BMW Warranty

-westy- · 3 Apr 2013 at 23:17

Do you feel confident buying the car with the slightly tarnished history?

rG-tom · 3 Apr 2013 at 23:28

if the service is very recent, can you not get it re-done by bmw fox? for warranty purposes.

[TW]Fox · 3 Apr 2013 at 23:37

rG-tom said:
if the service is very recent, can you not get it re-done by bmw fox? for warranty purposes.

The service isn't a warranty problem anyway really?

Personally I think it's not selling because it's probably not the best of examples, which you'd expect given its the cheapest car of its age and spec for sale in the country.

I think at this budget its better to avoid the M Sport.

Gaygle · 4 Apr 2013 at 01:22

[TW]Fox;24049544 said:
This one is interesting - lovely colour and the most un-IT savvy advert ever. Combined with its low mileage it could mean a more mature owner:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif.../page/2/radius/1500/postcode/pl11aa?logcode=p

£50 says those "four brand new tyres (non runflat)" are some of China's finest.

secretspy · 4 Apr 2013 at 07:25

Tbh it does put me off a little the fact that its been serviced and MOT'd by someone not approved along with the fact that he wouldn't add £270 tax to it because he said "for the spec I've already lowered the price as much as I can" yet he's already lowered it by £200 since I viewed it on Friday.

I love the black and red leather but if I'm going to ignore the mileage on a car then there's actually another one or sale which does has full BMW service history.
I would prefer to keep warranty costs down though so i am looking for under 60k mile. As said above I can adjust my budget slightly for the right car

I had actually thought of saying I'd consider a sale if he had it serviced by an approved garage or a BMW dealer but that was before I made the thread and re considered

paradigm · 4 Apr 2013 at 07:54

Without iDrive they really do look bland and cheap

Also lol @ "Top Spec" SE without iDrive.

secretspy · 4 Apr 2013 at 08:03

What one are you referring to?

paradigm · 4 Apr 2013 at 08:08

Well, the "top spec" one, is the first one Fox posted.

As for the looking bland and cheap, any of them that don't have iDrive.

pepsilol · 4 Apr 2013 at 09:10

If will ever run the car outside the warranty period than I believe the N52 is much better reliability wise than the N53.

This is what my research and ownership led me to believe.

FuriousGeorge · 4 Apr 2013 at 10:25

slight hijack (sorry) - does anyone know if theres a website anywhere which estimates depreciation of the new 3 series? Need a new car in about 9 months so wondering if its worth hanging on a bit longer to get the newer 3 series!

Cheers (sorry to OP also!)

paradigm · 4 Apr 2013 at 10:35

FuriousGeorge said:
slight hijack (sorry) - does anyone know if theres a website anywhere which estimates depreciation of the new 3 series? Need a new car in about 9 months so wondering if its worth hanging on a bit longer to get the newer 3 series!

Cheers (sorry to OP also!)

The "newer" 3-series? The F30/31 isn't due an LCI yet is it?

If you are looking at Coupé/Convertible, then it won't be a 3-series anyway. That's now the 4-series market.

FuriousGeorge · 4 Apr 2013 at 10:40

paradigm said:
The "newer" 3-series? The F30/31 isn't due an LCI yet is it?

If you are looking at Coupé/Convertible, then it won't be a 3-series anyway. That's now the 4-series market.

Sorry I meant the F30 being the new one - my budgets up to £15k so I was hoping that within 9 months to a year there would be F30s in this range!

SS-89 · 4 Apr 2013 at 13:38

FuriousGeorge said:
Sorry I meant the F30 being the new one - my budgets up to £15k so I was hoping that within 9 months to a year there would be F30s in this range!

Absolute poverty spec 316d f30's may hit 16-17k in 9-12 months but honestly I would buy something else or save up more to get into a higher engined variant with a better spec.

LeMson · 4 Apr 2013 at 13:56

OP what about older e46's, plenty sub 60K miles 330/325 auto's around with sat nav?

[TW]Fox · 4 Apr 2013 at 14:11

pepsilol said:
If will ever run the car outside the warranty period than I believe the N52 is much better reliability wise than the N53.

This is what my research and ownership led me to believe.

This is very true.

secretspy · 4 Apr 2013 at 17:54

LeMson said:
OP what about older e46's, plenty sub 60K miles 330/325 auto's around with sat nav?

I had considered them but I just really dislike the interior. Might sound silly but if I'm changing my car then its got to be one I'm 100% happy with. I didn't feel entirely sure of the 330i coupe which is why I walked away.

My friend is excited about a 1 series he has seen which also happened to be one I spotted and saved as well. 1 series

Edit: ah just spotted the high mileage.

-westy- · 4 Apr 2013 at 17:58

secretspy said:
I had considered them but I just really dislike the interior. Might sound silly but if I'm changing my car then its got to be one I'm 100% happy with. I didn't feel entirely sure of the 330i coupe which is why I walked away.

My friend is excited about a 1 series he has seen which also happened to be one I spotted and saved as well. 1 series

Edit: ah just spotted the high mileage.

Personally, I'd be happier with a mint SE with less miles and lower warranty cost. Or go for a 325 Sport (if these are available?)

secretspy · 4 Apr 2013 at 18:03

-westy- said:
Personally, I'd be happier with a mint SE with less miles and lower warranty cost. Or go for a 325 Sport (if these are available?)

In the beginning I was looking at 1 series as well but after looking around and test driving a few 3 series I'm definitely swaying more that way.