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Honestly if i were you id stay well away from bmws, very expensive to repair, friends old e46 needed 1000 spent on suspension bushes each test time.

£1000 on bushes? That's an exaggeration surely? I've replaced bushes on Bimmers before & unless you had custom made ones, that's categorically incorrect.. unless you got screwed over by a garage?

Honestly if i were you id stay well away from bmws, very expensive to repair, friends old e46 needed 1000 spent on suspension bushes each test time.

Jesus christ, where was he buying them from?! You could buy a full complete car set of powerflex for less than £450 delivered.. and they'd never need replacing

This.

But, if you've already an HDi then I'd keep that. Eats the miles up and isn't particularly expensive to run.

This. Keep the bloody HDI!

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Sod all because the HDi costs too much to run.

Tom, seriously? Listen to yourself.

You'd happily spend 5k+ on a car that does 60mpg, why not keep the <£1000 car that does 50 odd MPG & spend a couple of hundred making it pefect.. it sounds as though it's just about there, why not replace the timing belt, pay out for some consumables you know are common to go on them if not already replaced.. then you know you've got a solid car for less than £1500. You've also then got a healthy bank balance.

Why would you want to spend £5k~ on a car you're not sure of because it might have 'problems'

I just can't work it out. You said you liked 1 series, theres one on the link I posted earlier, the grey one - it's 30 miles from you so what half hour/40 minutes.. surely you cant expect closer than that? That seemed like a good car if you're set on having something new?

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