10-02-2021, 07:36 PM | #1 |
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Potential purchase & cost to own/reliability
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First time on this section but multiple time 335 owner and now driving an X4M Competition. I'm trading it in in the next two weeks due to wanting to drop car payments lower and I can make 6k on it (it was a lease with only first month and fees down) I've found a full my loaded 650i gran coupe fully loaded that I love. Only issue is it was in an accident a few years ago, it's a private party sale, and it has 76k on the odometer. My plan is to finance for 5 years and drive 12k a year and sell it at then end. How concerned should I be about reliability, cost to own, etc? Tires and brakes were done recently. Finally, how is it to own? Any quirks, gremlins, etc? Thanks Tony |
10-02-2021, 07:43 PM | #2 |
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Firstly, you didn’t mention what year it is. The early years had some real poopers with the V8.
Personally, I would avoid the V8 all together and look for a 640i. |
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It's a 2015. Not sure if that classifies as an older or newer one. I wasn't really looking for this it's pretty much this one off car or I'll just lease a 3 series or something
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10-02-2021, 08:08 PM | #4 |
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The 2015 has the N63TU engine which had some of the N63 engine problems taken care of and is less problematic. Never the less, keep in mind that many parts (other than the drive-train are unique to the 6 series and will probably demand a premium for replacement parts as time goes on.
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10-03-2021, 12:23 AM | #5 |
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I have a 2015 and it has had zero issues and uses no oil, although mine only has abut 46,000 miles.
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10-03-2021, 08:51 AM | #7 |
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Does anyone recommend an extended warranty company? My main concern is something catastrophic. A couple hundred here or there isn't my real concern. Also this would be a private party purchase. Should I be wary of that vs a dealership?
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10-03-2021, 09:53 AM | #8 |
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I'm on the side of I never buy warranties ever for anything. The private party vs. dealership is no issue for me. A dealer car was once owned by a private party, and most private parties at this level of car got their car serviced at the dealership. You can get a great or bad car either place. Look at the car and look at the person selling it to you. It's not hard to tell a car that was cared for from one that wasn't. A person who is fastidious about their paint or keeping the trunk vacuumed is not going to go 15,000 miles between oil changes. Those things go hand in hand. When I see car ads where the person did not even remove their personal effects or trash before taking pictures I will not buy that car. I assume that anybody that lazy about one thing is lazy about everything.
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Try Patriot warranty, they were one of the few companies willing to cover my 13 M6 when I got it with only 42k mi. I personally would look for one with less mileage though, 30-50k
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my 2015 LCI 650 coupe has never been a problem. i did have to replace the spark plugs earlier this year when I got a 'reduced performance' re a misfire that occurred. ironically plugs were fouled from not driving the car enough.... mine never needs oil at all between annual services, it doesn't have many klms though 43k klms I'm not sure what that is in miles.
so long as the car checks out in a PPI done by a reputable outfit you should be fine with the later N63TU engines. I would say i always use the highest octane fuel here in Australia that's BP or Shell 98 RON. Never use fuel with ethanol or lower grades if you can help it. I've spoken to many mechanical people who suggest poor quality fuels, high ethanol content fuels and low oct are just not good for these engines, they really don't like it. good luck hope you find the 6 series you like, they are fabulous looking and preforming cars! |
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Have you ever filed a claim with Patriot and if so, how was the experience? They quoted me a pretty good rate on my 6, but its pretty worthlessi f they dont pay claims. thx
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I haven't had to use the warranty yet so I can't say. Only had the car a little more than a month, but IMO I would look for a CPO 6 Series or at least one that's still under factory warranty at a BMW dealership so they can extend it.
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