BMW123d v 350z

[Dblock]

I've just personally found when they try to make the diesels to powerful most of the economy is lost and they seem to chew through expensive parts.

 

Cheers - certainly doesnt sound good at all. Maybe i`ll scratch that off my list.

 

They don't happen to everyone though. You have to be doing a lot of miles to make a diesel make sense. So even with a car that *might* cost you good money to fix as long as your doing enough miles to offset that cost your ok.

 

Yeah definately. I do about 25k a year atm (down from 40k a year a few years back), so for me last time I worked the numbers out diesel would save me a good few quid. Last 2 diesels ive had i did 80k on each of them with no major problems at all save normal wear / tear. The engines still ran perfect, one of them was at 165k miles on the original clutch / turbo etc.

[stuarty]

I only bought the 123d as they had stopped making the 130i the year before, therefore the 123d M sport was top of the range for performance and trim.

Should have bought a used 130i as i only do around 4000 miles a year.