2006 Le Mans Blue 4.8is 62k+/- mi FOR SALE AS IS
 

Looking for offers on my ride. Great shape except for a serious issue with the engine. VERY Minor front bumper paint damage from an idiot neighbor with a boat trailer that bumped it. Vehicle is loaded otherwise. Considering auctioning it on ebay.

For more info on the engine situation see this thread: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-thread-2.html

OR If you know where I can find an engine: http://www.xoutpost.com/classifieds/...ne-wanted.html

Will try to post some pics when I get a chance but here are the specs: Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket


VIN# 5UXFA93576LE84633

LOADED:

Cream Beige Nappa Leather interior w/ Dark wood trim
Heated Steering Wheel
Sliding Load Floor
Rear Door Window Sun Blinds
Heated Front & Rear Seats
Adjustable front and rear seats
Park Distance Control
Navigation System
Premium Sound System w/ DSP
Adjustable Air Suspension
Luxury Package
Sport Package
Climate Package
Slide out trunk floor
Tow Hitch
And More!

Make Offer. Thanks.

You have been PM'ed. We should talk.

And........what is the asking price?

Seems like you have a cracked cilinder head. Why not swap it?

You have some responses already waiting for you in your original thread. We have a Far Sale forum where you get more responses as people looking to buy look there.

http://www.xoutpost.com/classifieds/...ut-thread.html

Feel free to post me there. I'm still trying to figure this Forum out I guess. Sorry about that.



NO ASKING PRICE BTW. MAKE YOUR BEST OFFER. JUST KEEP IN MIND THTA IF YOU TRY TO PLAY LOW BALLER I WONT BOTHER RESPONDING AND YOU WONT HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AGAIN. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A GIFT OF ANY KIND.

Well that's some pretty stupid terms isn't it? You refuse to give a price on something you are "Selling". Then if you don't get the price you want you'll ignore the person, then if they even try to figure out what the hell you do want you'll ignore them.

You're a hell of a salesman! You can keep it, buddy!

lol :D

Big LoL

I agree, the whole situation with the engine makes this situation very "gray". Throw out a price your looking to get. Aim high if you want you can always come down, but give us a ballpark.

^ what he said

I have a feeling he want some thing like $20k -$30k lmao

Oh let me start out your auction....
$1.00
Next.....

I offered what I thought was completely fair. My X for his. No responce. (and mine is solid, trans was R&R with a reman 6months ago, 4 new tires and all camber issues fixed. Just had a PA state inspection) I have a Pioneer double din touch screen Navi that is IPhone ready, cost $1500
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/u...e/f2901a7e.jpg


No responce.

Why not just fix the car instead of taking a loss? I agree with previous posters. Something isn't adding up.
OP, if you want offers, you'll need to provide more info.

:thumbup:

pm sent for car as is. but no price uuuu thats not good.

I really dislike posters who want to sell something and either use the "make me your best offer and I'll consider it" or "testing the waters". People also say no low balling. How does one know what the seller considers lowballing? These people usually want or think their item is worth a lot more than it is. Then, they post in the wrong section....They should figure out a FAIR asking price and post it along with the ad. Testing the waters ads are totally stupid.

+1 to you. But unfortunatly this guy wants to waste his own time + our time he started 2 threads. made people think what they need / make him offers and then flat out said you know what ill sell it as a whole. he is just wasting time i got the popcorn ready right when he said "
NO ASKING PRICE BTW. MAKE YOUR BEST OFFER. JUST KEEP IN MIND THTA IF YOU TRY TO PLAY LOW BALLER I WONT BOTHER RESPONDING AND YOU WONT HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER AGAIN. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A GIFT OF ANY KIND." :popcorn:

Since you are obviously not alone in your sentiment and you are free to "dislike" anything you choose and I of course am free to not care what you choose to "dislike" but:

