This deal is profitable. The price is 20.4 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $5194
Fair price: $5990
High price: $6785
MPG: /
Interior Color: Information Unavailable
Color: Atlanta Blue
Dealer: Tampa Mitsubishi
Mileage: 88,843
Year: 1998
Ownership Cost for 1998 BMW Z3 1.9
Estimated: $38007 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1964
$943
$825
$746
$668
$5146
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2763
$2498
$1230
$1134
$2291
$9916
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$550
$550
$550
$550
$550
$815
Total Ownership Costs
$9177
$7659
$6556
$6589
$8027
$38007
Body Class: Roadster
Doors: 2
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW MANUFACTURER CORPORATION / BMW NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 968
Model: Z3
Model Year: 1998
Note: US Assembly
Other Restraint System Info: Driver & Passenger Supp. System (SRS)
Plant City: Greer
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: South Carolina
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 1.9
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
SUSPENSION
I PURCHASED A USED 1998 BMW Z3 WITH THE 1.9 LITER ENGINE ON 10/14/2010 WITH 90564 MILES. IN MID NOVEMBER I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHICH WAS SERVICED. THE MECHANIC INFORMS ME THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH Z3'S ALONG WITH OTHER MODEL BMW'S WITH THE WAY THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS ATTACHED. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE FLEXING IN THE SHEET METAL WHERE THE DIFFERENTIAL IS ATTACHED CAUSING FAILURE OF THE SPOT WELDS HOLDING THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY TOGETHER. HE SHOWED ME IN MY TRUNK WHERE TWO OF THE SIX SPOT WELDS HAD BROKEN. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON THE DIFFERENT BMW FORUMS AND BMW IS CLAIMING THIS FAILURE IS DUE TO PERFORMANCE MODIFICATIONS OR CARS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO A TRACK OR AUTOCROSS. I DO NOT KNOW THE PREVIOUS HISTORY OF MY CAR BUT IT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. ON 6/30/2011 I HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP AGAIN FOR SERVICE WORK AND MY MECHANIC FOUND TWO MORE BROKEN WELDS AND SOME SEPARATION IN THE REAR CHASSIS. THIS CAR IS PRETTY MUCH UN-DRIVABLE NOW DUE TO THIS CONDITION. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A COUPLE OF COMPANIES THAT MAKE A REPAIR KIT FOR THIS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE TRUNK AREA AND PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
1998
STEERING:WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE STEERING LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. MANUFACTURER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE . THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. *AK
