That car looks great. It has 101k miles, so I guess you know that you can look forward, in the immediate future, to:
- valve cover gasket
- oil filter housing gasket
- coolant system rebuild (belts, hoses, water pump, thermos, temp sensor)
- radiator in the next 20-30k miles
- drive axles (or at least the boots) in the next 25k or so.
None of the above is terribly difficult to DIY, and the parts are all cheap if you DIY.
At 100k, you're hitting the first refurb cycle. If possible, I'd try to bargain the price down a little to account for that.
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Originally Posted by DiscoStu
From what I'm reading, everything sounds par for the course. Nothing really scares me about these cars other than the automatic transmission, which I have zero experience with.
I've been eyeballing this Stratus Grey 2006 X5 this week. Seems to be in good shape, low miles, with the options we want, at a great price. The history looks good too - originally a lease and then sold as a CPO. It has three prior owners, each owning for roughly an equal amount of time. I might have a look at it this week. |