My New used BMW

[Adam]

... and don't let your kids eat in it.
I think that thing looks great and I want it all nice-nice for when you decide to give it to me.

Yeah, Jamie. Alex doesn't want to get food crumbs all over his nice sweater when you're giving it to him.

 

[JerryLove]

Changing out the sound system will likely be a chore. Most everything is slightly off standard in the BMW... and expensive. I have considered it more than once on my E46, and abandoned each time for the difficulty of third-party and the cost of first party. I'll upgrade when I replace the car.

It is not the ultimate listening machine. But the sound system just interferes with that beautiful engine noise. Pardon me while I drool on pictures of the V8 in the 540/550.

 

[Alex2507]

Yeah, Jamie. Alex doesn't want to get food crumbs all over his nice sweater when you're giving it to him.

Hey !!! ... that's not what I meant!

You're SICK !!!

 

[MatthewB.]

Jaime very nice ride, but let me be the catalyst and I hate to be a downer, I am telling you this so you can make some wise choices. I just traded in my BMW 325i two weeks ago. I bought mine used (had 50,000 miles on it) four years ago and I luckily got an extended warranty (thank God for that) the BMW broke down on me on an avarage of 2-3 times a year and without the warranty it would've cost me 3,000 minimum each time I brought it in to get fixed. The final straw was two weeks ago walking out to my car and seeing about two quarts of oil under my car. My car had 94,500 miles on it (warranty ends at 100,000) anyway a massive oil leak is not covered on the warranty, so they wanted (sigh) 3,000 just to fix the oil leak, they needed to remove the engine just to get to it, they then told me my car needed new brakes (nother 1,200) and I was past my 90,000 mile tune-up (nother 700.00) and on the way to the repair place one of my headlights went out. Yep out of the 5,000 it would cost me, only the 10.00 light bulb (which they would charge 110.00 to install was the only thing covered under warranty.

I loved that BMW, I loved all the creature comforts, I loved the braking, handling and pretty much all that the BMW had, but the repairs were just too much to handle. Best thing I did was trade it in (before the repairs were done) and luckily I got a great deal on the the new car (got screwed on the trade in on teh Bimmer due to the dealer saying they had so many at auction that they couldn't even give me Kelly Blue Book on it.

When all was said and done I wound up getting a 2005 Jeep Wrangler with only 16,000 miles on it for 11,000 (Jeep had 5,000 in aftermarket parts just put on it. 4" lift, high dollar rims and 33: tires with nerf bars all around and upgraded sound system roll bar.

Ride is vastly different than the Bimmer, but is more reliable.

BTW your BMW looks very nice and sorry to be such a downer, just wanted to give you the heads up in case you didn't get a warranty. If you didn't please check out this site.

http://www.carbuyingtips.com/warranty.htm

 

[jamie2112]

I had 2 mechanics check it out before I bought it and the guy at the alignment place told me he has not seen a car of my age look anywhere near as good as mine underneath.I have a friend who had bad luck woith a BMW but have quite a few others who have had NO issues at all. I am sorry your car cost you so much,hopefully I got a great one and won't have to deal with any of the issues that I have heard happen.......

 

[vizionut]

Nice ride jamie!! Dont let everybody worry you about maintence issues and costs of your new ride. We need a good look at that engine.

 

[mperfct]

Jaime very nice ride, but let me be the catalyst and I hate to be a downer ...

Sounds like you had a bad one. It seems to me that pre-owned bimmers (and new ones for that matter) are either nothing but problems (usually minor, fix it in the next couple of months kind of deals) or no issues at all. My m3 has been a pretty rock solid car. I bought it with somewhere around 60k, and it's at 125k now. The radiator blew on it, but that happens with all BMWs, so it wasn't a big surprise and I fixed it myself for probably less than $300.

 

[Ares]

A couple of weeks of training,Jamie could be drifting all over L.A.

posted this in the wrong spot 1st time around.

