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About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:57 pm

From Moorelands in Hampshire. Anyone had any good/bad experiences with these chaps?

Ive got the reg number and doc reference number. Its a July 2007 car and is in the lower tax band of K - does this sound right?

Its a BMW X5 3.0D in black with 52,000 on clock and FSH. 2 Owners from new.

Its got Finance on the car and they are clearing it. Currently showing on the HPI report.

Any websites / checks you can recommend I do before putting a deposit down?

Thanks all!

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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Sanj » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:07 pm

VOSA and check the MoT details

You sure it's band k - what price is that?
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About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:47 pm

They are telling me Band K. I'm not convinced.

£20k fully loaded with exception of TV. Has SATNAV but no TV?!

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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Sanj » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:05 pm

Check heretoo, as you have the plate - they have the RFL cost for said car.

Fully loaded - has it got rear heated seats, heated front seats, heated steering wheel, adaptive drive, pano roof, HUD, adaptive lights, rear DVD system, 7 seats? If yes, then that's almost fully loaded.  ;)

No TV even with SatNav was an extra option. So not uncommon.
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About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:39 pm

Ok, not fully loaded then!!! 7 seats, pano sunroof, heated seats, media pack, dynamic pack. Put the full list up later but deffo no HUD, comfort seats or TV!

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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Sanj » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:41 pm

Did you put the number plate in the link I gave you? That will tell you the road tax band/cost too.
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About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:54 pm

On my way home, will do ASAP. Cheers mate.

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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:24 pm

Right, heres the car guys:

http://www.moorelands.com/index.php/use ... -5dr-auto-[7-seat]-(huge-spec)-256/

And Im considering not buying as their website says £270 tax and, (thanks to Sanj), the actual tax bill = £460. Which makes sense as its an early 2007 model.

Search continues me thinks!

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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:28 pm

Full spec list - what do we think chaps?

http://www.rubmw.ru/vincode/eng/

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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Sanj » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:29 pm

Do put that into perspective though. That's only £200 more really...

May be a bargaining tool, phone em up and ask is it in the lower tax bracket, turn up, get annoyed and ask for some monies off, etc. If not too far away of course, but only if it doesn't make your stomach churn to pay that each year!
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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:31 pm

Thanks mate - lets see.

It has got heated seats front and back. And tax has now been confirmed as £460.

Will ponder over night and look at others in the meantime.

I dont like buying new 'first' models.....ie May 2007 would have been the first new shape X5. I prefer to wait for 'release 2' when any problems have been identified in the first one and rectified in the new one....paranoid? Me? Naaaaaaaaaah!

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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:37 pm

Furthermore, if I have got this right, higher tax band X5's do not have DPFs fitted. DPF's are supposed to play a key part in killing certain particles which are dangerous for humans.

Not saying cars fitted with DPFs dont cause harm but they are MEANT to be significantly better...

...or am I talking nonsense?

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Post by X5Sport » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:54 pm

Something like that (not the nonsense bit :P ).  DPFs are showing in Realoem as being fitted from 2006 though.  The engine is the M57N2 and the cleaner ones are the N57 Series (LCI variants).  The M57 units are almost identical to the E53 engine (M57N in 2006).  Differences likely to be subtle but enough to affect the emission based tax banding.

DPFs don't like short journeys as they clog up due to never getting hot enough or getting a chance to 'regenerate', or something along those lines.
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Re: About to purchase an E70

Post by Sanj » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:01 pm

Remember though, release 2 would be the LCI - they're £30-£35k plus at the mo most likely!
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About to purchase an E70

Post by Shez1878 » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:31 pm

LCI? God this is hard work ;)

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