Tennessee
Here in the States we have Carvana. It’s an online website where you look at car pics, read the CARFAX report, and order a car to be delivered to you. That’s how I found my Z. I wanted a manual Z, but couldn’t find one so I took a chance on a 17,295 mile 35i WBALM7C50AE382081. Every option I wanted, and basically an S without the tune.
Beautiful car and once delivered I found the “nest”.
About 6-7 of these little fellas got sucked out of the engine bay. I also saw some chew damage on the firewall insulation as well as the hood insulation. Found a wire that was scuffed, a screw missing from a front bumper bracket, and the rear partition tray bracket broken as well. I was bummed and really didn’t feel comfortable anticipating more unforeseen damage. Since it was a low mileage, and a good history report, I paid a pretty premium for it $26,990 USD!
Carvana has a 7-day money back guarantee as well as a warranty. I wanted to see just if anything else was that bad. No local repair shop wanted to touch it, so the warranty program allowed me to take it to the nearest BMW dealership. I had the dealership comb through it and they found the front struts with a little seepage. In total they quoted +$10k to fix everything. I also asked for an oil change, cabin air filter, engine air filter, and spark plug change. I wasn’t sure if the warranty would cover all the repairs, and if not I probably would have returned it.
Well they covered everything minus what I asked them to do maintenance wise. They put a new firewall in, new hood insulation pad, new front struts (I have adaptive), new trunk partition for roof tray, and new front bumper bracket. Needless to say I was thrilled! This car is a joy to drive, and I plan on driving this daily for many many years to come.
Beautiful car and once delivered I found the “nest”.
About 6-7 of these little fellas got sucked out of the engine bay. I also saw some chew damage on the firewall insulation as well as the hood insulation. Found a wire that was scuffed, a screw missing from a front bumper bracket, and the rear partition tray bracket broken as well. I was bummed and really didn’t feel comfortable anticipating more unforeseen damage. Since it was a low mileage, and a good history report, I paid a pretty premium for it $26,990 USD!
Carvana has a 7-day money back guarantee as well as a warranty. I wanted to see just if anything else was that bad. No local repair shop wanted to touch it, so the warranty program allowed me to take it to the nearest BMW dealership. I had the dealership comb through it and they found the front struts with a little seepage. In total they quoted +$10k to fix everything. I also asked for an oil change, cabin air filter, engine air filter, and spark plug change. I wasn’t sure if the warranty would cover all the repairs, and if not I probably would have returned it.
Well they covered everything minus what I asked them to do maintenance wise. They put a new firewall in, new hood insulation pad, new front struts (I have adaptive), new trunk partition for roof tray, and new front bumper bracket. Needless to say I was thrilled! This car is a joy to drive, and I plan on driving this daily for many many years to come.
