BMW: High Mileage 2001 M3 Risks??

I think it would probably be about due for an Inspection II. As for other
issues, run it to your dealer and ask them if they do any free 28-pt
inspections. If the brakes and tires are new, that takes quite a bit of
worry out of the situation. I would definately have the car put up in the
air and have the rear end checked out (cars like this are driven hard), as
well as the front suspension.


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High mileage ??????? thats just run in mate.My beemer has 120,000 on it and
my Volvo has 320,000 on it. Both are fully serviced and have Never broken
down, Ya Arse. (thats Scots for Prissy, by the way).
Why are Beemer peeps in yankland so anal?

Stuart.

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Good grief. It should be in *perfect* fettle at that mileage, and for a
great deal more.

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Dave Plowman co.uk London SW 12
RIP Acorn

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lol, I was expecting you to say something well over 100k. Even if it did
have a 100k on as long as there is a history of good maintenance don't
worry!

Have a look at the mileage of some cars on ebay. Maintenance is key. Get a
good one and don't worry about the little numbers on the clock :-)


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You are looking at a car that is turning about 28,000 miles per year. I
would think twice, or get a significant price reduction for the very high
mileage.

Go to www.kbb.com and plug in everything you know for a Private Party sale,
and see what they suggest for a street value. You can run the value for
Retail and Wholesale too. I would even run the value for something closer to
a normal mileage and see what the mileage alone does to the value.




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Jeff Strickland <com> wrote: 

Obviously the price is dependant on mileage. But a car which clocks up a
high mileage initially has usually had lots of highway use, so little
wear. Check for stone chipping, though.

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Dave Plowman co.uk London SW 12
RIP Acorn

KBB shows it as $30K Whlse and $33K Retail .... at 56K miles with no
warranty remaining other than the pressure lubed parts of the engine to 100K
miles. At a lower 30K miles add $5K to both values. This car is usually
going for around $38K to $39K with 25K to 30K miles, but would still have
bumper to bumper warranty for another two years up to 50K miles.

It's probably a good deal at $33K, but remember that a major repair like the
rear end could easily cost $4K to $5K on the M3s .... this ain't no ordinary
330 3-series.


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Amen to that ....... besides, I seriously doubt there a lot of slow lane
tree huggin' gas conserving Volvo drivers that get behind the wheels of
those super fast U.S. Gas-Guzzler Taxed 3 and 5 Series M machines from BMW
;-)

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