2000 528i good buy?

"Guenter Scholz" wrote

A 5-year-old or younger will get you a 530i, which has the newer/bigger engine. I'm looking for one myself, although I want one with a manual tranny and the sports package and it's very very tough to find (i'm in south FL).

Pete

Good luck - a buddy of mine has been looking for one of those for over a year! Apparently a sport package with the manual a rare option package. epbrown

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2003 BMW 325i Black/Black, 2003 BMW Z4 Black/Black

"E Brown" wrote

Yeah... I've been scouring various for sale boards for over 6 months (although I'm not ready to buy yet), and they are very rare indeed. If I can't find one, another car I'd consider is the 330ci manual sport, which is a little easier to find, but still not abundant.

Pete

there's a few up here in Toronto... I need an auto for my wife. Is the difference only the engine size of 2.8 vs 3.0 or are there other significant aspects to the newer 3.0 engine?

good luck in your search, guenter

Because their owners have no reason to ever let them go.

John

530i SP 5sp

"Guenter Scholz"

Looks like the 3.0 also gets better mileage (on paper at least). Other than that, there don't appear to be any differences:

But then again, I'm no expert on the 5-series, or any other BMW. I'm just a prospective buyer.

Pete

I can only talk about the autos, but the 530 is a lot more lively than the

528 - indeed it actually beats the 535 V-8.

Anyone care to make a recomendation re a 3 to 5 year

I got a 2003 530 (e39) a few months ago. The best car I have ever driven. It got great reviews from Consumer Reports when the model was released and I can understand why.

Anything newer than 2003 will get you the newer model (e60), which some consider to be less desirable.

Ambrose

thanks for that Ambrose, much appreciated

cheers, guenter