Used M6 buying help

[scottyr]

Hi, been looking at a 55 M6 currently at Nottingham BMW

http://www.sytnernottinghambmw.co.uk/approved-used...

30k seems pretty decent value considering the mileage and being an BMW approved used car.

Questions:

What are the general service intervals on these beasts?
What would be the best warranty to get (money no option because I know if these things go kaput, they're fookin expensive)?
What is a must when looking at these (options and things to be aware of)?

Thanks for the help guys and gals.

[roofer]

It will come with BMW warranty for a year. I don't think it is that 'cheap' phone David M'Culloch at Nottingham (sales) and bid him 28k for it on the last day of the month.....

[scottyr]

Dealing with a dude called Phil....he's priced it up for me on 3 year HP and it's pretty high even with a 10k deposit...APR is mega.

I'm sure there's plenty of negotiation in it though.

It is cheap for the mileage compared to the market...don't fancy paying 4k less for a similar example from Bobs Motors.

[Cheburator mk2]

It is not 30k but 31k - at least in my maths book £30,850 is a lot closer to £31,000 than to £30,000

BMW are working with crazy APRs for used cars at present. Had something similar on a E61 M5 and the APR was in the low 10s, and that's with £10k deposit too. The dealer intimated that there was not much room for negotiation from BMW Finance. At the end decided to walk away and buy for cash in January/Feb when they really feel the pinch and need to shift cars...

[scottyr]

I appreciate the pedancy...however, that car is a 30k car MAX. You'd be daft to offer 30,850.

[roofer]

Its heavy metal, hard to shift this time of year. Bid 28k, Phil will keep going into Matt, David will tell you straight if you're going to get in it or not. I see that coming out the door at £28,900.

[djohnson]

scottyr said:

Hi, been looking at a 55 M6 currently at Nottingham BMW

http://www.sytnernottinghambmw.co.uk/approved-used...

30k seems pretty decent value considering the mileage and being an BMW approved used car.

Questions:

What are the general service intervals on these beasts?
What would be the best warranty to get (money no option because I know if these things go kaput, they're fookin expensive)?
What is a must when looking at these (options and things to be aware of)?

Thanks for the help guys and gals.

That's my old car! Traded her in a few weeks ago. For me a full BMW warranty is the only way to go however that looks like a BMW dealer so presumably it's sold with 12 months warranty? Car has just had a complete new engine (under the BMW warranty) and I had the clutch and flywheel done at 28,000 miles. I had the car since March 2009 and really enjoyed it.

ETA : There's even still a picture of her on my profile.

Edited by djohnson on Sunday 26th December 17:07

[scottyr]

Wow...thought BMWs were renowned for reliability.

A new clutch I can believe but a new engine after only 30k miles......?

Seems a bit extreme!

[djohnson]

I think engine failure is very much the exception rather than the norm with these cars. The engine was changed at around 29,600 miles and the car had done almost spot on 30,000 when I traded it in so it's literally a brand new engine. Let me know if there's anything else I can tell you about the car.