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04-15-2010, 11:36 AM
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I was looking at two E90's for sale that were local to me. One was a previous CPO with warranty until 100k and the other had no warranty and was located at a small dealers lot. The CPO car had a carfax that looked clean 
and the the other one had no carfax.
I called my SA at a BMW dealership and he ran the history report for both cars. The car with the warranty until 100k had so many things replaced and it only had 30k miles on it.
-All 4 tires were replaced every 4k miles
-Central Locking System Failure
-Transmission Fluid Leaking
-Electronics Failure
-Sunroof Issues
-Faulty Radio
-Cup Holders
-Steering Wheel Failure
-Battery and Alternator
-Starter
The other car had normal wear and tear items replaced. I am shocked at the other car how can a car like that get CPO'd?
and the the other one had no carfax.I called my SA at a BMW dealership and he ran the history report for both cars. The car with the warranty until 100k had so many things replaced and it only had 30k miles on it.
-All 4 tires were replaced every 4k miles
-Central Locking System Failure
-Transmission Fluid Leaking
-Electronics Failure
-Sunroof Issues
-Faulty Radio
-Cup Holders
-Steering Wheel Failure
-Battery and Alternator
-Starter
The other car had normal wear and tear items replaced. I am shocked at the other car how can a car like that get CPO'd?
These small items all seem to fail on bmws!
04-15-2010, 12:02 PM
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Sounds normal to me too. The CPO'd one is still the better bet, because of the warranty and the fact that these things were, in fact, replaced. The other car, without warranty, would be a money pit if the same things go wrong with it. When in doubt get CPO every time, your bank account will thank you. 
04-15-2010, 12:11 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Then your SA is a moron, I can;t imagine driving these cars without any warranty protection. If that car isn;t right for you keep looking for a different CPO car, DO NOT buy one without a warranty. Remember those rinky-dink dealers buy the cars at auction because they are cars the real dealers don;t want back.
04-15-2010, 12:22 PM
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Then your SA is a moron, I can;t imagine driving these cars without any warranty protection. If that car isn;t right for you keep looking for a different CPO car, DO NOT buy one without a warranty. Remember those rinky-dink dealers buy the cars at auction because they are cars the real dealers don;t want back.
04-15-2010, 12:25 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
It would still have maintenance warranty until 50k miles, and the bumper to bumper for 36k miles, but that's it. And both of those are coming up real soon on that car. Those rinky-dink dealers rarely have the intelligence to know the standard warranties on the cars. I went through the same thing before I bought mine, went to a somewhat shady dealer to look at a car and he had no idea if it had warranty (of course in that case the car had iDrive warnings up the yinyang)
04-15-2010, 02:11 PM
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The third car was a Honda ... and the dealer service record: Oil change | Oil change | Oil change | Oil change 
That's why real men don't drive Hondas!
That's why real men don't drive Hondas!
04-15-2010, 02:15 PM
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My advice: find another CPO car that is not a lemon. I would not touch the CPO car you are looking at with its crappy service history. But I also would not touch a used BMW without a CPO on it.
