323 miles in two years and two years between MOTs!

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MitchT said:

66HFM said:

Any service history etc during 2022-2024?
How many owners has it had during that time...?

Two owners according to the HPI certificate which can be downloaded from the delaer's website. Don't know about the service history yet. The price is on the strong side at the moment but, if it gets down to my target price without someone else buying it first, then I'll ask the dealer for a pic of the service history in the iDrive screen. The service interval on these cars is 18k miles or 24 months, whichever comes first so, with a 31 Jan 2019 reg date it should have the PDI check and two services in the iDrive by now. The services have to have been done on time for a comprehensive BMW warranty (which I'd purchase for the car) to be valid, and it has to be devoid of any warranty-invalidating mods, such as remaps, so that would have to be clarified too. Essentially, if I can get it for the right price and it's eligible for the BMW warranty then we're good to go.

Going back to the price, I saw a very well specced 68 plate 440i with 18k miles for sale 18 months ago for £26,230 and that was an approved used BMW at a main dealer. So, this car, being 18 months older now and not an approved used BMW, should be quite a bit less than that. It's currently more. Anyone who pays more than £24,500 for it is welcome to it. If anyone thinks I'm being unrealistic hoping for £2k off the price, I recently watched an approved used 440i go from £23,990 to £20,990. I'd have bought that one but the mileage was on the high side and it didn't have the Harmon Kardon sound system.

Edited by MitchT on Saturday 25th May 09:10

I don't know anything about these cars but that does look tempting. I think your approach is reasonable. Without knowing whether it's just been sitting around for a couple of years, I would want to get all the fluids changed.

Hopefully it's been stored indoors so that you don't have to worry about wear and tear consumables going brittle from weathering.