[eric strt6]

Sound familiar lol

A BMW Dealer Tried Mechanically Totaling An M5, So The Owner Fixed It at Home For 90 Percent Less

When the BMW dealership gave Alex Palmeri a $17,000 estimate to fix his 409,000-mile E39 M5, the car was declared mechanically totaled. At that price, it would cost most of its value to repair. Palmeri wasn’t ready to give up, though.

jalopnik.com

 

[stoney]

Read that. The car had already been heavily serviced by a former MB service mechanic (owner) with a YT channel and 2 2-post stands in his garage. Also not logged into the BMW system. BMW says I need $10k of service too, but almost all has been done already. The only big things on the list, and he conveniently didn't do them, we're the cats at $1600 each for OEM. Most non-CA just get aftermarket for $500 each.

It is just somebody trying to get #s to their YT channel.

 

[dan-o]

The idea that a 400k/mi e39 is worth $17k is laughable as well.

 

[stoney]

The idea that a 400k/mi e39 is worth $17k is laughable as well.

That too. I'm at 107k, Dinan stg2 (which actually is + for these cars), with a service history to owner 1, which I had a hard offer of $18500 at.

 

[Sandwich]

The idea that a 400k/mi e39 is worth $17k is laughable as well.

I thought this guy bought it recently from the original owner (or at least the guy who put all the miles on it). This guy is just going for clickbait. He'll own it for a year, milk it for as many clicks and subs as possible, then sell it to some kid as though it's a celebrity car.