E90 diesel help

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skid-kid
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Post Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:29 pm

hi all i have been looking at a few e90 msport 320d but they all seem to be high millage i havent had anything to do with diesel cars so i was wondering what is about the limit i should look at for the millage? would you say stay away from a 56 plate with 156k?

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Post Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:35 pm

Mileage that high on a car only six/seven years old would most likely indicate that most of its life has been spent on the motorway.

Check its service history. At that mileage I'd be most concerned about the turbo than anything else
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Post Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:01 pm

I'd stay away from diesel full stop. Nasty expensive stuff.
LPG for the win!
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Post Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:55 pm

Morat wrote:I'd stay away from diesel full stop. Nasty expensive stuff.
LPG for the win!
Nasty carcinogenic stuff. Should be confined to trucks outside of built up areas.
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Post Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:07 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:
Morat wrote:I'd stay away from diesel full stop. Nasty expensive stuff.
LPG for the win!
Nasty carcinogenic stuff. Should be confined to trucks outside of built up areas.
Vegetable oil burner ftw :D
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Post Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:41 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:
Morat wrote:I'd stay away from diesel full stop. Nasty expensive stuff.
LPG for the win!
Nasty carcinogenic stuff. Should be confined to trucks outside of built up areas.
I always thought diesel was far safer than petrol especially with the modern particulate filters.

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