My reasoning explained: I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT THE VEHICLE IS WORTH AT THE MOMENT GUYS SO I FIGURE THE BEST WAY TO AT LEAST GET A HANDLE ON IT IS TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR OFFERS. THOSE WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO NOT STEEL IT BUT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS VALUE TO IT WILL MAKE WHAT WILL AT LEAST APEAR TO BE "REASONABLE" OFFERS. THOSE WHO SIMPLY WANT TO GET SOMETHING FOR FREE OR CLOSE TO IT WILL BE IGNORED AND RISK LEAVING A BAD ENOUGH TASTE IN MY MOUTH THAT I WONT DEAL WITH THEM AGAIN EVEN IF THEY CONTINUE SENDING PMS OR POSTING HIGHER NUMBERS OR PUSHING FOR RESPONSES.

If any of the above does not make any sense to anyone, your welcome not to make an offer. Until I get a grasp on the actual value, I simply dont have an asking price. If you look you will see I recently posted a "Parking Out My Ride" thread which is also being considered. I am also looking for an engine to replace the unknown factors with my own. And or possibly try again to fix it. So this is the situation and I have nothing more to say except if you "DISLIKE" anything about this Thread, STAY OUT OF IT! :thumbup:

you gots to get a clue as to what it is you want to do!!!!!!

Not yet but I do appreciate your offer which seamingly is reasonable to some level.

And You my friend need to get some spelling lessons. :stickpoke




Ok lets help some people understand a little more here. Try to put yourself in my shoes. Ok, now what would you like to see happen if your me? You want to realize the most $ for what you have given time and efforts, RIGHT? Is everyone with me so far? Ok, since your are me at the moment and you dont really know what you can get for the vehicle as is in whole, and your just getting an idea of what you may be able to get for the parts although there's more work and time involved, and your still not sure if there is someone out there that can fix it yet since you have heard a number of different views from different sources with no guarrantees and have already dropped a few $k on stuff that didn't work but are open to getting it fixed if you could find someone who could tell you for a reasonable $ it will be fixed. And your also open to finding/ buying a used engine to replace the one that's causing me to have to explain these obvious things to those who just dont get it yet. So......

If anyone has anymore questions I'm all ears but try to put a little effort in your spelling aye?

dont worry about my spellink... not trying to get on your bad side but look at my new favorite quote by Brock leznar(any mma fans over here?) "you are making a chicken salad out of chicken shit"

First this:Then this:Priceless. Not unlike the vehicle in consideration. :rofl:

Hey guys I just wanted you to know that forum member "Jordo" just spent over an hour on the phone with me in attempts of helping me figure out what my vehicles problem is. THAT is why forums like this are so valuable and THAT is the kind of example that other forum members should learn from. Instead of only trying to make his own self serving best deal, he dropped any potential attitude, sent me his number and gave me his time. And besides being EXTREEMLY decent and generous with his time this guy KNOWS his stuff! Being a shop mannual writter and ex pro motorcrosser, he was Extreemly knowledgeable and is Very experience in mechanics!

And I think it's important to note that not only was this hour + brain storming session very informative but more so a welcomed, gracious relief from the majority posters who blindly post without thinking about another other persons distressed perdicament. Too many people with very negative frames of mind with very cynical attitudes first, second and third thought is "me, Me, ME" instead of putting yourself in the other persons shoes.

THANKS again Jordo! Great Example of a Great Forum Member for sure :thumbup:!

PERFECT Forum Name bro! P E R F E C T ! :jackoff:

Thank you for the kind words! I really hope you can get this sorted out, and I believe you will. Keep us (or at least me) in the loop, and stay focused! Talk to you soon. :thumbup:

So...have you determined a fair market value yet? A real quick look put the price in good condition near 27K-30Kish. Duduct 10K for engine/labor. $17-$20K would you agree/ disagree??

Indeed. With no frame of reference, offering anything is asinine.

Really? Spell check your own posts before you decide to become a spelling/grammar nazi.

Edited to highlight all spelling errors.

^ lets back off the spelling thing. I understand he was a little snappy with you, but lets take into consideration that he may have lost the $$,$$$ that he spent on his X.

