How many miles did your car have when you took delivery?

Xens · 09-09-2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nocturnal

When it's a factory order, why are the clicks on it already?
I understand if they move it back and forth a bit, but some of the posts here have like 10km.
Hope some idiot doesn't go nuts on my car for 10clicks without doing a break-in etc.
Do they put on the clicks to test the car/engine??

I'm pretty sure that, well at least in US, for cars like BMW the salesmen will ALWAYS go on the test drive with you unless you bought several cars from him already, so that eliminates the possibility of a test driver going nuts on your potential ride. But I've heard of horror stories about how the kids who park cars in the dealership took brand mew M3s on joy-rides.

Armen52 · 09-10-2005, 02:40 AM

Factory order... 6 miles. Now at 4040.

RyBMW · 09-19-2005, 04:31 PM

24 miles. Should it be ok?

magmd · 09-19-2005, 10:10 PM

5 miles

Jack Dotson · 09-20-2005, 02:24 AM

Bought mine off the lot and didn't notice until I went to close the deal that it had 106 miles on it. Must have used it for some test drives.

hsiaochinsan · 09-20-2005, 02:26 AM

16miles. I guess it was not bad.

JamieA · 09-20-2005, 06:31 AM

Here's something interesting, my mate at work is buying a Golf GTI and has been doing the Golf forums like this one. On one of these forums he found that the Golf can have its odometer reset up to 2 times if it hasn't gone past 100km!!!!!! He has the procedure for it and is going to try it out. This sounds odd to me, and I hope that the e90 does not have this feature! (I am sure it wouldn't because it sounds dodgy to me, and BMW isn't like that)

davinet78 · 09-20-2005, 07:13 AM

when i got mine it had 10km = 6 miles

E90Fleet · 09-20-2005, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JamieA

Here's something interesting, my mate at work is buying a Golf GTI and has been doing the Golf forums like this one. On one of these forums he found that the Golf can have its odometer reset up to 2 times if it hasn't gone past 100km!!!!!! He has the procedure for it and is going to try it out. This sounds odd to me, and I hope that the e90 does not have this feature! (I am sure it wouldn't because it sounds dodgy to me, and BMW isn't like that)

On the E36 you could dissconect the speedo

On the E90 the milage is stored in multiple locations, so even if you get a new Instrument cluster it will update itself with the cars proper milage

JamieA · 09-20-2005, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by E90Fleet

On the E36 you could dissconect the speedo

On the E90 the milage is stored in multiple locations, so even if you get a new Instrument cluster it will update itself with the cars proper milage

That's good to know. Surprisingly this VW thing is a "feature" - for who though, the dealers???

E90Fleet · 09-20-2005, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JamieA

That's good to know. Surprisingly this VW thing is a "feature" - for who though, the dealers???

Probably so dealers can take the cars for test drives and not worry a customer will say he doesnt want it because its got 80Km on it

To me its like fraud

JamieA · 09-20-2005, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by E90Fleet

Probably so dealers can take the cars for test drives and not worry a customer will say he doesnt want it because its got 80Km on it

To me its like fraud

Exactly how I see it 'Fleet. I think it is a disgrace that the manufacturer would put such a feature in obviously for this very purpose.

bcaslis · 09-20-2005, 08:40 AM

There certainly is some distance taking the car from the factory to a shipping truck, then from a truck to a ship, then the ship to VPC and onto a truck. I wouldn't be surprised if this took a couple of miles. I also thought that BMW ran the car at least on a test fixture for a couple of simulated miles for testing before putting the BMW logo on it. It shows this in a video here for the new BMW factory.

tightie · 10-11-2005, 09:07 PM

i got it off the lot with 26 miles.
now i have 6500

findtom · 10-11-2005, 10:36 PM

Mine had 80km on it.

It seems that it's common practice here to take new cars out for test drives. The Audi, Saab and BMW cars that I test drove were all going to be sold as new. I hammered all three of them as one would on a test drive and had no complaints from any of the sales people.

I thought it seemed a bit unethical, and an obvious way for the dealer to save on having to discount cars used as demos.

I'd be interested to hear from some other Montreal members on this...

r3amir · 10-11-2005, 10:41 PM

Mine had under 10 miles on delivery, don't remember exactly

benoitch · 10-12-2005, 10:52 AM

Minbe had around 15 km (now at approx. 160 : the weather wasn't nice enough so the car spent much of its time in the garage

e90driver · 10-12-2005, 11:18 AM

6

ltcordc · 10-14-2005, 01:59 AM

Picked mine up on 23 September with 2 miles on the odo.

2006 330XI, Barrique, grey leather, SP, PP, CA, NAV.

