I am not here to bash the E70 per se, but relate a story and what my experience is in relation to this topic. I have a friend that works for a BMW dealer, and recently he had a conversation with the visiting BMW rep for the area. The rep mentioned visiting dealers in his area and finding E70's that just arrived at the dealerships with poor quality control-from small things such as incorrect badges installed to a couple that have arrived with running boards on one side and none on the other. He said the recent assembly line changes at the Spartanburg plant have caused some problems and it is showing.

Since I have a dealer's license, I routinely check out the Manheim auctions for prospective buys. At a recent Manheim auction up north, there were three E70's, all with under 3k miles, that were being sold. Each of them were yellow light, meaning there was a disclosure. And each one were manufacturer buybacks, or 'lemon law' vehicles. I did some checking and found a few more like this at other Manheim locations.

I am glad some people aren't having any issues with their E70's, but personally if I was in the market for one I would wait for an '08 or '09 so that most of the bugs are worked out.

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