This deal is profitable. The price is 2.2 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $52848
Fair price: $54977
High price: $57105
MPG: 17 mpg city / 24 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Silver
Color: Gray
Dealer: BMW of Denver Downtown
Mileage: 8,239
Year: 2016
Ownership Cost for 2016 BMW M3 Base
Estimated: $66864 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$9678
$4645
$4065
$3678
$3290
$25356
Insurance
$2286
$2366
$2449
$2534
$2623
$12258
Fuel
$1814
$1868
$1934
$2011
$2102
$9729
Maintenance
$1768
$1950
$1454
$2283
$1833
$9288
Repairs
$641
$829
$939
$1064
$1242
$4715
Taxes & Fees
$3725
$3725
$3725
$3725
$3725
$5517
Total Ownership Costs
$19912
$12082
$11381
$11917
$11572
$66864
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st & 2nd Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Knee: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2979.1682352
Displacement CI: 181.8
Displacement L: 3
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 425
Engine KW: 316.9225
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW M GMBH
Manufacturer Id: 967
Model: M3
Model Year: 2016
Other Restraint System Info: Pretensioners for Driver and Front Passenger.
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Pretensioner: Yes
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
BEFORE I START EXPLAINING, I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE CAR HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED WITH MAJORITY OF THE PARTS BEING GENUINE BMW. THE CHASSIS HAS 110,XXX MILES AT THE MOMENT, AND THE ENGINE HAS 78,XXX MILES. THE ENGINE HAD A FAILURE IN 2006 DUE TO A ROD BEARING FAILURE (RECALLED FROM BMW), AND A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE HAS BEEN INSTALLED BY BMW TECHNICIANS AT A BMW DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER IN VIRGINIA. RECENTLY MY 2004 BMW M3 HAD A FAILURE INSIDE THE ENGINE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT 2011, AS I WAS LEAVING THE GAS STATION, I HEAR A VERY FAINT RATTLING NOISE UP IN THE ENGINE BAY. I WAS CONTEMPLATING RATHER I SHOULD TAKE THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, OR FIX IT MYSELF. BUT PRIOR TO THIS, I'VE READ MANY UNSATISFYING EXPERIENCES PEOPLE HAD AT THEIR LOCAL BMW DEALERSHIPS. I WORRIED THAT SINCE THIS WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT COULD BE LIFE THREATENING, I DECIDED TO DO THE WORK MYSELF. I REMOVED THE VALVE COVER, AND NOTICED THE EXHAUST SIDE HUB ON OF THE BMW DOUBLE VANOS HAS FAILED. A MECHANISM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE TORQUE AND FUEL CONSUMPTION. THE HUB HAD ONE OF THE 2 TABS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF. LUCKILY THE BROKEN TAB WAS STILL STUCK INSIDE THE OIL PUMP. IF INSTEAD THE BROKEN PIECE CAME OUT OF ITS LOCATION, AND MOVED AROUND IN A ENGINE THIS COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. RANGING ANYWHERE FROM APPROX $15,000 REMANUFACTURED ENGINE REPLACEMENT TO POSSIBLY A HIGH SPEED COLLISION IF THE CAR WAS IN MOTION DURING THE FAILURE. WITH A DAMAGED ENGINE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THE MINIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF 40 MPH ON THE LOCAL FREEWAY. THE TOTAL REPLACEMENT PARTS IN MY SITUATION COSTS WELL OVER $3000 USING BMW PARTS. UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN WITH THE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PARTS FROM BMW, THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE FIXED SINCE THE CURRENTLY NEW PARTS HAVE JUST AS MUCH CHANCE OF FAILING AS THE OLD. *JS