 

[MatthewB.]

mperfect, that is what blew on my Bimmer three months ago, the radiator assemply which also controlled powered steering and air conditioning, yeah that broke down on me in rush hour traffic on the way home from work. Luckily that was covered under warranty so it only cost me 100.00

Yeah I had to have gotten a lemon (I noticed later that I got mine at 50,000 just when the factory warranty had ended,) so the previous owner also must have had issues. but 2-3 times a year in the repair shop was getting to be a bit much.

 

[BMXTRIX]

It's always awesome to get a new car - congrats! I'm not a huge fan of the look/style of the BMW, but I am certainly a fan of their ride and comfort. Interior, they have done a good job, and they put a decent engine in their cars and typically they are pretty reliable.

Enjoy and have fun with it! I've gotta get some pics up of my new ride as well.

 

[NicolasKL]

I am completely sold on BMW.

Come back in two years after you've put 40k on it and let us know if you still feel the same way.

 

[JerryLove]

Come back in two years after you've put 40k on it and let us know if you still feel the same way.

I've had my BMW just under 2 years and have put 40k on it. I'm sold on BMW.

I wish I wasn't. There are a lot of good cars that, honestly, I'd like to own. But so many fail the "do they drive like BMW" test.

 

[jamie2112]

Come back in two years after you've put 40k on it and let us know if you still feel the same way.

Thanks for the reasuring thoughts.

 

[jlcct]

I've had an '01 530i for a little over a year now and I gotta say that BMW's treat you as good as you treat them. I didn't catch your mileage but if your around 100,000 then you should start saving for a cooling system repair or even better preventative maintenance. I'm not sure about your car but with the E39's you would also need a strut upgrade around 100,000 as well. The rear's are very expensive. Anyways, I drive mine harder than any other car I see on the road on a daily basis and it's sooo much fun. We are in a great relationship lol.

 

[NicolasKL]

I've had my BMW just under 2 years and have put 40k on it. I'm sold on BMW.(

Did you buy yours when it was 15 years old with over 100k on it already? BMWs are generally good cars, but buying one for less than 4 grand that's 15 years old, already has over 110k miles on it, has a 32 valve V8, has a current day cost of over 50,000 dollars (ie, parts cost a fortune and there's a lot on it to break), has a very good chance of ending very badly. Which is precisely why they're so cheap.

It sounds like the OP is out of town a lot and probably has access to decent public transportation when he isn't so maybe it won't be a big deal if it's out of commission frequently or all of a sudden needs 3000-5000 dollars in repairs. I hope so anyway.

 

[jamie2112]

Did you buy yours when it was 15 years old with over 100k on it already? BMWs are generally good cars, but buying one for less than 4 grand that's 15 years old, already has over 110k miles on it, has a 32 valve V8, has a current day cost of over 50,000 dollars (ie, parts cost a fortune and there's a lot on it to break), has a very good chance of ending very badly. Which is precisely why they're so cheap.

It sounds like the OP is out of town a lot and probably has access to decent public transportation when he isn't so maybe it won't be a big deal if it's out of commission frequently or all of a sudden needs 3000-5000 dollars in repairs. I hope so anyway.

Wow you are full of great thoughts

 

[bandphan]

Wow you are full of great thoughts

ive got a thought

 

[Adam]

ive got a thought

Albeit not very tactfully, the guy seems to just be trying to prepare Jamie for some costly repairs on the car. What he doesn't seem to have read is that Jamie had his friend (a BMW mechanic) look the car over.

 

[bandphan]

Albeit not very tactfully, the guy seems to just be trying to prepare Jamie for some costly repairs on the car. What he doesn't seem to have read is that Jamie had his friend (a BMW mechanic) look the car over.

Two very good points

 

[Alex2507]

Albeit not very tactfully ...

Is that like saying, "like a rude jerk worthy of his red chicklets ..."?

When you have that many reds and continue posting you are a troll.
There's all kinds and there's an ignore at my disposal.
Swerd retaught me a wonderful lesson today.

"Never wrestle with a turd." -Swerd