zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Buying
/
At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?
At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:09:38

Image for article titled At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?

Today’s 650i rocks amazingly huge 21-inch wheels with rubber band tires. It also comes with a rare six-speed stick. The most important number for us, however, is going to be the price. Let’s see where that lands.

So, the one major issue—if you could even call it that—on yesterday’s was a rip in the driver’s seat cushion upholstery. Interestingly, that literal wear and tear took place on the left side and may have been the result of leg motion caused by actuating the clutch for the car’s rare six-speed stick. See? This is why people buy automatics!

At just $2,999, plenty of you advocated buying the non-auto Acura, and as a result, it took home an easy 70 percent Nice Price win for its trouble.

I think that was some pretty good detective work on the Acura’s seat, and considering that today’s candidate is also a stick, I think it behooves us to check it for clutch-related wardrobe malfunctions as well. Inquisitive minds activated!

Image for article titled At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?

We’ll get to all that in a sec. First, however, let’s see just what we’re looking at. This is a , or E63, which represented the model line’s reconstitution after a nearly decade and a half hiatus. Positioned as a grand touring range-topper, the E63 and its E64 convertible platform-mate shared a lot of what goes on underneath with the contemporary E60 5 series. Also, like the Dame Edna E60, the big two-doors featured styling that was, to say the least, polarizing.

Of course, time wounds all heels, and the big Bimmer’s somewhat droopy drawers styling has mellowed with age. That, or I just don’t care anymore. Is that wrong of me?

Image for article titled At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?

Either way, this one, in Jet Black over a black leather interior—remember, we’re going to get back to that—looks pretty well kept and alarmingly toy-like on its massive 21-inch factory wheels wrapped in what look to be a couple of loops of electrical tape in lieu of tires.

A lot of stuff has been blacked out here to accompany the emo paint and interior scheme. The mustaches atop the twin-kidney grilles have been painted black, a feature seemingly extended to the lamps above the headlights as well. Dark window tint and masks on the rear reflectors complete the formal ensemble.

Image for article titled At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?

One bit of nice whimsy here is the BMW badge on the boot lid. That seems to have had the white sections of the center painted orange, which matches the sweet fruit center of the Florida license plate below.

The interior looks to be in excellent shape, with just some minor use-related wear evident. And yes, while this is a six-speed car, there’s no sign of any clutch use in the seat squab. That must just be an Acura thing. On the downside, these cars come with BMW’s execrable iDrive infotainment system and a cup holder on the console that looks like it was stolen from an OB-GYN’s exam room.

Image for article titled At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?

Image for article titled At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?

Power here is provided by a 362 horsepower N62 V8. Based on the car’s model name you might think that to be a 5-litre, but in inexorable BMW logic, its displacement is actually only 4788 ccs. There’s a reasonable 138,000 miles on the car and the promise that everything “works as it should.” It’s not all beer and schnitzels here though. The seller does note the impending need for new brakes up front and perhaps more ominously, new coil packs.

Those upcoming expenses aside, the car is said to run and drive great. It also comes with a clean title and a history that is free of accidents, both valued attributes.

Image for article titled At $6,900, Is This Manual-Equipped 2006 BMW 650i Automatically A Good Deal?

When this 650i was new, it would have cost you somewhere north of seventy thousand dollars to drive it off the lot. That was back when the styling was thought so off-putting, that even if you had the cash you might have considered instead dropping it on a 911 or big Mercedes coupé instead. Now age has tempered both opinions on the E63’s aesthetic merit, and with a good bit of its life used up, its price.

The asking here is $6,900, or less than a 10th of that original MSRP. The question for you is whether that fraction is still going to be fractious.

What do you think, is this manual-equipped coupé a deal at that $6,900 asking? Or, is this a Six with a price that should be deep-sixed?

You decide!

Palm Beach, FL , or go if the ad disappears.

Help me out with NPOCP. Hit me up at and send me a fixed-price tip. Remember to include your Kinja handle.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Buying
My Dodge Viper Caught Fire And Burned Down My Garage! What Car Should I Buy?
My Dodge Viper Caught Fire And Burned Down My Garage! What Car Should I Buy?
Rob had two very cool cars, a 1996 Dodge Viper and a 2012 Subaru WRX STI. That was until the Viper caught fire, burned down the garage and took the Subaru with it. He is looking for a fast and practical car to replace both, and he has a...
Jul 9, 2025
This 2021 Study Reveals The Cars You Should Be Buying New Instead Of Used
This 2021 Study Reveals The Cars You Should Be Buying New Instead Of Used
A classic bit of that stubbornly prevails is that you should always buy used cars because new ones depreciate the moment you drive off the lot. While this is probably true for most cars, there are certain models that offer minimal savings in the pre-owned market. A study from...
Jul 9, 2025
At $6,500, Would You Start A New Career With This 1999 Dodge Ram Ice Cream Van?
At $6,500, Would You Start A New Career With This 1999 Dodge Ram Ice Cream Van?
Individual entrepreneurship seems to be yet another victim of the global pandemic. That could all change with today’s Dodge ice cream truck. How much might you invest to be your own boss and bring grins to the faces of unfamiliar children? There are two kinds of people in the...
Jul 9, 2025
Volvo's EV Sales Plan Leaves Its Dealers Feeling Threatened
Volvo's EV Sales Plan Leaves Its Dealers Feeling Threatened
Volvo has said that its future is electric — an all-EV lineup by 2030, to be precise — and that it plans to sell those EVs online, adopting a digital sales model. That sounds like quite the leap, given that Volvo has but one fully electric model right now,...
Jul 9, 2025
Would You Pony Up $15,000 For This Low-Mileage 1992 Ford Mustang GT Convertible?
Would You Pony Up $15,000 For This Low-Mileage 1992 Ford Mustang GT Convertible?
The Fox body Mustang was once one of the best bang-for-your-buck cars around. Could today’s GT keep that tradition alive? A number of you were put off by the styling of yesterday’s . A few others offered a more broad assessment, claiming the car’s complex mechanical and electrical systems...
Jul 9, 2025
You Should Buy Briggs Cunningham's Le Mans Corvette So It Will Stop Calling Me
You Should Buy Briggs Cunningham's Le Mans Corvette So It Will Stop Calling Me
Listen, this thing has been ringing my celly non-stop for the last year wanting me to just hang out. I’m not the kind of guy to be tied down to just one Corvette. is a little desperate, and you’d really be doing me a favor if you took it...
Jul 9, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved