Originally Posted by Gator Angler' post='884718' date='May 20 2009, 04:28 PM

Thanks guys. It is a buddy of mine who is car wholesaler. It is in cherry condition except for the mileage. Sport package and appears to have every option imaginable. He is firm at the 18,800 as that it was he got it for at auction. Will wrap up 2k of negative equity I have on a yukon xl that I would like to blowup. So all in all 20k and unload the other car seems like a good deal. Not to mention it is the sweetest driving car I have ever driven.

Do you guys think it wil go 150k pretty easily with proper maintenance? Thanks for all the feedback I am afraid I just picked up another addiction! great site.

Originally Posted by goodman' post='884728' date='May 20 2009, 05:35 PM

Don't be rushed into it. Do your due diligence first. Get the service history of the car and read the CPO warranty so you will know exactly what is and what is not covered. Some CPOs come to the dealership from the wholesaler.

Originally Posted by 06530-6M' post='884861' date='May 20 2009, 06:47 PM

Wow, what a beautiful car! Very tasteful. Classy.

Originally Posted by 06530-6M' post='884837' date='May 20 2009, 04:31 PM

Have a look at your keyboard and two keys over from the "M" key is one that has a ">" at the top of it with a small dot at the bottom. When typing, press down on this key at the end of each complete thought. This is commonly referred to as the "period."

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I 100% agree with your feedback about making friends at the dealership, as well as your thoughts about folks who enter with a possible bad attitude. Unfortunately, from what I can gather by reading too many 'scary' threads in these forums, sometimes it's the SA or dealership's poor attitude as well. The key is to find the right people to work on your car and treat them well. "Treat others as you would have them treat you" really does work.

I use my [completely outstanding] dealership for technical matters, but have an independent shop nearby as well for regular maintenance stuff like oil changes, new brakes, etc. Not everyone is blessed with the combo, however, and honestly if I didn't either I probably wouldn't own a BMW.

Here's another good example for you: My car is at the dealership right now, and my SA provided me with a new 3series loaner even though I didn't buy it from them. (We do have 4 BMW's in my immediate family though.) I had mentioned to him that I had parts in the trunk that I was going to have installed myself once they were finished with it. Without asking, he told the mechanics to use anything I had back there if they needed to access the parts on the car while reviewing it. I needed new front pads, so they installed the dustless pads I had waiting in the trunk on all four wheels. And since they were putting on the back pads they also decided to install my new spacers for me as well (so they could see what they looked like according to them). They're not charging me anything for the extra work either.

I also barely mentioned my concern about the ticking noise that some people have talked about here in the forums for the 06 530i and he's having it looked at via 'the test' that everyone is nervous about, and promised he will try to get the new head put on it for me because he knows I want to keep the car for a while. He has an 08 and has already had it installed on his. He also mentioned the higher torque / better performance that some of you have observed.

Side note: There IS a new/revised sunroof gasket that BMW recently made available for the dealerships. It's made of a thicker, softer rubber and apparently works much better than what came with the car. They installed it for me yesterday and he said it's now 100% better.