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Originally Posted by proboner
I guess another question I have, is would you all buy an M with 80k miles that hasn't had rod bearings replaced or any VANOS maintenance at all? If so, would you be asking for price reduction?
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At that mileage, I would do rod bearings and VANOS maintenance and factor that into your fair market price for the condition of the car. Too many factors to consider as "pyshin" had indicated. The fair price is whatever you think it's worth.
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Originally Posted by Shigg614
At 85k, she's still young. These cars, as many other members have noted, run 150k+ without any major issues.
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No way to say for sure - the weak point in these cars are rod bearings and VANOS. Some bearings started to look pretty bad at around 50K and some goes to 100K. The collective wisdom is that the S54 bearings in the Z4 seems to wear faster than those in the out-going M3. Agreed that these will run past 150K+ if they're properly taken care of.