Question re BMW Warranty?

Question re BMW Warranty?

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berry100

Original Poster:

991 posts

212 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2008
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Once I've settled on an M car (See E39/E60 thread), should the car be out of warranty, is it possible to go to BMW to buy their warranty? Or is it only possible with their used cars and to extend hereafter?


Cheers in advance.


M5Dave

829 posts

211 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2008
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If the BMW warranty on the car has expired, even if only by a day, then it can't be renewed. To get a BMW warranty in these circumstances you would have to buy the car through the approved used scheme.

Edited by M5Dave on Tuesday 23 September 20:16

berry100

Original Poster:

991 posts

212 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2008
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frown

The ones with a warranty are a bugger to find...

No intention of going via the dealer for one....ho hum...

M5Dave

829 posts

211 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2008
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Agreed E39s with warranty are like hens teeth now, I've just let the warranty lapse on mine because the cost is now prohibitive, but it should still be easy to find an E60 at reasonable money with extended warranty.

berry100

Original Poster:

991 posts

212 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2008
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M5Dave said:
Agreed E39s with warranty are like hens teeth now, I've just let the warranty lapse on mine because the cost is now prohibitive, but it should still be easy to find an E60 at reasonable money with extended warranty.
Most of the E60's I've seen have the extended warranty but have pretty much decided that the E39 will be the winner of this debate for now as it's a £15kish versus £28kish decision...

Just the E46 M3 to discount and a buyer for mine then I'll be going shopping!!! Now what colour shall I have confused

M5Dave

829 posts

211 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2008
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If I was buying another E39 M5 I would buy a Silverstone one.

Mine is Carbon black, and while it's probably the car's best colour when its just been polished, at any other time I would say its the worst. It shows up dirt like nothing else, gets covered in swirls and every mark and blemish stands out like a sore thumb. You really have to constantly keep on top of it or it just starts to look tatty, so unless you're a car cleaning fanatic my advice would be to avoid Carbon black.

outnumbered

4,118 posts

236 months

Tuesday 23rd September 2008
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Someone over on mtorque was claiming that there's a new BMW warranty product, which started earlier this year, that you can take up an any time - without having to keep up the continuous warranty history. Although the website doesn't seem to make this clear.

Worth ringing them up to find out for sure, anyway

Edited by outnumbered on Tuesday 23 September 21:53