95 318ti 377,000 miles

[fast318ti]

one owner black 95 5spd manual, 318ti 377,000 miles. Pretty good condition, new tires and brakes. what should i pay for something like this?

[Jean H.318TI]

4000 or less

[momorugger]

377,000???! dang, I mean the 4 cyl does run forever, but that's a lot of mileage. I wouldn't go above 3 large

[marko]

2-3K tops, I'd say... and thats if the car is absolutely & unquestonably MINT otherwise (no accidents or dramas otherwise)!
Damn, 377K is still a lot of miles, man.
Hope you like tooling around with cars, too (i.e. repalcing stuf that goes with regular wear & tear - otherwise mtce on these things I find expensive)...

[rholbrook]

I was just gonna ask everybody how many miles to expect from this engine, I just bought a 98ti with 130k, runs nice. 377k? Damn now that is foreign made vehicle. I wouldn't pay more than a thousand for it, better a parts car than anything. If and when it goes tits up, you'll pay atleast the cash you'd spend for a nice one in the 4 to 5 thousand range probably more. I say no.

[Couverman98682]

Thats a crap load o miles. seems to me that the running gear would be shot by then.

[campaiar]

Not a whole lot. At 377K, everything is pretty well worn. If your not good at working on these machines, I'd stay away.

[SDKmann]

DAMN! 377,000 miles?!? Im sure you could revive it but be prepared to spend tons of cash on the constant repairs you will need to do since everything will be worn. Id offer $2.75 and 3 corndogs and mabye a bottle of Pepsi if your a real balla....

[madfronter]

And I thought I had a lot of miles on my car (248,000). I bought it with 48,000 miles on it. I think you could find one with less miles on it!

[larryn]

A car with this many miles on it cannot be in decent condition, and unless most things have been replaced in this car in the past 100k miles, you're going to have a very expensive car on your hands. Every part on these cars has a shelf life of only so many miles. Just remember that you've already exceeded that number on most parts in this car. Run away, and find a better car.

[aceyx]

I'm going to disagree.

Cars, not even BMWs, make it to 377k miles without regular maintenance. I've got a bigger bet that this thing is in "pretty good condition" because the one owner knew what he/she was doing, and kept it together. Still, I wouldn't offer over 2k for it, since what you're doing is basically buying a rolling chassis (the motor is too much of a timebomb at this point).

The only question is how the driver racked up so many miles. That's over 30k miles per year!

[SDKmann]

My dad had a friend who was really in to old MB. He would drive them up past 500k mi. and then give them away to charity auctions. The downside was he shelled out tons of cash to keep them up properly. And MBs are famous for surviving through the higher miles. So it probably would cost you an arm and a leg to keep it up. Unless you just want to pay under a grand for it and then just drive it until it breaks then it probably wouldnt be a good idea. It could be a fun racer since you would have to replace most parts anyway.

[fast318ti]

so no more than 2 g's?

[SDKmann]

Definitly. I personally wouldnt spend more then a grand but I doubt the owner will let it go for that because of the roundell. I also wouldnt buy it unless it was for a parts/race car but its up to you. Dont just jump on the car because its the first cheap BMW you see, there are others. But if you do go for it make sure you get a carfax and have it inspected by a certified BMW mech. If there is anything wrong then have the current owner fix it before the sale.

[Storz]

Wow thats incredible, a buddy of mine in highschool had a Blazer that had 360k on it when he sold it...incredible how long an engine will last if taken care of.