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| Performance | 9.3/10  |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 8.4/10 |
| Reliability | 9.5/10 |
| Value for Money | 9.5/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 9.4/10 |
| Overall Rating | 8.9/10  |
By ralphhrye on 2nd Jul 2005
| Year Manufactured | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Length of ownership | 4 MONTHS |
| Doors | 4 |
| Performance | 7/10 |
| Practicality | 5/10 |
| Reliability | 8/10 |
| Value for money | 10/10 |
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 ralphhrye's recommendation | |
Fast, comfortable and so far reliable.
Small boot.
Bought an 01 530i Sport for £10,500 as a replacement for my 94 Vento VR6. A vastly more refined car. Corners very well, breaks are excellent and not bad acceleration, although beaten by the Vento up to approx 80Mph. If the computer is to believed, the mpg is good as well, rarely dropping below 28 and often 40+ with cruise control at 80 on M'ways. Will have to verify manually at some point. The boot is also very small, and with no folding rear seats, not very practical. Also, and bearing in mind the car has 67,000 miles and a full BMW service history, there seems to be a fuelling problem at low throttle causing the car to lurch intermittently. Apart from that a fine car which does evrything very well, except carry 'stuff'. A small point for any smokers out there: this thing sucks in air and ash!
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