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Originally Posted by m760iM5
At that mileage, the brakes should be looked at. I replaced both rotors at around 100k miles and doing the brakes with rotors will cost you 3500. Small things are going to start to fail at this time. Air conditioner, high pressure fuel pumps, have the injectors been replaced, brakes, suspension components, etc.
Have everything looked at through an independent shop. They will tell you the overall condition, most owners that do not service these vehicles (they are out there) will sell at this time due to several expensive services that are due. The mechanic can tell you about the condition of the pads and rotors, etc. You may buy a car for 30k and then find out that it now needs 5k of work, then in 6 months, another 2k, then in another six months, who knows...
Also, check the wear on the tires, they get expensive.
For any context on my 2013: I have spent about 10k on service and repairs over the last 60-70k miles, I currently have 152k miles, I'm a second owner and had it for 8 years. I bought it at around 60k miles.
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Thankfully I do have a family friend mechanic who is willing to do an inspection on the m5 first before I even think about buying it. It's just hard to think about what the car needs vs what can be done later or as preventative maintanence. I'm hoping that the engine is built well to the point I'm not constantly dumping money into it or the engine seizes. I'm hoping to keep this car for a while if I do go through with it after the inspection
