2008 BMW 135i: Looking for a New Owner

Did you guys mention the reflashing? And the full maintenance is still in effect right?

If both are true, I can see why it'd still go for the 28,600. I mean, a fantastic engine reflashed to be even better, a full car care program for another 20k miles, and the fact that 3 series depreciation is horrible? Hell, even I'm interested.

You have competition. There's one in Oceanside in your exact color with 3,600 Miles for $31,000.

I don't mean to sound overly negative, but I'm not so sure I'd even consider buying a performance car that's been owned by IL. Especially one that's been reflashed, been subjected to a significant amount of performance testing, generally been driven quite hard by a large variety of drivers, and sounds like it may need the common fuel pump replacement based on previous posts... Hope you guys are quite forthcoming to potential buyers.

May God help whomever has the misfortune of picking up your GT-R.

They've previously mentioned that they reflashed it back to stock so they could sell it. I concur that I'd want a heavy discount before buying an IL car though.

@zcalvert

"May God help whomever has the misfortune of picking up your GT-R."

I wonder how they word their Craigslist ad for that lemon!

To channel Jeff Foxworthy, buying a car from IL LT Fleet is like going to a whorehouse to find a wife!

LOL @ not even trusting your own TMV tool

no sport pkg, leatherette, 27k mi... I'll be shocked if you scratch $25k. Best of luck though!

would love to see in the IL fleet:
- genesis coupe
- corvette
- mustang gt / gt500
- tsx v6

Time to play "I'd rather have a used (fill in the blank) for $28K." I'll go first:
Mazda RX-8

@ahightower
You can get a new RX-8 for that price.
How about a used G8 instead?

I agree with zcalvert. I wouldn't want to buy IL performance car for the reasons he mentioned (except the fuel pump issue, which wouldn't bother me since it will be covered for years). You guys drive cars like you don't own them. Oops...

Funny, though. The Carfax on it will show it as a "one owner" vehicle. Still interested, Caroline?

But whatever you do, please don't sell it to those soulless bastards at Carmax.

The potential buyer would be better off financing a new one since over half of the warranty mileage allotment is gone even though the car is only a year old. That high resale value makes this car a pretty poor acquisition for the next buyer. If it were me, I just lease a new one and have piece of mind. Now if the car was going for that price with more realistic mileage (say from 12-15k miles) then it would a much stronger business case.

With no sport package -- meh.

2007 335's with leather, sport package, navigation are listing for around $30K. Seems like a much better value than this stripped-down 135 for 28K.

@hightower
"Time to play "I'd rather have a used (fill in the blank) for $28K." I'll go first:
Mazda RX-8"

I would rather have the 135i or G8 like lenoroc, way more power and torque. My sister in law has an RX8 and can't back it out of the garage without driving it around the block first or else the engine will flood, not to mention it has tons of reliability issues.

Filling in the blank for $28K:
06 M3

$28k... what about an E46 M3? Sell your Playstations and you can get a new stripper 370Z (now with 100% more chance the clutch will fail!)? 'Vette? I don't know. I like the 135, but never from this crew and not for $28k.

I would like to see the new KIA Forte. When are we going to hear what cars are replacing all of these outgoing models? Seems like they come and go in waves.

I like the 1 Series myself. Buying a car a few years old is a solid investment.

28k is spendy for this car. My 2007 CPO 335i w/ZSP, navi and manual (plus new RFTs) was 26.5k with 28k miles. Can't see buying this 135 for more when it's got less equipment and less warranty.

BGDC, that's a stellar deal (perhaps reached at an economic nadir point?). However, not everyone can score the rock bottom price so let's be a bit reasonable.

This is common on forums as well. Every time someone is selling something, some wise one responds with their awesome deal and how that item for sale is overpriced.

I have to concur with @bloodyr above -

I have been looking at used car prices for the 1 series - and I cannot find any good deals. A used 3 seems to make a much better used car buy - in fact, it is rather quite easy to find 335's that are listed cheaper than the 135's - and the same goes for the 328 vs 128 comparison. I thought the whole point of the 1 was to provide consumers with a lower entry point into the BMW brand.

Hard for me to pick a 1 over a 3 - when the price is in the same ballpark. I am not sure who is buying these - so, good luck to IL in trying to get their asking price.