E39 M5 prices on the rise ?

[Kananga]

I had bought this car for £9k from the same dealer last year: http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/details...

I rejected the car after it had been delivered (happy to provide feedback if anyone is interested) but just noticed it is being re-advertised £6k higher !

Impressive!

[Kananga]

If anyone is interested in specifics, pls drop me a pm. Nothing earth shattering, but combination of issues meant that I wasn't happy to accept it.

[Kananga]

isaldiri said:

Time gap. Between 2006-2011 had no recorded servicing or trip to any BMW workshop if I recall correctly. Mileage went from approx 30k to 48k in that time period.

That's correct. Apparently it had been to an independent garage during that time, but they lost all the paperwork for the car (which I had specifically wanted).

[Kananga]

161BMW said:

Don't BMW Hexagon of Highgate recently sold some of these at really über low mileages and very last of the line :-) ?

Think Hexagon generally try to corner the market in low mileage //M product, with v high prices (sometimes unrealistic). IIRC they successfully ramped up Z8 prices some years ago, but a lot of the rarer/overpriced stock today may be SoR. Believe this is the case for one of the Z3M's they have in stock.

I placed a deposit with them to hold a CSL a couple of years back and it was in pretty bad condition when I went to view. Non-matching tyres, nail sticking out of rear tyre, front bumper was loose and hadn't been painted properly (one half was a matte finish). Sales person (who was completely ignorant and knew nothing about the CSL) got pretty aggressive when I pointed these bits out, so I just asked for my money back and have stayed well away ever since!