Hello everyone I’m new here and if I do buy this 2010 bmw 528i I will be a first time bmw owner. So here it goes, I’m coming from owning a supercharged FRS, 2012 MB C250, lightly modded Honda Civic 2009, and I currently own a 2014 Lexus IS350 and a Honda S2000 so I have little to no knowledge of the German vehicles and BMW. So I am looking for a daily driver and found this 2010 528i with 93002 miles with OTD being 12k and some change and let me say that ever since they came out with the 5th? Gen ive love the body style and my all time fav is still 2008 bmw M3 till this day. Before I went to the dealer I looked through many forums regarding the 528i but couldn’t really find much only the 530i and 550i and many comparisons were between those two as well. When I test drove it was pretty clean like new. Only 2 owners 1st was a lease for 3 years 2nd was personal for 4 years wasn’t many service records so can only assume that either the dealer wasn’t putting records up, they took them to indenpendent services, or didn’t service at all lol. When I test drove the vehicle I was surprised at how comfy and smooth it was if that’s what it felt at 93k I can’t image how new felt haha also it had Navi idk if that was an extra. It drove really smooth in drive but when I put it in DS the first 2 gears were really jerky even when I floored it while driving and at a stop. When I drove the manual gears it drove fine like normal just DS really concerned me. The engine seemed fine from what it looked like I’ve read that the i6 I believed bmw uses from what I read is bulletproof which is comforting. The car didn’t lean a certain way while driving went through the gears in normal fine all the electronics work power seats and heated. So my questions are is this a worthwhile buy considering Ima daily drive it? Is 12k worth it? Should I worry about the transmission due to the first two gears? How realiable are these cars? Figured 2010 was the last year they were able to work out a lot of issues for the generation. If not what should I worry about with this high mileage? Also I have a PPI with a bmw dealer this coming Tuesday but I would love to hear from you guys also thank you for your feedback! Sorry for the long post!
This would be a good post to read: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=731460. It's been a staple for many years.
Last edited by JayArras; 01-13-2018 at 08:33 PM.
2007 530xi, Black Metallic Sapphire, 6 speed manual, Sport package, Cold Weather Package, Premium Package, Premium Sound Package, Sirius Satellite Radio, MTech front bumper, Replica Style 166 wheels
Bookmarks