- Feb 18, 2005
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Quick and dirty: Retired the TA permanently and have been driving the truck as a DD for half the year. Loathe it, the truck is amazing and has it's uses but driving a 700HP 7MPG monster as a daily driver is starting to get rather annoying when you fill up twice a week @ $88 a fill.
I've stumbled on a local 335xi that meets the majority of my requirements for a daily driver.. 20+mpg city, replacing all 4 tires with legit DWS is less than a grand + AWD, and a turbo'd six pushing 300+hp. Clean carfax, one owner, immaculate service history. 35k miles, dealer was asking 32.5k, ended up haggling for $27900 OTD.
It still has a year remaining on the factory warranty and everything mechanical checks out - I'm bringing it to a local BMW dealer tomorrow to run it through their inspection (as I'm buying it used from a non-BMW dealer) and if everything is kosher I'll be writing them a check tomorrow.
I consider myself to be pretty educated on cars, but I've never owned German. I've done the general maintenance calculations and the car is far below my initial price point for ownership - I plan to keep it 2-3 years and trade out as this model seems to keep it's value very well and I'll only be driving it 5-7k miles a year.
Is there anything blatantly obvious I'm missing here for my potential new garage baby now that my precious TA is gone?
I've stumbled on a local 335xi that meets the majority of my requirements for a daily driver.. 20+mpg city, replacing all 4 tires with legit DWS is less than a grand + AWD, and a turbo'd six pushing 300+hp. Clean carfax, one owner, immaculate service history. 35k miles, dealer was asking 32.5k, ended up haggling for $27900 OTD.
It still has a year remaining on the factory warranty and everything mechanical checks out - I'm bringing it to a local BMW dealer tomorrow to run it through their inspection (as I'm buying it used from a non-BMW dealer) and if everything is kosher I'll be writing them a check tomorrow.
I consider myself to be pretty educated on cars, but I've never owned German. I've done the general maintenance calculations and the car is far below my initial price point for ownership - I plan to keep it 2-3 years and trade out as this model seems to keep it's value very well and I'll only be driving it 5-7k miles a year.
Is there anything blatantly obvious I'm missing here for my potential new garage baby now that my precious TA is gone?