in the drivers door and swimming pool in the boot
. The outsider was a 520d M Sport Gran Tourismo and that won me over on the test drive and decision was made. Not this particular one, it was overpriced for the condition and the salesman thought he was selling gold bars and I walked away.
The golden rule is to always walk away because there's probably something better out there! As it happens, there was and it was and it was £4.2k cheaper - it was 2 years older, 30k more miles, identical spec but with the 30d engine. Waiting to pick it up on Saturday but here are some sneak pics - 2012 530d M Sport GT. Yes, I know it's not one of the best looking BMW's out there and pretty much the definition of car marmite - but I actually quite like it having actually seen it in the flesh and driven it. Still don't understand why they split the tailgate but it is what it is. Few marks on the body work inline with it being 12 years old but the interior is mint! One more sleep till collection, can't wait to pop it on the ramp and see how many bits I'll need to replace
The spec is insane for the money - M Sport, 20" alloys (245/40/20 front and 275/35/20 rears), 8spd DCT auto, Pro Nav, reversing camera, heated memory seats & steering column, tilt/slide panoramic roof, cruise control, Bluetooth, power mirrors, power split fold tail gate.
I've been looking on the usual sale sites for the last few weeks to find myself a decent sized BMW estate. Looked at the usual candidates 3 and 5 series Touring, X3 and X5 all adequate size wise to fit my eBike in the back of comfortably. A localish trader had a couple of Touring's in plus an outsider choice which I thought I'd at least have a look at. The touring was nice except for the gash in the drivers door and swimming pool in the boot
. The outsider was a 520d M Sport Gran Tourismo and that won me over on the test drive and decision was made. Not this particular one, it was overpriced for the condition and the salesman thought he was selling gold bars and I walked away.The golden rule is to always walk away because there's probably something better out there! As it happens, there was and it was and it was £4.2k cheaper - it was 2 years older, 30k more miles, identical spec but with the 30d engine. Waiting to pick it up on Saturday but here are some sneak pics - 2012 530d M Sport GT. Yes, I know it's not one of the best looking BMW's out there and pretty much the definition of car marmite - but I actually quite like it having actually seen it in the flesh and driven it. Still don't understand why they split the tailgate but it is what it is. Few marks on the body work inline with it being 12 years old but the interior is mint! One more sleep till collection, can't wait to pop it on the ramp and see how many bits I'll need to replace
The spec is insane for the money - M Sport, 20" alloys (245/40/20 front and 275/35/20 rears), 8spd DCT auto, Pro Nav, reversing camera, heated memory seats & steering column, tilt/slide panoramic roof, cruise control, Bluetooth, power mirrors, power split fold tail gate.
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