Upgrading the old E46 to a .......

[krishaldo]

After 5 years of owning a 2000 325ci, I'm looking to get a newer car. The idea being that I turn the old car into a track day beast and blast it until it dies.

My question is about the new car.

I'm looking at a 2010 BMW 318d face lift model. Bit boring but will get the thrills from the old car (that's the plan anyway!!).

It's got 100k miles though. Is that high?

I know the 6 pots last forever (mine has 215k miles on it) but wondered what the diesels were like?

I've heard that whilst you save on fuel, when something goes wrong it costs a lot more.

Advice appreciated.

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[bennno2005]

On 1/29/2016 at 19:34, krishaldo said:

After 5 years of owning a 2000 325ci, I'm looking to get a newer car. The idea being that I turn the old car into a track day beast and blast it until it dies.

My question is about the new car.

I'm looking at a 2010 BMW 318d face lift model. Bit boring but will get the thrills from the old car (that's the plan anyway!!).

It's got 100k miles though. Is that high?

I know the 6 pots last forever (mine has 215k miles on it) but wondered what the diesels were like?

I've heard that whilst you save on fuel, when something goes wrong it costs a lot more.

Advice appreciated.

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If you're doing big miles its worth going diesel. Any less than 15k a year and I probably wouldn't bother, due to the common faults and cost of repairing.

Wouldn't worry about mileage too much though 100k on a 5 year old cars implies its done 20k a year so probably spent a lot of it on the motorway.

Wouldn't fancy a car (especially derv) with low mileage as its likely been used on short trips with a cold engine (something that diesels with DPF's and EGR's really dont like!)

Buy on condition / history rather than mileage is my advice.

Edited February 1, 2016 by bennno2005