My neighbour has a 528 with about 280,000 kms on it. He bought it new, and it's been a dealer serviced car. It required a trans rebuild not long ago, which was the biggest expense so far, but he's spent a pretty large sum of money over the past 10 years keeping it up. It does look and drive great still.
They are great cars, but not cheap to run. Then again, if you took a Mercedes to the dealer for everything, they wouldn't be cheap to run either, even an old diesel. I know, a friend had an old 300D from the 70s and he showed me the service file once. Best part of 25 years ago, the servicing costs had exceeded the original cost of buying the car new. Everything being equal, which it never is, a 7 will probably cost more to run in the long run if you hold onto it than a 5, as the 7 is top of the range, and parts are priced accordingly. But when you factor in much lower miles on the 5 than your 7, who knows. The basic mechanical bits on most BMWs are very good, but like similar aged Mercedes counterparts, it's often the little things that start to go, which add up the cost of ownership, to put right. Many ppl get tired of shelling out money for those fixes, so they are neglected, and before long, the cars, both BMW and Mercedes have a long list or repairs. Once a car has crossed over into the dark side, who knows, buying one is as much luck as anything, as you don't really know just what has been neglected or what work deferred. If it were me, and I liked what I had, and knew it's flaws, I'd stick with it and service it as required. Sounds like your 7 has treated you quite well so far. Good luck, Ed 300E 2010/1/26 R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> > But Donald, it is not a Mercedes. If you insist upon driving that off > brand, just keep the one you have (or swap - > it won't make much difference as you will come back to the fold sooner or > later). > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Donald Snook > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:03 PM > To: 'Mercedes@okiebenz.com' > Subject: [MBZ] Car advice > > > I have a dilemma. I found a 2000 BMW 528i with only 58,000 miles that a > friend of mine is selling. The Loan > value is $8400 (retail is $11,900). I had a friend of mine who is at a > dealership check the auction prices. These > same cars are bringing $6-6500 at AUCTION with around 60-70,000 miles. > > It is very clean and in great shape EXCEPT, it has a scrape on the rear > fender/bumper where the seller scraped > their brick mailbox. It doesn't look terrible. But, in order to make it > perfect, it will have to be painted > because the scratch is into the paint. The car has been serviced at the > local dealer since it was new; I called > the dealership to confirm the service history. It had the big expensive > service deal done at 40,000 miles. The > last oil change at the dealer was done in June of 2008 when it had 56,000 > miles. Its a one owner car. > > The seller wants $7500. But, we haven't even tried to negotiate. My indy > (who also sells cars at his shop) says I > should try to buy it for no more than $6000. I am really torn because it > is a very nice car with low miles. But, > I don't need another car payment (I owe money on my Wife's Expedition). I > might be able to turn around and sell it > quickly. In fact, my indy says he could put it on his lot and sell it for > $7500 pretty quickly. OR, do I buy it > and drive it and try to sell my car? My car (which I really like) would > probably only sell for about $4000. > > Donald H. Snook > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