What kind of mood would you be in if you are thinking you just lost $25,000 - $30,000?

He wasn't snappy with me, he was snappy with another forum member. I understand the frustration associated with it, but taking it out on other ofrum members is not the way to handle things.

Ok, so spend some time reading the post and not to be a dic*, but, its a waste of bandwidth and storage so I'll just give you my answer since no one really spit out a number. Althought the piss match between who spells properly and if they have their grammar in check was pretty funny.

Anyways, honestly, you want a fair price for your X? Look up the value of the X. Now I am sure you took this think to an indy, dealer, whoever; after you dumped money in your X by trying to diag it yourself. Now if you think a new motor is in order, then price accordingly. Say the X is worth $30K, now deduct the $10 to $12K it will cost to have open heart surgery done on her. So you are looking at $20-$18K for your ride. Now you can price it how ever you want, but if you are talking about a new motor then that's how you would price it.

You were talking about placing members in your shoes, now do the opposite. Members who buy want a deal and sellers always want top dollar. Nothing wrong with that. That's why it is called negotiation. No one is going to know what low balling is and what your magical number is if you don't shoot out at least some type of number. To each his own. When the dealer forgot to put oil in my CTS4 3.6DI 3 months ago and blew the motor, they offered $19K. The Caddy was a 08 with 30K on the clock and loaded with a sticker of $55. I took it. My thought was when they put a new motor in, how is it going to run? I've got a 100K warranty, but I don't want to be in the waiting room every week clearing CEL's, Stabillitrak, or issues with the AWD. So the $19K was worth it to me to just get another CTS cheap. Some call it a lowball offer and some think it's fair.

In conclusion, if I were to shoot an offer, I'd give you $19K. Now I don't know what offers you got, but I doubt anywhere in the low teens. IMHO, $19K is fair, $21K is pushing it, and anything over $25K, I'm sure you can find a different low/mid mileage 4.8is that is covered and ready to drive out the door.

Just my $.02.

really though..if the X was worth $30k as an example and now needs a new $10k engine, which makes it worth $20k. As a buyer why would I buy a $20K X5 and spend another $10K on an engine instead of just buying a healthy $30K X5. That is less uncertainty and therefore less risk than getting a broken one.

Just the thoughts from a buyers perspective.

^ both of you should google the price of a "new" motor...... Wait, I'll spoil it for you. Are you ready for this? Are you sitting down?

$25k !!!!!!

And that does not include intake OR any eletrics. OR THE PRICE OF REMOVING THE OLD AND REPLACING WITH THE NEW ONE.

So if I was him, I would jump, lunge, leap, franticly thrash at anything infront of me to get the X5 in your driveway ASAP!!!!

Now does his "tone" sound a little more understandable?
Yiur next post will say....
"he doesn't need "new". Get one from a crashed X5 for much less."
And the reality of that, $10k for the motor and $5k for R&R. So he is still at $15k.

It is easy play it down when it's not your savings account.

i spoke to my mechanic who is BMW tech and also my partner in the motorcycle industry and is in business for a long time and does BMW and Mercedes specificlly. I called him and told him about this engine, he looked it up and said his price was 10k and lowest he found with 70k miles for 9k for engine. Plus labor to take out old eninge and put new one in plus re program everything and stuff.

Exactly. No one will buy the car just to spend as much as a properly running one. 10-15k is probably the best offer you'll get.

For example, a friend of mine is a mechanic. I guy came in with an 06 Audi A6. The car would not run at all. It was going to end up costing the customer 1-2k just to disassemble the motor to figure out what was wrong. He ended up buying the car for WAY under market value. 20 hours of labor later (yanked motor and trans, took apart heads and rebuilt), the car ran right again. Point is, the average person cannot take the risk of it costing that much.

Agreed. Even $15K is too high. For someone who isn't a mechanic they would have to get a really, really, really (read: low ball) deal in order to make it worth the risk.

That ia a good point.

