63 Mile 4.6is

[FAT_X5]

Unreal... For that price you could find a much newer MY. Did you read, it also said Black available... They have 2?

Crazy.

"These cars come from a collection of totally common uncollectable daily drivers"

Sorry, couldn't resist.. (unless he was keeping them 100 years for his great great grand kids)

[///MB]

I'm sure it's out of warranty. So, all the problems, common and uncommon, I have had fixed under warranty will be out of pocket for the buyer of this car.

[Weasel]

It would have to be sold from one person with more money than brains, to another person with more money than brains!

[Icer006]

LOL! nice.

Originally Posted by weasel56

It would have to be sold from one person with more money than brains, to another person with more money than brains!

[X5devon]

Genuine Car with the following problems
1. Well overpriced - I'd rather have a 4.6is with 50k at half the price
2. No Warranty - All cars have problems and this one hasn't got to them yet.
3. If you need to finance it - rates and payback periods tend to be restricted for cars over 5 years old
4. When you come to sell it with 40k on the clock you won't get much more than the same model with 80k on the clock

[Imola R]

Originally Posted by X5devon

Genuine Car with the following problems
1. Well overpriced - I'd rather have a 4.6is with 50k at half the price
2. No Warranty - All cars have problems and this one hasn't got to them yet.
3. If you need to finance it - rates and payback periods tend to be restricted for cars over 5 years old
4. When you come to sell it with 40k on the clock you won't get much more than the same model with 80k on the clock

I can agree with you on points 1, 3 and 4, but definitely not 2.

All cars have problems? I can think of my last half a dozen that were never taken in for a warranty issue before it expired. These were not garage queens, all bought new by me and varied in prices from $22,000 up to the beloved X which was right at $70,000.

Thought I would throw this into the mix .

[BigGar]

Originally Posted by Imola R

I can agree with you on points 1, 3 and 4, but definitely not 2.

All cars have problems? I can think of my last half a dozen that were never taken in for a warranty issue before it expired. These were not garage queens, all bought new by me and varied in prices from $22,000 up to the beloved X which was right at $70,000.

Thought I would throw this into the mix .

And I thank you for that

It's hard to say if there would be problems or not. I've done my best with all of them and any flaws or issues that I have noticed were taken care of when the warranty was in effect. Not that one would expect much to happen in the first 100 miles, but the new car flaws, recalls, and any other problem so far, no matter how minute, have been addressed.

I certainly don't think dry rot would be a problem. The belts and hoses get regular flow and heat cycling. I always run the a/c when they're started to get that moving too. Flip all the switches, basically play with everything to check for problems and move things around. Of course, cosmetically, they're far cleaner than the day they left the dealership and there's not a scratch, chip, or flaw on them.

Are they worth it?
I think we've priced them pretty high.
Opinions?
What exactly would you pay?
Don't worry, I'm not the owner and my skin is pretty thick anyway.



Gar

[FSETH]

Originally Posted by Imola R

I can agree with you on points 1, 3 and 4, but definitely not 2.

All cars have problems? I can think of my last half a dozen that were never taken in for a warranty issue before it expired. These were not garage queens, all bought new by me and varied in prices from $22,000 up to the beloved X which was right at $70,000.

Thought I would throw this into the mix .

I have to disagree with this big time. All of the little common known isues with the X5 have not yet come up on this car and when they do, it will be on the owner to fix. Anyone who buys this is essentially buying a car with all of it's mechanical issues in front of it with absolutely no warranty coverage. My X5 went through $7k in warranty repairs from 60,000 -90,000 miles and I am not certain what the original owner had done in warranty repairs before 60,000k.

I also don't really like that the seller says the X was "started and run to operating temperature regularly and then driven a few miles to circulate things". The engine isn't even broken in yet and it has been allowed to sit still and idle for hours. Doesn't sound good to me.

I don't mean any disrespect, but I wouldn't touch this thing unless I had a lot of money I wanted to throw at future repairs. It is a great car, but it is not a collectors car yet and who ever bought it should have actually driven it a little bit.

A quick search of Autotrader revealed these listings;

2003 4.6is with 29,500 miles $25,900
2003 4.6is with 18,700 miles $32,700
2004 4.8is with 21,000 miles $37,500

IMO, you need to drop the price by a minimum of $10,000 or wait for the one perfect person who is willing to spend as much as you are asking for your car. I personally would feel much more comfortable buying a 6 year old car with 30,000 miles on it than one with only 69. At least all of the above listed cars have had their engines broken in and some glitches were probably fixed under warranty.

I also have to ask the question that was brought up earlier. Why in the world would someone buy a car like this, never drive it, spend the money to store it and waste their time starting it and taking it to a dealer for maintenance just to lose their ass on depreciation?

[LeMansX5]

Imagine the viscosity of oil in that engine. Not to mention the carbon.

Engine will need major cleanup.

So he bought these cars just to sell them few years later.

[BigGar]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Imagine the viscosity of oil in that engine. Not to mention the carbon.

Engine will need major cleanup.

So he bought these cars just to sell them few years later.

I guess you guys don't really understand my little exercise program.

As far as the "why" goes. Your guess is as good as mine. I just take care of the cars. I stopped torturing myself with that question awhile back.
It ain't my money. . .



Gar