This deal is profitable. The price is 5.1 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $3191
Fair price: $4004
High price: $4816
MPG: 19 mpg city / 27 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Black
Dealer: Randy Marion Sav-A-Lot
Mileage: 215,646
Year: 1997
Ownership Cost for 1997 BMW Z3 (2.8 2dr Convertible)
Estimated: $41273 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2239
$1075
$940
$851
$761
$5866
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1814
$1868
$1934
$2011
$2102
$9729
Maintenance
$2763
$2693
$1340
$1362
$2291
$10449
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$669
$669
$669
$669
$669
$990
Total Ownership Costs
$9913
$8353
$7163
$7312
$8533
$41273
Body Class: Roadster
Doors: 2
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW MANUFACTURER CORPORATION / BMW NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 968
Model: Z3
Model Year: 1997
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: 2.8
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AFTER VEHICLE WAS VACUUMED IT WOULD NOT START; THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE AND THE DRIVER TURNED THE KEY AGAIN TO START IT, AND A PUFF OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DRIVER QUICKLY TRIED TO TURN THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION,THEN THE LIGHTS DIMMED. THE KEY BECAME IMMOVABLE IN THE START POSITION, AND SMOKE BEGAN TO POUR FROM ALL THE VENTS. STUNNED, THE DRIVER OPENED THE DOOR TO RUN FROM THE VEHICLE, BUT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND KNOCKED THE DRIVER UNCONSCIOUS. THE DRIVER WAS PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE AND REVIVED IN TIME TO GET THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL DISCONNECTED. EMS ATTENDED TO THE DRIVER'S INJURIES.
1997
SEATS
WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATEED ON THE DASHBOARD, THE AIRBAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT TENSIONER AND HARNESS WAS CAUSING THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON, THE HOOD SENSOR FOR THE ALARM WAS REPLACED, THERE WAS A FAULTY THERMOSTAT THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RADIATOR, THE GLOVE BOX WAS REPLACED AND THE SEAT CAME OUT OF PLACE WHEN STOPPING. *YD
