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We all move on at some point, get some help from our members on what to buy next. Usually a monster V8 or second hand Lambo will suffice but usually the three letters M P S will be muttered......standard!
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By ben-111
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thinking of one of these, test drive my sisters 116i 2.0 diesel yesterday and liked it,
My budget will be 9-10k

Im swaying towards a diesel :bumsmack:

Bit picky though as I want

-preferably white, if not black
-below 50k
- not too old


Also my sisters has built in sat nav, I've seen some for sale like this one have a cut out on the dash, is that a sat nav screen that folds out it is it some sort of storage?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/321322550271


Another question is whats the depreciation like on these compared to fn2's?
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By ben-111
#3738311
Driven a 120d m sport yesterday and decide to focus on one if them, will obviously have to up my budget so now it's an absolute max of 13k
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By banksy101
#3738320
Nice cars these, specially white with the diffuser, also it needs the right looking wheels to set it off

driven a 118d so can't comment on the 120d

you should be able to pickup a nice example for your budget, what year are you looking at?
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By ben-111
#3738321
no older than 2009 really, will. Probaly end up with a 2010, just looking for the right one, I know these are good for high mileage but I don't want to be stuck with a 100k mileage car when I come to sell so ideally want as less miles as I can, don't want full leather either which a lot seem to be!

Yeah has to be white and all the m sports I've seen come with the diffuser
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By reym
#3738398
ben-111 wrote:no older than 2009 really, will. Probaly end up with a 2010, just looking for the right one, I know these are good for high mileage but I don't want to be stuck with a 100k mileage car when I come to sell so ideally want as less miles as I can, don't want full leather either which a lot seem to be!

Yeah has to be white and all the m sports I've seen come with the diffuser
I'd get the full leather, the cloth/sensatec seats split after a while. Pretty common problem.

The one in the link in your first post has the storage pack, which means that it's a storage bin. You can retrofit sat nav, but it's pretty costly.
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By ben-111
#3738432
I truly hate leather when it starts to say though! I don't mind the look of the half leather so.

Ah I see thanks

Also did the timing chain issues stop at a certain year? I'm looking at 2010/11's
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By reym
#3738439
From what I know of it, it's applies to all E8* N47 engines, but, for everyone that's failed, there's many that haven't!
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By ben-111
#3738455
i see, well I expect to have one in the next few weeks so enjoy it while it lasts :salut:
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By *nub*
#3738459
are you trading your champ white for this? have you had a kid or something? why the change to a diesel?

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