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I found this one, surprisingly ok money for an f11, but a) horrifically ugly and b) and I don't think anyone under 70 is allowed to drive cars this colour. link But yeah, if an ~08 E61 tourer popped up with right money/miles I'd be fine with it. My auto trader search is literally BMW, petrol, estate, sub-10k, sensible 0-60. 9/10 hits are 3-series or tired 5s, so I'm focussing on 3s.
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Pre 2005 5 series are super sweet and have the bullet proof NA motor (I had an 03 530i)- they're not too giant and handle great. The turbo that came after had quite a few issues if I recall? I was strongly advised to avoid them by my local BMW indy garage. 2011 F10 and up settled down again a bit.
Edit...doh, I see that's a 523. They didn't have those here. Looks alright aside from the colour!
Yeah fair. I couldn't find one either so got the diesel.
It's been mega reliable, even if passé.