09-10-2005, 02:40 AM	#46
Armen52 Captain 36 Rep 663 Posts Drives: 2006 330i Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00]	Factory order... 6 miles. Now at 4040. __________________ E90 330i delivered 6/29/2005, ZSP/ZPP/ZCW/Step, Arctic/Gray/Walnut
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09-19-2005, 04:31 PM	#47
RyBMW Major 81 Rep 1,038 Posts Drives: X5 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NYC iTrader: (1) Garage List 2012 BMW X5 [0.00] 2008 335i [0.00]	24 miles. Should it be ok?
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09-19-2005, 10:10 PM	#48
magmd Major General 167 Rep 5,271 Posts Drives: '06 330i Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Torrance, CA iTrader: (13) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00]	5 miles __________________ 2006 330i \| Black Sapphire Metallic \| Step Auto \| Navi with iDr \| Sports Pkg \|OEM Rear Spoiler \| 3M CS35 Tint \| H&R Sport Springs \| Koni Yellows \| Advan RS Racing Hypersilver: 19x9 et22 19x10 et20
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09-20-2005, 02:24 AM	#49
Jack Dotson New Member 0 Rep 16 Posts Drives: Silver 06 325i Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Corpus Christi, TX iTrader: (0)	Bought mine off the lot and didn't notice until I went to close the deal that it had 106 miles on it. Must have used it for some test drives.
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09-20-2005, 02:26 AM	#50
hsiaochinsan Major 156 Rep 1,209 Posts Drives: 1M / 991 Turbo S / Cayman GT4 Join Date: May 2005 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (5)	16miles. I guess it was not bad.
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09-20-2005, 06:31 AM	#51
JamieA Colonel 93 Rep 2,168 Posts Drives: G01 X3 M40i Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia iTrader: (0)	Here's something interesting, my mate at work is buying a Golf GTI and has been doing the Golf forums like this one. On one of these forums he found that the Golf can have its odometer reset up to 2 times if it hasn't gone past 100km!!!!!! He has the procedure for it and is going to try it out. This sounds odd to me, and I hope that the e90 does not have this feature! (I am sure it wouldn't because it sounds dodgy to me, and BMW isn't like that) __________________ '05 E90 325i \| '06 E90 325i \| '08 E90 325i LCI \| '13 F30 328i M-Sport \| '14 F10 535d M-Sport Current: '19 G01 X3 M40i
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09-20-2005, 07:13 AM	#52
davinet78 Lieutenant Colonel 28 Rep 1,832 Posts Drives: bmw e90 320d Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: gibraltar(europe) iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 bmw 320d E90 [0.00]	when i got mine it had 10km = 6 miles __________________ e90 320d,arktis,lumber support, hifi speaker, alarm, dakota beige, 162 18", xenon with washer spray,window chrome trimmings, professional radio, 6 cd changer wood trimmings 6 speed manual.
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09-20-2005, 08:40 AM	#57
bcaslis Private First Class 1 Rep 124 Posts Drives: BMW 2006 330i Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oregon, USA iTrader: (0)	There certainly is some distance taking the car from the factory to a shipping truck, then from a truck to a ship, then the ship to VPC and onto a truck. I wouldn't be surprised if this took a couple of miles. I also thought that BMW ran the car at least on a test fixture for a couple of simulated miles for testing before putting the BMW logo on it. It shows this in a video here for the new BMW factory. __________________ 330i, Sapphire Black/Terra, 6MT, Sport, Premium, Cold Weather, Sat. Prep, Aluminum Trim Pictures at http://caslis.com/photos/bmwe90/
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10-11-2005, 09:07 PM	#58
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10-11-2005, 10:36 PM	#59
findtom Colonel 132 Rep 2,658 Posts Drives: E60 545i Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 545i [0.00]	Mine had 80km on it. It seems that it's common practice here to take new cars out for test drives. The Audi, Saab and BMW cars that I test drove were all going to be sold as new. I hammered all three of them as one would on a test drive and had no complaints from any of the sales people. I thought it seemed a bit unethical, and an obvious way for the dealer to save on having to discount cars used as demos. I'd be interested to hear from some other Montreal members on this...
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10-11-2005, 10:41 PM	#60
r3amir Lieutenant 93 Rep 592 Posts Drives: 2023 X2 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas iTrader: (0)	Mine had under 10 miles on delivery, don't remember exactly __________________ 2018 540i Mineral White/ Cognac 2015 435i GC Midnight Blue Metallic, Saddle Brown 2011 535i Alpine White, Oyster/Black leather 2006 325i Arctic Metallic
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10-12-2005, 10:52 AM	#61
benoitch Captain 19 Rep 959 Posts Drives: E90 330i Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Great white North of Montreal iTrader: (0)	Minbe had around 15 km (now at approx. 160 : the weather wasn't nice enough so the car spent much of its time in the garage __________________ E90 SG,SP, Manual,PP,Terra http://www.benoitchampagne.com
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10-12-2005, 11:18 AM	#62
e90driver Lieutenant 15 Rep 502 Posts Drives: 06 325i, 08 328xi Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan iTrader: (0)	6 __________________ see ya 06 325i. IT'S HERE!- 08 E92 328xi, Premium, Auto, Cold- Montego Blue
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10-14-2005, 01:59 AM	#63
ltcordc New Member 0 Rep 26 Posts Drives: E90, 330 XI Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heidelberg, Germany iTrader: (0)	Picked mine up on 23 September with 2 miles on the odo. 2006 330XI, Barrique, grey leather, SP, PP, CA, NAV.
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