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Re: Buying 530i [lanc3lot75]
by tayl0rd
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Aug 05, 2009 (3:46 am)
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Replying to: lanc3lot75 (Aug 04, 2009 3:30 pm)
What model years are these cars? I've never priced a used 5-series before, but they all seem overpriced to me, especially if they're over 3 years old. A coworker of mine got a 545i Sport/Premium w/ a little over 30K miles, IIRC, for about $35K a couple of years ago.
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- #12626 of 12657
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Re: Buying 530i [tayl0rd]
by lanc3lot75
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Aug 05, 2009 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Aug 05, 2009 3:46 am)
My apology about the Year. All cars are 2007. And all of them are from different dealership in my area (Bay Area). The low mileage is not CPO because it's from Infinity Dealership. I think the previous owner trade the car there. Thanks!
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- #12627 of 12657
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Re: Buying 530i [lanc3lot75]
by nyccarguy
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Aug 05, 2009 (5:49 pm)
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Replying to: lanc3lot75 (Aug 04, 2009 3:30 pm)
I would get the VIN off of the car at the Infiniti Dealership. Take it to your local BMW dealer and ask them to run the service history. If it comes back clean, offer the Infiniti Dealer $26.5K plus tax for the car (Your final price might be $27K or $28K + Tax). An '07 will still be under factory warranty & include the balance of factory scheduled maintenance. You'll be saving a boatload over the CPO cars (assuming the car wasn't in the shop a lot or crashed) and any repairs that do come up once the factory warranty is up you can pay for with some of the money you saved. Good luck!
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- #12628 of 12657
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Re: Buying 530i [nyccarguy]
by gardis
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Aug 08, 2009 (4:25 am)
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Aug 05, 2009 5:49 pm)
Very goo dadvice nyccarguy.
Lanc you should do that. The BMW dealer will be only too happy to look it up, thinking you'll become a service customer. Try it. Let us know how you make out with it.
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- #12629 of 12657
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2010 528xi hands free problem
by mark528
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Aug 12, 2009 (10:15 am)
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I just picked up my new 528xi, and the dealer was not able to get the hands free feature working. I have an LG voyager, which is listed on the compatibility chart, and there was no trouble getting it to pair and have my address book show up, but the hands free, as activated by the steering wheel wouldn't respond. After the prompt, it seems as though the mike doesn't work, but for calls initiated from the idrive the hands free works fine. The dealer claims my phone is a newer version software than that which was tested, and Verizon does not install old software onto its phones. Does anyone know the way around this? Otherwise, I can't initiate calls by voice.
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- #12630 of 12657
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speedometer runs fast, racks up my mileage
by bmwgal3
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Aug 23, 2009 (12:36 pm)
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I didn't mind, at first, that my speedometer and odometer run higher, show higher speeds and mileage, than my gps unit and roadside mileage postings, about 10% higher, in fact. But now that my leased 535i is over the allowed mileage, I'll have to pay 10% more for BMW's enthusiasm/erroneous settings. When the car is due to be turned in a year from now, I'll probably be thousands of miles over. My job changed after I signed the lease deal, and I never thought I'd have to commute this far. Has anyone run into this issue before?
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- #12631 of 12657
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Re: speedometer runs fast, racks up my mileage [bmwgal3]
by shipo
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Aug 23, 2009 (3:47 pm)
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Replying to: bmwgal3 (Aug 23, 2009 12:36 pm)
Virtually all BMWs report a higher speed compared to actual, but I've never heard of a single one reporting higher miles driven. Are you absolutely sure that the odometer is misreporting how far you've driven? If so, schedule a service appointment and have your dealership document the discrepancy between recorded and actual. That should be enough documentation to allow you to make a very strong case, especially as there are a number of laws that are supposed to protect the consumer from this type of thing (Honda got burned in a massive class-action law suit a couple of years back due to this very issue).
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- #12632 of 12657
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Re: speedometer runs fast, racks up my mileage [bmwgal3]
by nyccarguy
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Aug 23, 2009 (7:11 pm)
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Replying to: bmwgal3 (Aug 23, 2009 12:36 pm)
And if that is the case, once you get the repairs made and you are still over your miles, you can pre-pay your over miles $.16 per mile instead of $.25 per mile when you turn the car in.
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- #12633 of 12657
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Re: speedometer runs fast, racks up my mileage [shipo]
by nyccarguy
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Aug 23, 2009 (7:12 pm)
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Replying to: shipo (Aug 23, 2009 3:47 pm)
Hey Shipo! My how these boards have changed. We used to get threatened by the host on a weekly basis for arguing with others on the merits of snow tires & the sport package.
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- #12634 of 12657
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Re: speedometer runs fast, racks up my mileage [nyccarguy]
by pat HOST
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Aug 24, 2009 (1:36 am)
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Aug 23, 2009 7:12 pm)
Awww... you MISS me!!!
though my memory differs a bit from yours, imagine that...
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