Would the mileage concern you?

skidmarks · Post by **skidmarks** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:12 pm

Very high spec (prof sat nav, pan roof, HUD, tow bar, adap drive, 7 seats, 4 zone a/c f/r heated seats, comfort seats) and the list goes on £20k of extras 58 plate SD 1owner FBMWSH by supplying dealer, still under warranty and in very good condition up for £21k but done 90k. Being sold at a non franchise well respected motor group. Would the mileage worry you all considered?
Thanks

pcdee · Post by **pcdee** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:19 pm

To be honest 90k on a BMW diesel is peanuts.
It's got full history which is a bonus.
This is my opinion. .....

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martin33100 · Post by **martin33100** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:33 pm

Our 3.0d has a full BMW history and has now done 134k and still going

Our E91 325d had done 140K and our E46 320d had done 165k, so far none of our BMW diesels have used any oil between services.
Looking through the forum its sometimes the low mileage cars that seem to play up.
We bought are E70 with 130k on it and when I spoke the one owner it had before he said it only every went in for normal servicing and he was so happy with the reliability of the car he traded it in last year for another new X5 but the 4.0D this time round.

SlimX47 · Post by **SlimX47** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:27 pm

Sounds good to me too, as long as it hasn't been 'ragged' or abused, then 90k is nothing. If it hasn't been smoked in either and not too much wear on the seats etc, then even better! I'd check the asking price against book too, just to confirm it's a good deal...
As an aside, beware those 'dealers' that have hundreds of cars in stock, I know there are a few around Peterborough

celica · Post by **celica** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:38 pm

I think I know the car you are looking at

Nice spec

Something I would like but can't justify or afford it to be fair
Depreciation concerns me as give it 3 years motoring say 15k/ year. 135k mileage isn't huge but what will it be worth?

Whilst my current 535d is brilliant at 90k and sometimes have to overlook depreciation lol

skidmarks · Post by **skidmarks** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:49 am

Not been smoked in. No tears or stains.
It's just the mileage that concerns me. As you mention give it a few years and it will be starting to knock on with miles. I only do about 12k these days so it would need to be a keeper, well certainly for a while. My other thoughts are that the spec would probably help sell it on.
Thanks for your comments.

martin33100 · Post by **martin33100** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:25 am

[quote="skidmarks"]
Not been smoked in. No tears or stains.
It's just the mileage that concerns me. As you mention give it a few years and it will be starting to knock on with miles. I only do about 12k these days so it would need to be a keeper, well certainly for a while. My other thoughts are that the spec would probably help sell it on.
Thanks for your comments.
[/quote]Different people have different views on this, our last 3 BMW diesels had high miles when we bought them but they were less to buy over an average mileage car of the same spec. When we bought our car an average mileage E70 3.0d was still over 20k and we paid less than 15k for ours.
Ours is now worth about 10k trade and I bet the average mileage one may still be worth about 15k so both have lost around the same 5k.

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:19 pm

It has a BMW AUC warranty - go for it

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:23 pm

[quote="The Doc"]
It has a BMW AUC warranty - go for it

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It won't have AUC as it is non franchised.

Running costs versus depreciation is always a winner for the running costs, you normally can fix an awful lot for the depreciation costs that a more expensive - lower mileage car would have.

skidmarks · Post by **skidmarks** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:42 pm

I believe it to be a BMW warranty due to its history and in feb it had work carried out under warranty by the supplying BMW dealer, but this assumption could of course be wrong.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:51 pm

It might be extended warranty I assume then as it is one owner, so can not be AUC as that would mean more than 1 owner.

skidmarks · Post by **skidmarks** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:34 pm

Just checked with BMW and its not BMW extended so must of been a third party warranty.
Thank you all for your comments really appreciate it.

rj1986 · Post by **rj1986** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:42 pm

Mine just ticked over to 90k- still running fine, no surprises or nasty things *touch wood* just the usual filters, pads etc.
Will probably run this one into the ground with hopefully another 100k miles hassle free.

shadrack · Post by **shadrack** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:07 pm

[quote="rj1986"]
Mine just ticked over to 90k- still running fine, no surprises or nasty things *touch wood* just the usual filters, pads etc.
Will probably run this one into the ground with hopefully another 100k miles hassle free.
[/quote]

another 100k hassle free lol

rj1986 · Post by **rj1986** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:25 pm

[quote="shadrack"]
[quote="rj1986"]
Mine just ticked over to 90k- still running fine, no surprises or nasty things *touch wood* just the usual filters, pads etc.
Will probably run this one into the ground with hopefully another 100k miles hassle free.
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another 100k hassle free lol
[/quote]

I should reword that to "Relatively hassle free- hopefully"

Of course, Plan A is someone could t-bone me by the end of the year, and i get my RTI gap plus some compo

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