Trust me I have no problem paying a 3rd party to have a look at the car. I just figure it would easier to convince them to let me take the car to an actual BMW dealership as opposed to Joe Schmo's Car Fixer. I guess all that's left is for the to take that good two hour drive so I can actually put my eyes on it and convince to get some type of unbiased inspection done on it.

And I couldn't agree with you more, the whole CPO is absolute shame! I bout my Ford Edge as a CPO, paid the premium for it, and it is an absolute piece of junk that is plagued with more problems than the 2005 Ford Escape it replaced. So yeah I'll never fall for that again. But this car isn't a CPO it's only a "certified one owner" car through carfax...which I also think is a joke.