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#1537 of 1544 Brand new BMX X3 costs 20% of price to sell back by pp2009pp Sep 18, 2009 (10:32 am)
Brand new BMW X3 with problems, see my other posts on the various X3 threads.   Just for giggles, asked about selling it back to the dealership after 1 month and <500 miles on it. Loss: 20% of purchase price. Not so much in the giggle department. Replies to this message: lawman1967 (Sep 18, 2009 1:25 pm) roadburner (Sep 20, 2009 11:07 am) pp2009pp (Sep 20, 2009 12:54 pm)
#1538 of 1544 Re: Brand new BMX X3 costs 20% of price to sell back [pp2009pp] by lawman1967 Sep 18, 2009 (1:25 pm)
Replying to: pp2009pp (Sep 18, 2009 10:32 am) Just for giggles, why don't stop crapping all over the X3 threads. 1 lemon does not make for a defective car line. My wife had a brand new 2007 Toyota Camry, largely regarded as one of the most reliable cars on the market, but it was a rattle trap with shimmying brakes from day one. She traded it on a 2009 X3 in February, last 15,000 trouble-free miles later it remains THE BEST-BUILT, MOST RELIABLE, LEAST TROUBLESOM and ZERO DEFECT car that either of us has ever owned.   We are so delighted with the build quality that when I trade in my Mercedes early next year I'm going to look for a nice CPO 2007 or 2008 X3 for myself.   Of course my great experience doesn't make the X3 a troublesome car line any more than your experience makes it a troubled one.   The fact is the X3 uses largely the same parts as the previous-generation 3-series, a well-liked and reliable car if ever there was one, and the engines and transmissions from the current 3-series, also a rather highly-regarded car. There is nothing about the X3 that makes good engines and transmissions bad.   Face it, you got a bad one. Maybe your car was put together on the Monday morning after Oktoberfest, but it is hardly representative to the entire line. Replies to this message: roadburner (Sep 20, 2009 11:07 am) pp2009pp (Sep 20, 2009 12:54 pm)
#1539 of 1544 Re: Brand new BMX X3 costs 20% of price to sell back [lawman1967] by roadburner Sep 20, 2009 (11:07 am)
Replying to: lawman1967 (Sep 18, 2009 1:25 pm) Face it, you got a bad one. Maybe your car was put together on the Monday morning after Oktoberfest, but it is hardly representative to the entire line.   Exactly!
#1540 of 1544 Re: Brand new BMX X3 costs 20% of price to sell back [lawman1967] by pp2009pp Sep 20, 2009 (12:54 pm)
Replying to: lawman1967 (Sep 18, 2009 1:25 pm) "Face it, you got a bad one. Maybe your car was put together on the Monday morning after Oktoberfest, but it is hardly representative to the entire line. "   Did I ever say it was? I am talking about my car and my personal experiences.   I am trying to figure out what is wrong with my car and how to fix it. Since my car will eventually be up for resale as well, I do not have a vested interest in outlining its problems either. However, the situation is bad enough that I am willing to take the risk of poor resale in order to figure out what the heck is wrong with it.   So far, I have found (through talking about my car) that it might have the well-known transmission problem causing rocking, it might have a cv joint problem causing bucking from the front bumper, it might have asthma or allergies....I do not know. I am currently trying to figure out if there is something amiss in the seat as I feel the side to side swaying behind the driver's seat after going over minor imperfections in the road.   Who knows what I will find today? The hunt continues until I figure out what it is.
#1541 of 1544 Best time to sell brand new 2009 by pp2009pp Sep 26, 2009 (6:56 pm)
I do not see a folder for Prices When Sold and Selling Experiences.   Does anyone know when it makes sense to sell a brand new 2009 X3 AT in favor of a different car from a different manufacturer?   Right now, to sell it back to the dealership costs about 20% of the purchase price. That means that driving this around for 1 month cost 20% of the purchase price. It also means providing more profit to the dealer and BMW which just adds insult to injury even though I do not blame the dealer.   Caveat BMW.   I suspect that driving it around for 6 months, unless I am putting more than 1500 miles on it in a month i.e. significantly more than average, doesn't cost much more than 20% of the purchase price. Has anyone actually done this with a BMW or similar car?   I'm just looking for options. I don't know yet if this qualifies for lemon lawing although it still may since it appears to be picking up new ticks. Replies to this message: nyccarguy (Sep 27, 2009 6:31 pm) pp2009pp (Sep 27, 2009 8:51 pm)
#1542 of 1544 Re: Best time to sell brand new 2009 [pp2009pp] by nyccarguy Sep 27, 2009 (6:31 pm)
Replying to: pp2009pp (Sep 26, 2009 6:56 pm) You're going to get killed either way, today, tomorrow, or 6 months from now - pick your poison. You have an '09 x3 that had an MSRP somewhere in the $40K ish neighborhood. The dealer has to buy it back from you and sell it at a profit for significantly less than a new '09 X3 (0 miles). If you are truly unhappy (and it seems like you are), then shop the car around. Get quotes from your dealer (which you have), I hear carmax always offers more than a dealer does, try other BMW dealeships. You never know. Good luck! Replies to this message: pp2009pp (Sep 27, 2009 8:51 pm)

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