2016 BMW 535i XDrive...

[swils8610]

I’m a car guy. Always have had Toyota’s for reliability and currently have a 2017 Touareg and love it. Lease is coming up and I may buy it out. Anyone have any experience with BMW 535i with the 3.0 liter biturbo? Thinking of a 2016 with low miles. Would buy it CPO.


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[Wesley Crusher]

Isn’t your Treg the TDI version?

[swils8610]

Sadly no. I had a diesel and totaled it. New diesels were on stop sale so I replaced it with the gas version.


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[beshannon]

Might want to look here

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...archid=6472456

Good luck!

[enjoythemusic]

Lets face it, hard to compete with Toyota / Honda reliability. Have a 435i so same engine and 8AT and it is a great car. Very tweakable and is a driver's car, versus a Toyota grocery-getter.

If you want reliability alone, keep the Toyota / Honda. If you want a driver's car, BMW of course and then may as well do some bolt-on engine mods. Have the 435i's 6-cyl 3L engine up from 300/300 stock to 450HP / 425TQ using Dinan Stage 4. Using Dinan means car is still under warranty too :)

[Ballzzz]

Being CPO & you being a car guy if you pick a nicely kept one you should be good to go. That warranty is great double check if its CPO for 1 or 2 years. Also look into the maintenance plan if offered, it might make sense to match the cpo warranty so the only thing you will be paying is the CPO charge for 1/2 years when bringing it in. Before pulling the trigger check the service history if the brakes were done recently I would probably pass. If not its an easy buy.

The year/model your after has a N55 motor so its a twin scroll single turbo, so as far as reliability its a bit more solid then the N54.

The 5 is a great car for what it is, I owned one but it was too big for me. Didn't make it a bad car but not a car for me.

Very luxurious, drives better than the MB & Audi - it has AWD which NEVER left me stranded and I kept the stock AS rubber on, I took it through some +15/20 inch storm with no problem at all.

Good luck in your hunt.

P.S. German vehicles are temperamental and MUCH more expensive to fix when out of warranty. It will never have the Honda/Toyota reliability aspect. For me the drive, fit & finish, & overall experience are worth more than my last sentence.

[Wesley Crusher]

Originally Posted by swils8610

Sadly no. I had a diesel and totaled it. New diesels were on stop sale so I replaced it with the gas version.


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Hmm, too bad. I loved the TDI version, regardless of the whole dieselgate scandal.

Still, I would keep your Treg. Great SUVs and I would not pick an X5 over one. JMO.

[swils8610]

I may keep my Touareg. It’s my favorite car I’ve ever owned.


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[enjoythemusic]

Originally Posted by swils8610

I may keep my Touareg. It’s my favorite car I’ve ever owned.

Then keep it for sure. Wife has a 2013 BMW X1 (Mini platform, RWD) and it's a hoot to drive. These smaller SUVs can indeed be a fun drive. So yeah, keep the Touareg as you know her well. Yet if you ever decide BMW...

PS: As Ballzzz said, the N55 / 8AT combo is a very solid package.

[jeffnnj]

We loved ours up until the end when there was a door latch fault. In cold weather the door wouldn’t fully close and once it did we couldn’t get it to open. Great car but I wouldn’t own it for 15 minutes out of warranty.


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[swils8610]

My Touareg is fantastic. Favorite vehicle of all time. I’d get a new one but they are no longer imported into the US. I would def put 100,000 mile warranty on it.


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[Runnin' Rebel]

Originally Posted by swils8610

My Touareg is fantastic. Favorite vehicle of all time. I’d get a new one but they are no longer imported into the US. I would def put 100,000 mile warranty on it.


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So was mine. New 2008-2018- I believe it had a 4 year factory warranty and at 3 years 10 months I added 5 year everything extended warranty for 1200.00.
Never used it and sold it at 51,000 miles. Mint condition. It was a beast. Chewed up breaks and tires religiously every 15,000 to 20,000 miles though. Pure city driving. 13 miles a gallon 😂

In 2018 with all the new electronic gadgets that are available I sold it for a more gadget friendly non VW SUV. Love this one too. I’ve had the new one for 11 months and have 2000 miles on it

Almost bought a 2018 Tiguan but the new body style was changed or just ready to change in 2019. Totally ruined it for me.

[Fencer]

535i is a very large car. It is very comfortable, but you need to decide if its size suits you.

[raky]

I am done with CPO BMWs. I am currently on my 6th BMW, this time I leased a 2018 X5 Diesel that replaced my CPO 2013 X5 that the warranty was ending on. I would have kept the 2013 longer had I not had several issues that were thankfully covered under the warranty. Between the historical costs, projected future costs that I knew were likely to occur (water pump and suspension wear), the depreciation hit, and the inconvenience of suffering a breakdown I decided to go new. Good luck and hopefully you get a good one if you decide to go the CPO route.

[Laszlo]

Originally Posted by swils8610

My Touareg is fantastic. Favorite vehicle of all time. I’d get a new one but they are no longer imported into the US. I would def put 100,000 mile warranty on it.


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The new one only sold in the EU is a very, very nice SUV.

I wish I knew more about the 5-series but no direct experience. But I’m sure it’s nice, Shannon.

[swils8610]

VW quit importing the Touareg into the US market in 2017. The 2018 Atlas replaced it. The Touareg has a much more German car feel to it. The Atlas is very Americanized. It’s built purely for the North American market. I’m leaning towards buying out my lease and putting a warranty on the Touareg. I love everything about it.


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