This price is 3.4 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $23720
Fair price: $25139
High price: $26557
MPG: 14 mpg city / 20 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Jet Black
Dealer: Auto World
Mileage: 66,413
Year: 2008
Ownership Cost for 2008 BMW M3 Base
Estimated: $57544 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$5471
$2626
$2298
$2079
$1860
$14334
Insurance
$1880
$1946
$2014
$2085
$2158
$10083
Fuel
$2294
$2363
$2446
$2543
$2658
$12304
Maintenance
$2763
$2578
$1549
$2050
$2291
$11231
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$2117
$2117
$2117
$2117
$2117
$3135
Total Ownership Costs
$15502
$10892
$9911
$10370
$10868
$57544
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Coupe
Displacement CC: 4000.0823224
Displacement CI: 244.1
Displacement L: 4.0
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 414
Engine KW: 308.7198
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 2E: 6,001 - 7,000 lb (2,722 - 3,175 kg)
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW M GMBH
Manufacturer Id: 967
Model: M3
Model Year: 2008
Other Restraint System Info: Dual-stage suppl. restraint system (SRS) certified to the advanced airbag requiremnets of FMVSS 208, S14.
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 3 - Series
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2005, AT 6:30 P.M., MY FAMILY GOT INTO THE M3. THAT INCLUDED MY WIFE IN FRONT, AND THREE DAUGHTERS IN THE BACK. WE WERE ON THE WAY TO MEET MY FATHER FOR DINNER. WE HAD PLANNED TO TAKE THE 60 FREEWAY WESTBOUND, OF WHICH THE ON RAMP IS OFF A STREET CALLED CHINO HILLS PARKWAY. TO OUR SHOCK, THE FREEWAY WAS JAMMED LIKE A PARKING LOT, SO WE PROCEED TO MAKE A U-TURN TO TAKE AN ALTERNATE SIDE ROAD. TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON CHINO HILLS PARKWAY AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH IN 2ND GEAR, THE SMG GEAR INDICATOR GOES TO "0". I DO NOT RECALL SHIFTING AT ALL, SO I JUST PROCEED TO MOVE THE GEAR LEVER TO PUT IT BACK IN GEAR. IT DOES NOT CHANGE, REAMINS AT "0", AND SINCE MY FOOT IS STILL ON THE GAS PEDAL, I JUST HEAR THE REVS OF THE ENGINE WHILE NOTICING I HAVE NO POWER TO MOVE FORWARD. THANKFULLY, WE WERE ON A SLIGHT DOWNWARD SLOPE, SO I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY COAST TO A STOP BY THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE FIRST THING I NOTICE IS THE YELLOW GEAR-SHAPED TRANSMISSION LIGHT HAS COME ON. I PROCEED TO SHUT THE CAR OFF, THINKING A RESTART WOULD CORRECT THE SITUATION. I TRY SHIFTING INTO GEAR, BUT IT REMAINS AT "0". BEFORE I RESTART THE SECOND TIME, I POP THE HOOD OPEN, AND GO OUT TO CLOSE IT, HAVING HEARD THAT SOMETIMES THE SMG PUMP ACTS FUNNY IF THE HOOD IS NOT CLOSED. I'M STILL UNABLE TO SHIFT. I TURN OFF THE ENGINE, WAIT A FEW MINUTES. THIS TIME, THE ENGINE DOESN'T EVEN START! THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIME. FINALLY, ON THE SIXTH RESTART, THE ENGINE COMES ALIVE, AND I AM ABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE YELLOW TRANSMISSION LIGHT IS STILL ON, BUT WE MADE IT HOME SINCE THIS ALL HAPPENED ABOUT 3 MILES FROM HOME. THE CAR HAS BEEN FLATBEDDED TO THE DEALERSHIP.
2008
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2008 BMW M3 SEDAN, BUILT 2/08, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW IN JULY, 2008. IT HAS A DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM IS AS FOLLOWS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT HESITATION OR DELAY BETWEEN STEPPING ON THE GAS, AND GETTING THE CAR TO GO, WHEN I HAVE SLOWED ALMOST TO A STOP, THEN WANT TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. IT IS DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. IN WYOMING IN LATE JUNE, 2009, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS COMING FROM A SIDE ROAD ONTO A MAIN HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO STOP SIGN FOR ME, JUST A RIGHT CURVE IN THE ROAD I WAS ON, THEN MERGE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON THE MAIN HIGHWAY. THE TRANSMISSION HAD SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR BECAUSE I HAD SLOWED DOWN FOR THE CURVE. AS I TURNED RIGHT AND STEPPED ON THE GAS, NOTHING, IT SEEMED LIKE FOR A SECOND OR TWO. ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS MOVING ALONG AT A FAST SPEED, AND I ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED BEFORE THE MOTOR FINALLY RESPONDED TO THROTTLE INPUT. I THINK THIS IS DANGEROUS. WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS, THE MOTOR SHOULD RESPOND IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT LAG TIME. IT SEEMS LIKE SOME COMPUTER IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. MAYBE THERE IS A SOFTWARE FIX. WHATEVER IT IS, IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR
