63 Mile 4.6is

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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?