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Originally Posted by movva929
I am trying to buy 2006 X5 3.0 Manual Black\Brown Leather Premuim Package, Sports package ,25,500 Miles from a private dealer. I ran the car fax and it says previously leased car in Fl. This dealer bought this truck in auction in Georgia. He advertised it for $33K (Way above than market) but negotiated on phone to $28K as I live in TX. So if I need to buy this one I am going to pay $28K+$1K for shipping +$2000 for tax and tags=$31K in total. I got this one inspected through my friend who lives in MD but I am planning to go there and inspect the truck myself befor handing over the check. I know all this sound silly butI want a manual X5 and not able to get one in my area  .
Please suggest if I can buy and If i can buy this from a private dealer. Do you guys think I will regret  with this purchase with gas at $4 and no resale value for SUV's and particularly manual. |
If it is a rational decision, you will regret it from a monetary perspective. The x5 is expensive to run and the 2006 (I believe) has the old m52/4 engine (3.0i inline 6 that ran from 2001-2006 for x5s). The manual is great if you're an enthusiast and like rowing the gears but the gear ratios leave something to be desired.
Resale is a huge issue with an x5 with a stick. You need to locate someone basically like yourself as the truck will not appeal to soccer mom drivers (no offense, soccer moms!) so your market is limited. Anybody in the car business knows this as well so they will kill you on the trade-in value for the x5 when it is time for you to move on. Give you an example, I know a 2 owner 2001 x5 stick (normal options) with 80K miles available for $15k (before negotiation) in SD--that is 2-3k lower than other asking prices and this was when gas was $3.70 a gallon.
That said, I drive one and love it. But before I bought it, I knew that I was going to keep it a very long time.
Good luck!