Too keep it simple, lets say his X WAS worth $30K. And it needs $15K worth of repairs. So asking $15K is still too high, because the new owner would have to go through the hassle of actully "fixing" it. So what is that worth. The hassle?

The hassle is worth some, but the real COST here is the RISKs of all the unknown getting it fixed. From any financial investing point of view, RISK costs a lot.

like...i dont know the reliabliry of my "new" used engine and its install...

if any of you want to get into this mess he aint the only one selling an x5 with a broken motor. you could go to an auction and buy similar car with a broken motor, maybe signs of flood and it would only cost you around 2-3k. so to make a long story short HE WOULD BE LUCKY TO SELL IT FOR 10K!

Ok, here's the Latest scoop for those who have any serious interest in considering a purchase v.s. the majority whom seam more about making this good faith thread into a stoning and/ or venue for voicing their own ingnorance; evidenced hereinafter by those who take the most offense and or feel compelled to chime in with an abundance of negativity (i.e. see the second post below):yawn:.

I have found a complete 2006 4.8is engine with 42,500 mi. +/- from a parts dealer in Houston asking $5,500 and offering a 90day warranty. He will install for $900 and if he does the install will include both parts (the engine) and instillation in the warranty. You can look it up yourself here: Welcome to Ronda Auto Parts Look it up under search and this is what you will find:

Year Part Model Description MilesPart Grade Stock# US Price Dealer Info
2006 Engine BMW X5 90 DAYS WARRANTY no oil pan 42,510 A x5-100 $5500 Ronda Auto Parts USA-TX(Houston) E-mail 1-713-541-6800 / 1-713-541-6801


SO although I can now potentially cure my problem at the obvious cost, it's my preferrence to sell the vehicle and move on given a reasonable price. And given a value of approx. $30k +/- less some minor paint issues on the front and back bumpers (-$2,000 +/-) shown in these pics: Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket

Please keep in mind the pics are pretty horrible considering the vehcile was confined to my garage being it's not running at the moment in addition to it needing a good cleaning.

In conclusion and again for those who may have a serious and reasonable interest without any obnoxious intent to further make this thread out to your own source of entrertainment, make your offer now otherwise I will be sending it to TX and selling thereafter.

Thanks

Try to negotiate a bit on the engine...I got mine down by a few hundred and also didn't have to send mine...

Best of luck with the sale and the repair...the X looks great... its worth the hassle ;)

First off, a 60k+ mile 4.8is would fetch 30k tops. Maybe if it is in exceptional condition all around.

Knock off the depreciation due to the cosmetic and obvious mechanical issues (even a replacement engine won't bring it to top value) and you are talking about a vehicle worth maybe $25k when it is repaired. I suppose you could find a sucker willing to pay more if they don't know about the engine.

So given a final value of $25k, it is reasonable to say that parts and labor for a replacement engine is around $10k, maybe more (your engine above without oil pan is less than ideal. Why is the oil pan missing????) Plus the headache of the whole ordeal and trying to make a profit...

Your X5 is worth $10k wholesale. An honest opinion from someone that does this sort of thing. It's a standing offer...

Appreciate you being one of the very few that are possitive and supportive!

Thanks :thumbup:

Mine for yours?

Although you can adjust the $10k doward based on the found engine for $5,500 + install $900 +/- your not far from the ballpark if serious.

If u want to send ur truck to ny I can a better deal than that, I can install the engine and give u a 6 month warranty. I own a BMW specialty shop in NYC. I can do everything for 5800 call me 516-503-7873 nick

Next to last update fellas. I have a $15k offer on the table or I'm being offered a used engine with only 42k miles (and a 6 month warrentee) for $4k +/-.

Anyone have any last (POSSITIVE) words speak now before I commit to one of them.??

All i can say is that if you have an offer for 15K for the car as is then its not a bad price but if you like your car and have the engine+labor 5K then why not do the change and turn around and sell? Im just wondering if you will earn more than 20K once you replace the engine? thats the real question?

I think it's very easily worth between $25 - 30k complete.

This vehicle is sold.