wolv

Hey, Firstly thanks for all the advice. I understand BMWs are more expensive to repair and may not be as reliable as some japanese cars. But from what I hear they are alright. What I meant was that I don't want any disaster cars, like if I buy a 110,000km car I expect it to go a year or two without any problems, this seems reasonable enough right? As I understand some of the more serious problems (like gear box repairs) come at around 160,000 - 180,000km mark, is this right? I know sometimes cars just break, but I really want to avoid any models/dealers/places of origin that are known to have problems - so any previous experiences and advice in this department would be really appreciated. Thanks again, wolv.

Hi, New to this forum and need some advice on purchasing a BMW – I don’t know much about cars sorry. My budget it $12 - 14k. In terms of look I like a car like this one here: http://www.kiwiauto.net/used+cars/BMW/car+6862/ This is however a bit beyond my budget, after contacting Jerry Clayton they were very helpful and said they could try and source one for me that fit my budget. I understand from reading other posts that there is some risk with purchasing a SG import, but then a lot of people have said good things about JC so I assume this would be ok? The 2002+ facelift models look nice, and I dun mind an M-Sport either - but I guess I'm hoping for a bit too much with that budget. Requirements: 4 Door Sedan Km's can't be overly high (sub 120,000 km) and must be a 1999 or higher Somewhat fuel conservative (I drive to and from university, if I leave early in the morning and come late total time spent on the road would be like 1.5 hours, or maybe even 1h per a day, 5 days a week). Don't really want to be spending more than say $180 a month on fuel. Must be reliable – I don’t want to buy a $12000 car and then spend like $2000 more in repairs over the next few years. Others cars that I found on Trademe are:http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=131787860 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=173293994 -Bit higher than budget, hopeful that they may come down. Also I’m not sure about fuel consumption it’s a 2500cc, but I’m told that it is not as bad as you would think? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=110640433 Any help would be greatly appreciated – I’ve been searching for over a month with no luck, and am in a hurry. Thanks, wolv.