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Originally Posted by Niart906
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Originally Posted by nars3000
Yikes. If RIS was never recorded, or if there's no proof of it ever being done, then I wouldn't bother with this car. Although, my biggest concern would be the clutch at this point. The factory F80 brakes should last between 60-90k miles if driven moderately on the highway.
I would definitely have a BMW specialist shop do a proper PPI before even thinking about making an offer. If the dealer isn't willing to let you do this, then move on.
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I'm planning on asking them to put it on a lift for me. That way I can go through the suspension piece by piece. If the brakes are close to warn out, it's just some more ammo I can use to talk them down. No real way to gauge the clutch without disassembly. With any luck, the PO knew how to drive and the clutch will be fine. Figure it should be mostly highway miles. FWIW my 200k mile M3 was on it's original clutch. |
Very reasonable approach and thread of thought. Respect to OP. Most 'high mileage' threads on here talk about 10k mike cars where pple ask for advice such as what to look out for and typical problems with these cars after 1 -2 years and 10k miles. It's under bumper-to-bumper warranty for God's sake....
OP there is really not much to be wrong with the car. All electronics and parts are only 2 years new. The moving parts - engine tranny suspension differential are the ones that been used but 100k is not a limit for them. I'd try to lower the price just for better deal sake but otherwise seems to be a good deal. That mileage is all highway which is good for the car and it's not possible with step and go traffic which is not good for any car. My last BMW was manual, I got it used, learned to drive stick on it, and after 10 years and 140k miles the clutch was as good as new. 2006 generations of bmw turbo engines had turbo problems after 100k but I do not hear the same with this generation. Hopefully our Ms are solid as I plan to keep mine for 8-10 years.