330d M Sport Touring 2013 car 78k miles private- couldn’t agree a price and it sold, seemed a good car but bodywork needed lots of attention.
640d Gran Coupe 2013 62k miles dealer
Lively car but a tyre had been damaged /wheelbearing had gone, dealer - the local bmw dealer used place which takes the franchise trade in’s too old/miley for the main dealer I suspect. The salesman was like eh, ok, after telling him of the issues, I was like k thx bai x
A8 4.2 petrol 2005
The last one caught my eye as was local, same owner for 10 years, massive spec, but it threw a CEL, the stereo didn’t work, the dynamic lights errored and it was impossible to clear the windows
Tl;dr
The used mkt seems a lot more expensive these days, to get a decent engined (not 4 pot) used car, 5k used to get you a lot of good options but it seems that’s now 10k+ And that’s an 8 yr old car.
Criteria- German, 3l, auto, comfortable- petrol/diesel not fussed
BMW 3’r, 5’r, 6’r, 7’r
Audi A6/7/8
Merc CLS
Under 80k miles
And don’t get me started on the price of the SUV/4x4 stuff
I am sure there’s a cheap car covid impact, dragging the bottom of the mkt up, and the pcp stuff that masks the true cost of a car as it’s all about the monthlies.
Clearly the answer is an F80 M3 competition at 35+ grand
It's where I got my C Class and they were just fine to me. The Mercs/BMWs etc are at a different site to their other stock, they were supremely efficient and courteous on both test drive and collection and it was a fair price with no haggling nonsense.
