BMW 330D SE Auto Touring - Will an old Beemer let you down?

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Tue 18 May 2010 10:21
BMW 330D SE Auto Touring - Will an old Beemer let you down? - Steamdrivenandy

I'm looking for a caravan tug that will hold our two dogs. I won't be doing more than 5,000 miles a year in it.
I've seen an '06 Beemer, as above, advertised at £10,995 with 127,000 miles on the clock.
Parkers has them at £17,000 with 40,000 miles.
Knowing HJ's mantra about high miles do you think that this could be a worthy purchase and are there any issues I should watch for?

Andy

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Tue 18 May 2010 13:32
BMW 330D SE Auto Touring - Will an old Beemer let you down? - eddie12

Recently got rid of my '05 530D auto with 45K on the clock. Only had it 6 mths. and it stung me over £5K for a new gearbox and £2K for a new turbo. Boy was I glad to get rid of it! If you have a good Beemer you have a brilliant car, but if you've a bad un, you've a nightmare. Personally, I would give it a wide berth.

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Tue 18 May 2010 15:56
BMW 330D SE Auto Touring - Will an old Beemer let you down? - Peter.N.

The problem with the common rail engines is the ammount of power they produce compared with the earlier ones, this has tended to make less unreliable if they are driven hard. The old TDS engine was less powerful but more reliable and much cheaper to repair. The last TDS's were sold in about 2002, they are only about 160 bhp which is quite enough to pull a caravan, the economy is not quite as good but that could well be compensated for by lower maintenance costs.

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Tue 18 May 2010 18:46
BMW 330D SE Auto Touring - Will an old Beemer let you down? - dervdave

I'm looking for a caravan tug that will hold our two dogs. I won't be doing more than 5,000 miles a year in it.
I've seen an '06 Beemer, as above, advertised at £10,995 with 127,000 miles on the clock.

127K is a lot of miles Andy whichever way you look at it, not so bad if you personally knew the car/owner and £11k is a lot of money to be spending.

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Tue 18 May 2010 21:19
BMW 330D SE Auto Touring - Will an old Beemer let you down? - Collos25

You would be better with a E class petrol if you are only going to do 5k a year.They certainly last longer if German taxis are anything to go by.

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