16 years in BMW 520d's .... need to jump (or being pushed!) to 530e

anthonymacd

@CivilEx - Glad to see you getting on well with the new Ioniq. Remember your comments from last year on the 520d. Agree there are multiple ways to approach high mileage .. its a matter of how organised you would like to be!

CivilEx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121983837#Comment_121983837

I always treated my 520d's over the years as workhorses, fantastic cars, really comfortable doing big milage and 100% reliable. The only downside for me was that it was always hard to get in and out of a BMW dealer without spending €500+ on something, even if the service interval was only every 25,000km. I'm not missing that side of it too much!

The only one that I could say though that I had a higher than average residual value though was the last one I had which I traded against the Ioniq 6. I'll admit that I got lucky last October when I did my deal, catching the tail end of the high residuals and where my car had lower than average milage because of the pandemic.

If you are someone doing "average" milage then yes, I'd agree, the 520d's held their value. If like me though you put up to 90,000km on a car over a 3 year ownership cycle, dealers weren't always biting your hand off to take it as a trade in and that was reflected in the price.

I have literally no idea what the Ioniq 6 will be worth in 2.5 years time when I trade up again, but I'm managing my expectations in that space. By then, I will have built up about a €6,000 difference in fuel & maintenance between the 520d and the I6 to give me a small cushion. At the moment the depreciation on BEV's is certainly very high, but I'll ride it out as I expect it will settle down as that market matures over that timeframe.

Buddy Bubs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121990690#Comment_121990690

I'd expect it to settle at some stage this year. The values I'm familiar with from reading here are the VW ID cars, their depreciation from 2022 and 2023 prices are very steep, but they were overpriced then. The value of a 2 year old one against prices of a new one today are reasonable.

Idbatterim

My mate went from a e60 530d to an f10 530e and way prefered the 6 cylinder diesel

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121990808#Comment_121990808

G30?

CivilEx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121990834#Comment_121990834

It was G30 in the 520d in recent years anyway. F10 was one of the earlier versions of 520d I had. I'm trying to remember if it was the the F10 that I had the problems with the timing chain, literally one month outside the 3 year warranty. I'm not missing that stress...

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121991220#Comment_121991220

I was questioning the other posters F10 530e. I don’t believe there was one. G30 was the first one.

ELM327

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121991336#Comment_121991336

correct, there was no F10 530e. The only hybrid in the F10 was the "active hybrid" 535i

Idbatterim

Sorry, its a 2018 g30

JorgeL

On a side note, do any 530e owners still run on run flat tyres?

and get services with BMW dealer?

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122654836#Comment_122654836

I do on one as it’s a lady driver 90% of the time. Don’t want any hassle if it goes flat on the side of a motorway. Plug kit and compressor in the boot but the advise to herself is just get home.

Services with main dealer as have to be cherrypicked based on what you want at that time. I recently back to a main dealer for a major service as they were cheaper than any independent near my that I normally use. I guess they are trying to butter me up after I let them know exactly how their customer service has deteriorated in recent years.

So basically, price around and see who is the best value.

JorgeL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122656042#Comment_122656042

So if you were driving it you'd be on the non run-flats? Had to fork out e380 to replace a new one and heard about the rougher ride and potential cracks to the allows with the run-flats which also doesn't sit well with me.

But no spare tyre…

I took mine to Joe Duffy and got a pretty good service I though. 85e for the break fluid service. Next one is the Oil and probably filters which will be significantly more but probably best for the dealer for the software update etc.

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680769#Comment_122680769

Currently on RFT. When the time comes to replace them, I may consider normal tyres. I done that on all my previous, F10, E60 etc

They normally charge for a software update so double check that beforehand.

€85 for brake fluid is good for main dealer. The local atlas is €60 so certainly worth the extra €25, if even just for the tea, cakes and glass box to sit in 😂

dodzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680890#Comment_122680890

Yokohama advan sport for your F10. You will not regret the switch. 😎

Gumbo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122681423#Comment_122681423

F10 is gone now, or it will be next week. 535d with Mega spec but 151 so just at the end of the taxi life. Replaced with a 231 520d mild hybrid. Doesn’t have a patch on the 535d.

The 535 is going to a friend so I’ll still see it every now and again to tease me!

But yeah, I had Yokohama there’s on my DC2 many years ago. Sticky stuff.