So I found a higher mileage TL S

Clean carfax and it has decent maintenance records. it has 166k miles and its black on black.

looks like timing belt/water pump was done at 123k as well as brakes and rotors.


oil and filter done every 10k also.

I can get it for $9800 OTD.

 

That's either awfully cheap and you're getting a good deal or there is something else that you're missing and that's why the price is only $9.8k OTD.

 

Yeah I feel it's a good deal, the dealership said he bought it just to sell it, but it seems to run good. Automatic transmission. No accidents and it's very clean in the pics.


I used to live in Ravenna Ohio btw! Now down in south Alabama.

 

Get it inspected. Never go on the word of a salesman.

 

Dealer bought it just to sell it? What else do they do with cars?

Post a link or pictures, some members here so knowledgeable that it will blow your mind. They will tell you if paint doesn't match that year or of some parts from other years or models.

 

There are an awful lot of these threads popping up lately

 

Tbh carfax sucks, cant even tell you how many broken things i find modding.

 

Here are some pics. And ss of carfax

 

Here is car fax

 

looks like a good deal! get it looked at still though.

 

Appears this could be a pretty good buy. Always hard to tell based off of small pictures, but some of the small things that can be dead giveaways of a wreck all check out ok. Since all I have to go off of are small pictures posted above, I look to see if the rear trunk emblems are located in the correct spot which they are. I have seen cars that have been rear ended and shops put emblems in the wrong places often (even if it's just slightly off, I notice). The car has the correct type s front bumper. Believe it or not its common to see a type s with a base model front bumper on after a wreck. They are similar in many ways, but are different. This one has the correct bumper. Exhaust tips seem to be aligned good. I have seen some cars with very misaligned tips. Who knows what that car went through for that to happen. One owner with a pretty nice service history with complete timing belt service. Tons of miles, but for the price not bad at all.
Obviously you need to still look into the car more and drive it, but that's about all the assistance I can offer from here.

 

Yeah my main concern is... It's 4 hours away. So it's a buy it and take a chance, or pass type of deal. The tls in my area aren't going for cheap. I want 07-08 and type s isn't required. But ones under 100k dealers won't budge they want 16-19k I'm trying for 15k OTD.

I can pick up a 07 335i for what some dealers want for the 07 tl. The tl s are 19+ for ones under 100k

 

The one thing that looks screwy to me is that according to the Carfax, is that it was serviced in Connecticut in May of 2010 only a few days after being titled in Alabama and the same day an Alabama registration was issued. Suppose it's possible, but looks odd.....

 

If you keep on scrolling through carfax it looks like there used to be 4 owners.

owner 1
owner 3
owner 2
owner 4

looks strange

 

Yeah 4 owners doesn't bother me, and it looks like last owner got it around 40k miles and drove an average of 36k a year but kept the maintained. I'm assuming he traveled for work.

 

Does the front bumper say acura? I cant see it. If not, its a replacement bumper.

 

When I was buying mine carfax said 3 owners.
First owner when car was leased.
Second when it was financed even though it was same owner.
Third was selling dealership.
I work with original owner for same company.
Now carfax probably says 4 even though I am second owner.

 

your decision lies 4 hours away.

 

4 owners in 5 years? Something may be up with that, then again maybe not. Just look over the car carefully, or have a trained tech do it. Worn front end parts can get expensive quick.