That sounds like a pretty good plan, and congrats on the new 5!! Based on what friends who have and had BMWs, your 5 should remain pretty sounds for a lot of miles to come. Like cars of this vintage, whether BMW or Mercedes, the odd bill will come up, as with your rad in your 7. Still, for $7000, sounds like you got yourself a lot of car for the money
Enjoy it til you sell it, and if you end up not selling it, a 5 series BMW isn't the hardest thing to live with, is it. ;-) Ed 300E 2010/1/26 Donald Snook <dsn...@mtsqh.com> > Ed wrote: "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 . . . 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." > > I just bought the 5 series. I got it for $7,000. That is $2900 below Nada > Trade in Value and $5000 below retail) and between $1500-1900 below Kelly > Blue Book private party value. > > Now both the 7 series and the 5 series go up for sale. I couldn't make my > mind up about which one to sell, so I will let "the market" decide. (I > secretly want the 7 series to sell first because it has 100,000 more miles > on it than the 5 series. That way, I get a newer car that is likely more > reliable and worth more than the other!) > > 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
