I just passed on the $23,998 2007 M6 above with 44,000 miles and wondering if I blew it. Not often you get a chance at a unicorn like this. Even with a $6,400 MaxCare warranty to cover me for five years and up to 100,000 miles, this was a good deal. But even though the V10 revving to 8,000 rpm made me silly, the suspension beat the hell our of me much as the M5 did on a test drive last year, so I opted out for my daily commuter. Mistake? I don’t know. It vanished from the internet within minutes of me releasing my hold. I documented the car when it was in NJ before it moved to VA, and you can only see the price from my appointment confirmation. 9/22/2017 Update – I just passed on this car a second time. It resurfaced in Maple Shade, NJ and I went and drove it. Fantastic car – no blemishes. Finally learned to soften the suspension and I think I could get used to the double-clutching automatic. Sales rep showed me the CarFax – car spent its life in Georgia for the most part and bizarrely, its last 16 months in my town in Virginia. Intrigued. BUT…while it has Bluetooth it’s voice only – no music, and virtually no modern infotainment. Picky, but I passed. Would have been $31,000 out the door with five-year warranty. Sigh.
Take comfort, as of this writing the convertible M6 at left was still available!
So check out these other BMW’s available below for cheap on CarMax. I picked the highest and lowest priced of about a half-dozen or more enthusiast cars and I could own almost any one of them as a daily driver!
Let’s start with almost everybody’s favorite sports coupe, the M3. CarMax has 29 of them on the lot as of early September 2017, some as low as $26,998 but stupid high mileage, and a 2017 for $66,000 (and a Frozen Limited Edition for $47k – what the hell is that?). But in our unicorn world of $35,000 or less and 60,000 miles or less Continue reading “BMW Unicorns – $24,000 M6’s, $30,000 750’s, and Other Highs and Lows from Munich.”