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02-02-2010, 12:48 AM
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nice. Wow - Ebay huh? interesting...
congrats and enjoy the drive back. I drove mine to CA from KY. Well - sort of. A buddy took it from KY to CO and I drove it from CO to CA. What a road trip. The 90K mile 4.6is performed flawlessly. I assume you are having or already had a PPI done at a local dealer in FL? That's what I did and it all checked out. I guess with 32K miles you have a lot less to worry about than I did, but still better safe than sorry. I almost bought a E36 M3 back when they were nearly new cars and it had under 40K miles on it and had been in a nasty wreck. I had the check in hand for the car and everything in the guys name. I ran as fast as I could out of the shop as soon as I settled up the payment for the PPI that saved my ass.. bring a camera - we want pics and a report when you get home now!!
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02-02-2010, 01:29 AM
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Yea it was crazy to hit "Buy it Now" on a $35k vehicle and all of a sudden popping up "Congratulations on your purchase of the 2006 BMW X5" - almost surreal.
Tomorrow they are taking it to the BMW dealer for a full check up and to get any warranty related issues taken care of for my trip home. I think I am going to have them install a clearbra as well to avoid any damage. She assured me that they avoid cars with any sort of issues, more hassle than it is worth with out of state clients, and that makes sense and would be the way I would run a dealership like this. Things like their guy using an electronic paint thickness gauge and all sorts of other checks to make sure the cars are legit. Even so a freshened up bumper or something isn't the end of the world as long as the car itself is solid. Pics are a huge deal to me so there will be plenty!
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02-02-2010, 04:46 PM
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I just got off the phone with the owner of the dealership I bought it from - turns out they listed it wrong.
Instead of just the factory warranty it has the CPO warranty as well! Confirmed with the issuing BMW dealership! I think I may be the luckiest man alive right now, time to buy a lotto ticket!
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02-02-2010, 06:04 PM
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02-02-2010, 07:44 PM
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wow what a deal you got yourself now. Does it include maintenance till 100k miles?
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02-02-2010, 06:20 PM
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ya - sometimes that happens with an auction vehicle. A buddy of mine purchased a 2004 760iL from a dealer and later found out it had a CPO attached to it. He had no idea - the BMW dealer found out for him. I traded in a 2000 M5 for a 2004 Z06 Corvette one time and the M5 was still under CPO. The dealer may have sold the car on their lot or may have dumped it off on auction, but I bet either way they had no clue it was a CPO car. Only a BMW dealer or someone who deals in these cars would know to look and use it as an added value to the sale.
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02-02-2010, 08:28 PM
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Just a quick tip based on my experience: I bought a warm weather (Dallas) X5 this past December and drove it up to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At about Wyoming, the washer fluid reservoir was frozen up to a slush-like consistency and all the washer lines were plugged. I've since had to replace a busted leaking washer pump and have left several jugs of -40-approved washer fluid to leak on the driveway!
 I'd recommend either bringing down some cold weather additive or getting a jug of the cold weather stuff ASAP, as Minneapolis will be a lot like Canada at this time of year! Looks like a nice ride, have fun!
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02-02-2010, 10:46 PM
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I'll probably have to wait until St Louis to grab anything cold weather related. PS I think it is actually colder than Canada right now 
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02-03-2010, 07:26 PM
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Congrats on the nice find, great stuff. :thumbup
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In case of an emergency, just add half a bottle of rubbing alcohol to the windshield washer reservoir and you should be good to go. Learned this from a truck driver, after my rental car had frozen washer fluid in reservoir and all of the pipes, back in Quebec/Canada. Poured the alcohol in there and after a few minutes kept pressing the spray button so the melted fluid could work/melt its way up the frozen pipes and finally through the sprayer onto the windshield.
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