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| 01-14-2012, 01:59 PM | #1 |
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Lowest annual mileage
My car went in for MOT today, exact same date as last year and exactly 2985 miles covered
 Passed with flying colours which is great as the only preparation I did was to wash it. |
| 01-14-2012, 02:16 PM | #2 |
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2004 Honda S2000 [0.00] 2005 Nissan 350Z GT ... [0.00] 2006 E92 BMW 335i SE [9.00] 2003 Maserati 4200 [6.00] 2006 E90 330d M Sport [0.00] |
I've done about 3,000 since 20th April so you just beat me!!
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| 01-14-2012, 02:26 PM | #3 |
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Couldn't hardly believe it was so low myself. Use it every weekday to go to work except for the past couple of months when I have alternated mostly between the X5 and my Fiesta winter car.
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| 01-14-2012, 02:30 PM | #4 |
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2004 Honda S2000 [0.00] 2005 Nissan 350Z GT ... [0.00] 2006 E92 BMW 335i SE [9.00] 2003 Maserati 4200 [6.00] 2006 E90 330d M Sport [0.00] |
Mine gets used every working day but can often be unused at the weekend (bar a trip to little Tesco at 1 mile round trip). Very limited business mileage in 2011 but will do more in 2012.
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| 01-14-2012, 03:14 PM | #6 | |
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| 01-14-2012, 04:10 PM | #10 |
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What's an MOT?
About 18,000 for me a year, so not even close to you guys.
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| 01-14-2012, 05:52 PM | #11 | |
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Gone but not forgotten: 2010 Jaguar XFR (Cat-back exhaust, pulley, intake mods and map), Highly Modified E90 335i LCI M Sport Manual (circa 480BHP/500lb ft) |
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| 01-14-2012, 06:20 PM | #12 | |
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If you have depreciation in mind no bmw would feature on the list. I do about 15,000 miles a year where I'd still choose a 335i over a 335d. At 3000 miles a year I'd have something a bit more special outside that would have more power and depreciate less. Maybe a 911 or something? |
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| 01-14-2012, 07:55 PM | #13 |
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And I thought mine was low on the TTS at 8000! I would never consider a diesel on such low mileage. Power and torque granted, but FFS go and drive it somewhere and properly enjoy it!
 
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| 01-15-2012, 02:53 AM | #14 |
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The weekends are my only chance to drive and then the wife and kids are with me so the X5 makes much more sense.
Something more fun sounds good but the value of my car at approx 15k wouldn't buy much of a 911. So what else could I buy or just sell up and run the 2k Fiesta I bought for winter. |
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| 01-15-2012, 03:37 AM | #15 | ||
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I did 20,000 miles in my 335i last year. Reckon it depreciated by 3k. Strangely enough 335d's seem to have dropped much more over the same period..
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| 01-15-2012, 05:02 AM | #18 | |
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Not much is moving and there is plenty of 335d going nowhere either. On saying that there seems to have been quite a few new 335i members joining lately. So some are buying. I only noticed the guy from Edinburgh buying the 2007 E92 335d for £10,995 coming from the diesel side of things. |
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| 01-15-2012, 05:31 AM | #19 |
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335i's seem to lose much more in the first 2 years than the 335d. But I bought a 2yo 58 plate lci e90 manual with 56k miles for £17k in Jan 2011, reckon its worth £14k now with 76k miles private sale. There aren't many around to compare it to though.. the added miles have made the biggest difference.
Equivalent 335d's were £22k in jan 2011. If buying new, I agree the diesel is the smarter choice. 330d probably being the best in the range for resale..
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| 01-15-2012, 08:19 AM | #20 |
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The situation differs a lot in N Ireland where I am. This country is diesel
Mad and large engine petrol are very hard to shift and thus priced as such. Means some members on here have bought 335i from dealers here and felt they got a bargain. I am the biggest petrol head ever but economics pushed me down the diesel route. |
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| 01-15-2012, 08:23 AM | #21 |
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I'd buy a 335i except for the fear of HPFP issues and soot in the chambers etc etc (IE following Tony's threads to date).
Just not reliable enough. And no other petrol BMW comes close except of course for the M3.
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| 01-15-2012, 10:59 AM | #22 | |
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I think with any used car you run the risk off big bills, 335i has much more than the diesels. But £5k buys alot of hpfp's, injectors and spark plugs none of which I've had to replace yet luckily.. Carbon buildup is a problem on any direct injection engine, audi's tfsi more than most, not a reason to not buy the car, and a justification to the gf for running meth injection 
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Car: e91 330d with Viezu map
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