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I am looking to buy a luxury type used car for around 9000 or less. Would like to have the miles with less than 100,000. Ive been looking into something similar to 2003 or 2004 cadillac cts.
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I'm sure this won't be met with much enthusiasm but but Nissan, Infiniti, Toyota, and Lexus have quite a few affordable luxury cars from the 90's and early 2000's. If they aren't luxurious enough for you, you could always do what Project Car Magazine did in issue four with a Infiniti Q45, buy a cheap luxury car, repaint it, lower it, slap a nice set of wheels on it and watch heads turn....just a though.
Project Car Q45 Before: http://blog.tomsforeign.com/inventory_pictures/Parts_Vehicles/110531_01.jpg
Project Car Q45 After: http://rikdaddy.com/albums/mycar/K3U6104.sized.jpg
They bought it for $1600 and spent $7400 on upgrades and they came back with a really nice looking Luxury car.
I'm sure this won't be met with much enthusiasm but but Nissan, Infiniti, Toyota, and Lexus have quite a few affordable luxury cars from the 90's and early 2000's. If they aren't luxurious enough for you, you could always do what Project Car Magazine did in issue four with a Infiniti Q45, buy a cheap luxury car, repaint it, lower it, slap a nice set of wheels on it and watch heads turn....just a though.
Project Car Q45 Before: http://blog.tomsforeign.com/inventory_pictures/Parts_Vehicles/110531_01.jpg
Project Car Q45 After: http://rikdaddy.com/albums/mycar/K3U6104.sized.jpg
They bought it for $1600 and spent $7400 on upgrades and they came back with a really nice looking Luxury car.
Is it bad to buy a car with 100,000 or more miles?
Q. I really want a BMW bad, but I don't have enough money to buy a new one. I saw a really nice looking 2006 3-Series but it has 100,000 miles. I need other peoples views.
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What Robert said is wrong, BMWs are expensive for the reason that the automotive market is a supply and demand based one. Being said, if Chevy sold 40,000 models of ONE car, parts will definitely be cheaper compared to BMW who may only sell 9,000 models of ONE car. Seeing as how there aren't many BMWs on the road, mostly because of their higher price, only the fortunate can afford them (unless cheap used ones), making it so the supply and demand is lower, so when someone does need a part, there will be a higher price, because not as many parts are sold.
Aside from the supply and demand making parts more expensive for luxury cars, such as BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche, Aston Martin, etc, it has already been said: BMWs aren't exactly famous because of their reliability. I don't know how long the typical BMW lasts with proper care and maintenance so I would be cautious and bring it into a mechanic and have him check it for faults and potential future problems.
As far as the guy who said 100k is a lot for a 6 year old car: he is partially right. The car with its age should only have about 90,000 miles on it (according to the average American driving of 15k per year), so it's not a lot of extra miles. It just means that the previous owner drove it a lot, which just gives you more of a reason to get it checked out by a mechanic.
So, unless it was in perfect condition, I would stay away from it. Unless, of course, it is cheap. I'm talking like 9-12 grand from a dealership for the basic 325i sedan (excellent condition condition would like 14-18 grand).
What Robert said is wrong, BMWs are expensive for the reason that the automotive market is a supply and demand based one. Being said, if Chevy sold 40,000 models of ONE car, parts will definitely be cheaper compared to BMW who may only sell 9,000 models of ONE car. Seeing as how there aren't many BMWs on the road, mostly because of their higher price, only the fortunate can afford them (unless cheap used ones), making it so the supply and demand is lower, so when someone does need a part, there will be a higher price, because not as many parts are sold.
Aside from the supply and demand making parts more expensive for luxury cars, such as BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche, Aston Martin, etc, it has already been said: BMWs aren't exactly famous because of their reliability. I don't know how long the typical BMW lasts with proper care and maintenance so I would be cautious and bring it into a mechanic and have him check it for faults and potential future problems.
As far as the guy who said 100k is a lot for a 6 year old car: he is partially right. The car with its age should only have about 90,000 miles on it (according to the average American driving of 15k per year), so it's not a lot of extra miles. It just means that the previous owner drove it a lot, which just gives you more of a reason to get it checked out by a mechanic.
So, unless it was in perfect condition, I would stay away from it. Unless, of course, it is cheap. I'm talking like 9-12 grand from a dealership for the basic 325i sedan (excellent condition condition would like 14-18 grand).
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