Would this gap in service history put you off?

[MitchT]

19 plate BMW 118i the OH is interested in.
Big gap in service history - 3 years, two months / 21,389 miles.
Run a mile or no biggie?



Also, looking at the time between the dealer's Multi Point Inpsection Check and the fact that it's been "in preparation" since then and the photos only uploaded today, I can't help wondering what on earth they've been doing with it for the last 3.5 weeks.

But it's exactly what she wants.

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

Is it a Y*19 plate.

Probably an ex BMW staffer or demo car. Registered in 2019, low ish mileage driver for the first 18 months or so then sold to the dealer.

Second owner followed a mileage service plan. So a big gap.

I doubt it’ll be a problem as it’s not a diesel.

It’ll have a warranty and you can get the dealer to service it before sale

[SteBrown91]

BigMW - Run a mile.

[stevemcs]

SteBrown91 said:

BigMW - Run a mile.

The same, the missing service isn't half as bad as it being sold by big motoring world

[twing]

SteBrown91 said:

BigMW - Run a mile.

Came here to say this

[Richard-390a0]

I see a bigger gap than you do! 4yrs & 30 odd thousand miles between oil services.

[MitchT]

Dynion Araf Uchaf said:

Is it a Y*19 plate.

Yes, YM.

SteBrown91 said:

BigMW - Run a mile.

Yeah, I know but, ultimately, it's a case of where the car you want crops up for sale. Then, checking it's a decent car, buying it and moving on with your life. I'd treat anything other than an approved used BMW as a private sale and do the relevant due diligence as the warranty on a used car from any independent won't be worth the paper it's written on anyway.

[MitchT]

Richard-390a0 said:

I see a bigger gap than you do! 4yrs & 30 odd thousand miles between oil services.

Good point!

[Sardonicus]

Wouldnt touch that with a ten ft barge pole frankly , ridiculous oil ch history

[Pugster]

Apart from the near on 30K mile lack of oil and filter change it looks like it's never had the plugs changed either.

I take your point about BigMW but to me they seem to buy the crap that decent places swerve.

There's a ton of these out there why risk it?

[Trevor555]

twing said:

SteBrown91 said:

BigMW - Run a mile.

Came here to say this

Run a marathon.

[MitchT]

Think that's a consensus then... unless there was an oil service in Feb '23 and they've missed it off the list!

I'll tell the OH to keep looking.