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I bought an E30 iX as my winter car from a dealer trade that they had maintained, ~ 130K. Before taking ownership I had them replace the guibos, shifter bushings, tune the car, etc. I think it was $6K out the door including the price of the car. I replaced the exhaust, rear shock tower mounts, etc. Basically, I refresh all of the wear items. One day while pulling out hard, I heard a weird sound, turns out I broke a lifter. Not sure why that happened. Though didn't keep the car much longer b/c I wasn't sure if that was a sign of something else that might be more expensive to fix.
I had a E70 X5 that I drove to ~128K. The only semi-major and major repairs were the CCV (easy to change on this car), value cover gaskets (2x, independent shop found BMW dealer didn't replace some small part used to line up the cover, only comes w/a new cover, dealer stepped up and provided a new cover, ~$500 part), front timing cover gaskets, rear suspension airbags and the heater solenoid thing. Then 3 years later, I again lost a lot of coolant w/o any leaks. Thinking it was the valley pan again, I ditch the car. I won't buy a V8 again.
Where are you guys finding a Z4 for $4K? I have only found them with 100K-150K miles for $7K.
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