Buying a 2nd Hand 3 Series
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Soifon
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Re: Buying a 2nd Hand 3 Series
Comprehensive enough to know what are the imminent problems that require immediate remedy, and what you have to watch out for in the coming months. With this, you will know whether or not you are going to buy/have bought a lemon. Don't have expectations of a flawless evaluation report (especially for a used bimmer), but if the resulting fixes is beyond the financial benchmark you have set out for the purchase of the vehicle, this will help you think twice.
There are many workshops apart from BVO and MA that do such evaluations. You can check out them out under the Site Sponsor sections for Workshops & Servicing. R2D is in there. There are also other specialised workshops out there who are not necessarily Site Sponsors here but do offer the evaluation assessment for your bimmer. The last I recall when I sent in mine for the evaluation was less than a hundred dollars.
As mentioned by many here, do not rely solely on STA/Vicom regardless of what they grade your bimmer.
invaz;941198 said:Hi Bro do you know how much would BVO charge for such an evaluation and how comprehensive is the assessment?
Are BVO and MA the only workshops that carry out such evals? By the way what does R2D stand for?
Comprehensive enough to know what are the imminent problems that require immediate remedy, and what you have to watch out for in the coming months. With this, you will know whether or not you are going to buy/have bought a lemon. Don't have expectations of a flawless evaluation report (especially for a used bimmer), but if the resulting fixes is beyond the financial benchmark you have set out for the purchase of the vehicle, this will help you think twice.
There are many workshops apart from BVO and MA that do such evaluations. You can check out them out under the Site Sponsor sections for Workshops & Servicing. R2D is in there. There are also other specialised workshops out there who are not necessarily Site Sponsors here but do offer the evaluation assessment for your bimmer. The last I recall when I sent in mine for the evaluation was less than a hundred dollars.
As mentioned by many here, do not rely solely on STA/Vicom regardless of what they grade your bimmer.
canuck78
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Re: Buying a 2nd Hand 3 Series
Hi bro,
Cost-wise i am not sure but $100-$200 estimate as it's a long time since i did mine. Why don't you just call them all up (one by one) to ask, since they are all forum sponsors here or better yet, go down and talk to them. You will eventually need a reliable workshop to service your bimmer once you buy so might as well survey them out now.
Typically, they would look at the usual suspects, i.e. oil leakage, water leakage, auto transmission, suspension known issues with your particular make and should typically take not more than 1-2 hours. Workshop to workshop would vary, so best you confirm that you agree with their checklist before you book the particular workshop to do evaluation.
Besides the sponsor workshops here, i am sure there are others out there, but i have not used them so can't comment on them. Perhaps others has used them and can comment here.
R2D is one of the forum sponsor here, short for R2D Autoworks Pte Ltd. A very highly rated and competent "boutique" bimmer workshop by many bros here, located at Unity Centre, Bukit Batok.
Hi bro,
Cost-wise i am not sure but $100-$200 estimate as it's a long time since i did mine. Why don't you just call them all up (one by one) to ask, since they are all forum sponsors here or better yet, go down and talk to them. You will eventually need a reliable workshop to service your bimmer once you buy so might as well survey them out now.
Typically, they would look at the usual suspects, i.e. oil leakage, water leakage, auto transmission, suspension known issues with your particular make and should typically take not more than 1-2 hours. Workshop to workshop would vary, so best you confirm that you agree with their checklist before you book the particular workshop to do evaluation.
Besides the sponsor workshops here, i am sure there are others out there, but i have not used them so can't comment on them. Perhaps others has used them and can comment here.
R2D is one of the forum sponsor here, short for R2D Autoworks Pte Ltd. A very highly rated and competent "boutique" bimmer workshop by many bros here, located at Unity Centre, Bukit Batok.
invaz;941198 said:Hi Bro do you know how much would BVO charge for such an evaluation and how comprehensive is the assessment?
Are BVO and MA the only workshops that carry out such evals? By the way what does R2D stand for?
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Zinkool
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Re: Buying a 2nd Hand 3 Series
Jus got my 06 320i. As a newbies, i Send over to BVO to have an evaluation. Was told engine flywheel nd to be change, front absorbers mounting, rear brake rotor and pad. Bonnets stand etc.. Was wondering, should I change my 4 absorber at one go??... No doubt they didn't mention abt my absorbers... Any expertise .. .??? Pls advice. Thank you fellow bros...
Jus got my 06 320i. As a newbies, i Send over to BVO to have an evaluation. Was told engine flywheel nd to be change, front absorbers mounting, rear brake rotor and pad. Bonnets stand etc.. Was wondering, should I change my 4 absorber at one go??... No doubt they didn't mention abt my absorbers... Any expertise .. .??? Pls advice. Thank you fellow bros...
Re: Buying a 2nd Hand 3 Series
Thanks for the huge amount of info bro. I called BVO earlier today and was quoted $80+ for the evaluation. He mentioned roughly the same items as what you said, and would take an hour. Next step is basically to confirm my ride!
canuck78;941404 said:
Thanks for the huge amount of info bro. I called BVO earlier today and was quoted $80+ for the evaluation. He mentioned roughly the same items as what you said, and would take an hour. Next step is basically to confirm my ride!
Re: Buying a 2nd Hand 3 Series
BVO should be able to advise on your suspension condition. If no mention then I guess your shocks still in relatively good condition.
In any case, to test just use your strength push down each corner of your ride. It should not re-bound excessively. Seat 3 adults at the back seat and go thru a hump at 20~25km/hr. If the load hits the chassis "kok" sound, the rear's gone.
Zinkool;941585 said:
BVO should be able to advise on your suspension condition. If no mention then I guess your shocks still in relatively good condition.
In any case, to test just use your strength push down each corner of your ride. It should not re-bound excessively. Seat 3 adults at the back seat and go thru a hump at 20~25km/hr. If the load hits the chassis "kok" sound, the rear's gone.
Zinkool
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Re: Buying a 2nd Hand 3 Series
Can any Bros share where can we get the key fog (Leather case for our remote)??? Looking for a decent and nice one. Keep searching but just cant find any.
If any bros have any idea where to get, please let me know.
Thank you very much and deeply appreciated..
Cheers!!!!!
Can any Bros share where can we get the key fog (Leather case for our remote)??? Looking for a decent and nice one. Keep searching but just cant find any.
If any bros have any idea where to get, please let me know.
Thank you very much and deeply appreciated..
Cheers!!!!!
