How much would you pay?

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rabman5

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 Orchard Lake, MI
So I was at the dealer yesterday and saw a beautiful pre-owned M5 for sale.

Year: 2006
Model: M5
Trim: Super-Sedan
Mileage: 49298
Engine: 10 Cyl. 5.0
Trans: Sequential Manual Gearbox
Exterior Color: Black Sapphire Metallic
Interior Color: Black Perforated Merino Leather

Sticker price: $45,995

I'm sure the price is negotiable, but the one thing about this car that stood out was the strong smell of cigarettes! The previous owner must have smoked in this car constantly. :thumbsdown: Keep in mind that this is after the dealer has done their cleaning! The smell is still very strong. Anyway, It made me wonder "At what price would I actually consider purchasing a car like this?" Did I mention this is not a CPO car and was offered "AS IS - NO WARRANTY". I'm thinking it would need to be less than $30k for me to even consider it. The same dealer has a Certified Pre-Owned 2006 M5 with only 35K miles listed for $50,995
 
Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot stick. If he couldn't at least care enough to not smoke in his $85k car then you wonder if he cared about the car or appreciated it enough to maintain it in the first place. And trust me no matter how clean a car appears in the dealer's showroom, something would always pop out that you didn't notice at first.
 
Even the faintest smell of smoke in the background would drive me up the wall. It's not worth anything to me if I have to deal with funky smells from a used car on a day-in-day-out basis.

And I have a feeling there is NO way they can remove the smoke smell. I'm sure it's penetrated through the perforated seats. :thumbsdown:
 
10 foot stick would be too close :o

We were once given a 'non-smoking' room at a hotel which reeked to high heaven of smoke. We complained and were told it is a non-smoking room, but it used to be a smoking room that has been cleaned. needed to be gutted not just cleaned. They had to move us or we would have walked out.
 
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