phillipg96

Hi all,

I own a 2007 550i with around 99,000 miles. I'm looking to buy a new car soon and will be trading this one in. The car currently needs the Valve Stem Leak repair done which I know is pricey.

Any of y'all have similar experiences with trading in? How much can I reasonably expect? Is the repair gonna make my trade in useless?

thanks

star69me

Just did the valve stem seals job on my 07 550i at 121k miles I have 123k now. I just blue booked last week. Resale from dealer $8500, trade in value to the dealer $4800 -$5500 and sale by owner was $7600 that's what the bank told me and the dealer quoted me almost the same prices



QUOTE=phillipg96;1579231]Hi all,

I own a 2007 550i with around 99,000 miles. I'm looking to buy a new car soon and will be trading this one in. The car currently needs the Valve Stem Leak repair done which I know is pricey.

Any of y'all have similar experiences with trading in? How much can I reasonably expect? Is the repair gonna make my trade in useless?

thanks[/QUOTE]

phillipg96

[QUOTE=star69me;1579232]Just did the valve stem seals job on my 07 550i at 121k miles I have 123k now. I just blue booked last week. Resale from dealer $8500, trade in value to the dealer $4800 -$5500 and sale by owner was $7600 that's what the bank told me and the dealer quoted me almost the same prices

Thanks for the info! I was quoted $5100 to get the stem seal job done, so I figured its not worth doing because the car is barely worth that much. Those prices are with the repair done, correct?

ETNav382

There's plenty of mechanics that do the job for $2500 out the door. Check bimmerfest for topics about it.

star69me

No I was just checking on the value of my car.. but I paid $3000 for my valve stem job and it included motor mounts and the alternator seals and the timing seals. If I would 9f been thinking while the engine was out I should of changed out the coolant pipe I keep hearing about that goes bad. But my indy guy said I didn't need it.




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