PPI in West Houston

Rogue75 · 02-09-2019, 05:17 PM

Interested in a CPO vehicle in West Houston. I will be purchasing from out of state and will not be able to physically view the vehicle.

Its a certified vehicle, is it still recommended to get a ppi done? If so, what shops are recommended for the ppi?

TIA

mgattmch · 02-10-2019, 05:37 AM

Try Lewis Allen at:

http://www.munichmotorwerke.com

Not sure if he does PPIs. However, when I lived in Houston Lewis serviced all my BMWs; he is an outstanding, competitive and honest independent BMW mechanic.

Opie55 · 02-10-2019, 08:16 AM

I almost always ending up buying cars far from where I live, but I still have never bought one sight unseen. I have never had a PPI done, and would not on a CPO car. It's not the mechanical stuff I care about, but the cosmetic stuff. If I got a car delivered from far away I'd be way more disappointed to discover that somebody put a nick in the leather dash or that the NAV screen was scratched than I would be to discover it needed new injectors or a control arm. If I was going to hire somebody to look at a car I could not see, I'd hire some super-fastidious car guy to look at it cosmetically.

dclin · 02-10-2019, 11:52 PM

A little less important to have it inspected if a CPO - BMW has a set of guidelines which determines if they will sell it as a CPO (and add the extra 1 year warranty past the original). If you are buying one from an independent dealer (or obviously an individual), there is no question I would do one.

Having said that, unless it's a car you plan on modifying etc, I would do so anyways. Doesn't mean whomever that inspected the car for BMW caught everything. Worth it for the little money that it costs. I did so more for cosmetics more than anything else, for my previous 650 GC. I flew to Las Vegas to see the M6 GC in person.

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mgattmch Private First Class 29 Rep 122 Posts Drives: 2015 650iX GC Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Chesterton, IN iTrader: (0)	Try Lewis Allen at: http://www.munichmotorwerke.com Not sure if he does PPIs. However, when I lived in Houston Lewis serviced all my BMWs; he is an outstanding, competitive and honest independent BMW mechanic.
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Opie55 Colonel 1195 Rep 2,906 Posts Drives: '15 650i Convertible Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: US iTrader: (0)	I almost always ending up buying cars far from where I live, but I still have never bought one sight unseen. I have never had a PPI done, and would not on a CPO car. It's not the mechanical stuff I care about, but the cosmetic stuff. If I got a car delivered from far away I'd be way more disappointed to discover that somebody put a nick in the leather dash or that the NAV screen was scratched than I would be to discover it needed new injectors or a control arm. If I was going to hire somebody to look at a car I could not see, I'd hire some super-fastidious car guy to look at it cosmetically.
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dclin Private First Class 20 Rep 123 Posts Drives: FD3S Join Date: May 2014 Location: TX iTrader: (0)	A little less important to have it inspected if a CPO - BMW has a set of guidelines which determines if they will sell it as a CPO (and add the extra 1 year warranty past the original). If you are buying one from an independent dealer (or obviously an individual), there is no question I would do one. Having said that, unless it's a car you plan on modifying etc, I would do so anyways. Doesn't mean whomever that inspected the car for BMW caught everything. Worth it for the little money that it costs. I did so more for cosmetics more than anything else, for my previous 650 GC. I flew to Las Vegas to see the M6 GC in person.
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