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Default 1999 Z-3 - 01-04-2006 , 07:07 AM






I'm looking on the purchase of a 1999 Z-3 for $12999.00 with 100,000 miles
on it. I never owned a BMW before and was wondering what kind of scheduled
maintenance is scheduled for that mileage and might this car be costly to
maintain should it need it?



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Default Re: 1999 Z-3 - 01-04-2006 , 09:10 AM






itten wrote:
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I'm looking on the purchase of a 1999 Z-3 for $12999.00 with 100,000 miles
on it. I never owned a BMW before and was wondering what kind of scheduled
maintenance is scheduled for that mileage and might this car be costly to
maintain should it need it?


Price seems a bit high for 100k miles. I have a pristine '97 2.8L with
< 22k miles that I was thinking of selling come spring. I'd only be
asking for ~ 3k more for that.

To answer you question, at 100k miles you usually have some suspension
work to do, along with fluids, rubber, etc. The only 100k mile
scheduled stuff is O2 sensors and spark plugs. Everything else (fluids,
rubber, etc.) would be in the Inspection 2 which generally happens at
~120k miles (multiples of 60k miles)

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Default Re: 1999 Z-3 - 01-07-2006 , 04:58 PM



I have to agree with Fred, that price seems high, even if the car has been
well cared for. You might want to do a bit more comparison shopping. You
didn't mention which engine the car has, obviously that makes some
difference.

Good luck,
Chris

"Fred W" <Malt_Hound@*spam-me-not*yahoo.com> wrote

Quote:
itten wrote:
I'm looking on the purchase of a 1999 Z-3 for $12999.00 with 100,000
miles on it. I never owned a BMW before and was wondering what kind of
scheduled maintenance is scheduled for that mileage and might this car be
costly to maintain should it need it?

Price seems a bit high for 100k miles. I have a pristine '97 2.8L with
22k miles that I was thinking of selling come spring. I'd only be asking
for ~ 3k more for that.

To answer you question, at 100k miles you usually have some suspension
work to do, along with fluids, rubber, etc. The only 100k mile scheduled
stuff is O2 sensors and spark plugs. Everything else (fluids, rubber,
etc.) would be in the Inspection 2 which generally happens at ~120k miles
(multiples of 60k miles)

--
-Fred W



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Default Re: 1999 Z-3 - 01-07-2006 , 05:14 PM




I'll third that motion - this week I'm buying a 2000 soft top with 79k
on it for $13,000. Just had the mechanic check it out and other than
the top won't go up nor dowen, it's in great shape.

Hi everyone, I'm a BMW newbie too!

Mike


On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 15:58:15 -0600, "Chris D'Agnolo"
<cdagnolo (AT) alltel (DOT) net> wrote:

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I have to agree with Fred, that price seems high, even if the car has been
well cared for. You might want to do a bit more comparison shopping. You
didn't mention which engine the car has, obviously that makes some
difference.

Good luck,
Chris

"Fred W" <Malt_Hound@*spam-me-not*yahoo.com> wrote in message
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itten wrote:
I'm looking on the purchase of a 1999 Z-3 for $12999.00 with 100,000
miles on it. I never owned a BMW before and was wondering what kind of
scheduled maintenance is scheduled for that mileage and might this car be
costly to maintain should it need it?

Price seems a bit high for 100k miles. I have a pristine '97 2.8L with
22k miles that I was thinking of selling come spring. I'd only be asking
for ~ 3k more for that.

To answer you question, at 100k miles you usually have some suspension
work to do, along with fluids, rubber, etc. The only 100k mile scheduled
stuff is O2 sensors and spark plugs. Everything else (fluids, rubber,
etc.) would be in the Inspection 2 which generally happens at ~120k miles
(multiples of 60k miles)

--
-Fred W

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