Update -Nearly New 2008 Miata Migrated to Michigan! (And Drops $1,000)

Mazda MX5Totally baffled nobody wants this 2008 Miata unicorn – a 10 year old car with a ridiculous 9,000 odometer miles.  I wrote about this car in April when it first surfaced at the Dulles, VA CarMax, and four months later its been transferred a couple of times and is now in Michigan!  Yes, it’s an automatic, but this little puppy does NOT belong up north come winter.  Somebody take it in?  It’s also dropped $1,000 since I posted.  Here’s the link – if dead it’s (finally!) sold, on hold, or being transferred (again!).

 

 

Get Your BMW V-10 While You Can – 3 Left – by Chuck Banks and Ahmed Gardezi

M6 Engine V10My CarMax service tech seemed surprised when I told him about the BMW M5 and M6 unicorns with V-10’s still on the lots.  He was sure there was a policy decision to not carry them anymore.  I sure hope he’s wrong.  Every time I think CarMax is done with 10 and 12 cylinder engines one pops up.  Audi S6’s and S8’s with the 10 cylinder Lambo engine are rare – one this year.  Two Mercedes S600 V-12’s and one BMW 760Li V-12 in the last year.  At some point there will be no more V-10’s and V-12’s from CarMax that we can protect with the MaxCare bumper to bumper warranty, and that will be sad.  I remember when CarMax carried Volkswagen Phaeton’s with MaxCare warranties.  Wish I had one.  So here are three BMW V-10’s for $30,000 or less.   Enjoy.

Have to start with this 2008 BMW M5 last seen in Philadelphia.  Last night it was available – tonight it is not.  First saw it in Frederick, MD maybe a month ago and before I could share, it went missing.  Showed up in Lancaster, PA (I think) and again, disappeared before I could post.  Last night it was in Philadelphia and I’ll be damned if it isn’t off the net again.  I’m posting hoping it resurfaces – it’s a pretty color combination and reasonably priced for a 10 year old M5.  Will update with a link if it pops back up!

 

2008 M6Next on my list is this 2008 BMW M6 in Boston.  It’s not a great deal, with higher mileage, an accident in its history (it was a NY car!), but the same price as the one available in Hartford, CT in June.  But it is a 500hp V-10 M6.  Just like the one that got away – the 2007 M6 with 44,000 miles that was selling for a ridiculous $24,000 that I passed on in NJ last summer.  Sigh.  Not sure how often I get these cars right, but I know I got the 2007 wrong – that was a deal.  Find the 2008 M6 here; if link is dead the car is sold, on hold, or being transferred.

2008 M6 28998 63k Boston

2008 M6 Convertible Side ShotLast, here’s a 2008 BMW M6 convertible.  Not a big fan of the convertibles – the M6 of this era already suffers from a big butt, and the ugly soft top doesn’t help much.  But top down, this V-10 roars and is probably right for someone.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!  It’s also low mileage for a 2008.  This M6 is in Chattanooga; if link is dead the car is sold, on hold, or being transferred.2008 M6 Convertible 26998 41k Chattanooga

 

 

M5…M6 – Whatever It Takes (to own a V-10) for less than $30,000!

2008 M5 V10Some cars are all about the motor.  And some motors are more special than others.  I’m tracking the dwindling number of V-10’s and V-12’s carried by CarMax, and I think snagging one of these unicorns with the MaxCare warranty is still a bargain.  Special engine – no unexpected repairs – what’s not to like?  The 500hp BMW V-10 found in the 2005-2009 M5 and M6 is pretty special.  I drove both, with the SMG transmission, and snapping through the gears up to 8,000 rpm is a pretty exciting (scary?) rip-roaring experience.  Old school horsepower mated to a high-tech transmission.  I’m still kicking myself for not buying the 2008 M6 with less than 40,000 miles for only $23,998.  That was a deal.

For now, these two are available from CarMax.  The one owner California M5 link is here; if it’s dead the car is sold, on hold or being transferred.  The Connecticut M6 link is here; same story on the link. 2008 BMW M5 $29,998 49k Santa Rosa CA

2008 BMW M6 $28,998 39k HARTFORD CT