Thoughts On Buying Used/CPO M3?

[hl0m4n]

my first car was a brand new 335i and it was a blast. ordered it new waited the gruesome 4 weeks and took delivery. nothing beats ordering a new car and knowing you're the first owner. my lease ended last month (december) and i am on the market for a new car.

looking at the recent facelift but from from the initial looks of the e92 facelift it seems the m3 will just be getting the rear led lights. ill keep checking for official pictures as they have not been posted yet.

anyway what are your thoughts on a used or CPO m3 with dct (i only want dct)? honestly i have this uneasy feeling about buying it used/CPOed from the abuse, launch control, etc not knowing the previous owner how it was taken car of etc.

new m3 with options i want will cost me about $63k (about invoice+options). used 09 low mile is like $55k so to keep math simple there is a $10k difference.

i will be financing and keeping the car. of course i want to order new but buying used and just swapping out the led rear lights sounds much better deal.

only problem is the paranoia im having of buying a used/cpo m3 w/ dct and the abuse, launch, control, etc...

thoughts?

also is the 340i=335iS?

[ejazbmw]

well when your buying a used M3 I would assume the previous owner drove it hard since it was meant to be driven that way

[BMWCadet]

Originally Posted by ejazbmw

well when your buying a used M3 I would assume the previous owner drove it hard since it was meant to be driven that way

Exactly. Its a M3. People are supposed to rev the hell out of it to get the majority of its power. Thats probably why it gets an average of ~14mpg as well.

[DevJ]

You're not buying a car till November 2011 though, right?
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=324578

[hl0m4n]

^ yea still using my dad's car atm but after seeing the e92 lci not much going on on the m3 and right now 09 are great deals. anything can happen though depending on deal.

most likely i will keep using my dads car until lease end but hey you never know . pretty exciting stuff 335is with dct and mtech appeals to me too along with the upcomming m1 and new c55.

still waiting for more m3 comp package though...

[ZJP]

If I could do it over I probably would of went CPO to save the depreciation hit.

[Bighorns]

You can always get the extended warranty on a CPO also.

[kyleb350]

I'm in the same boat. Looking to go from a 335 to an M3, and was browsing around at some used ones. There were some good deals on some with only a few thousand miles, but I was wondering why someone would have only kept the car for a few thousand miles.

[mikeokimster]

Find 1 of each and drive them back to back to see if you can notice/handle the 1 year use of abuse/wear.