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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Achtung 520i" data-source="post: 220030" data-attributes="member: 7153">Buying ExperienceBefore I provide details on the some of the costs for maintenance which I could probably do so by next week, thought I'll share with u my experience in buying the 520i which I acquired sometime in May.AFter some months looking at the papers and getting a feel of the market price and visiting some of the used car dealers, I finally set my eyes on one in a used car dealer that deals in mostly contis. What attracted me to the car was its almost showroom condition, interior and exterior. Even more attractive was that for a 2002 yr model it had done only around 87,000 km. Now this mileage part is the one, where I was taken for a ride! After closing the deal and taken delivery of the car, after a month or so, I visited Auto Bavaria Glenmarie to request them to show me the service record (I found out that the previous owner has been continuously servicing there). Of course AutoBavaria asked for verification that I was the new owner which I provide. After running thru the service record, only then that I noticed that the mileage is around 187,000 km and NOT 87,000 as displayed by the meter.So my advise to those would be buyers, DO NOT TRUST THE METER READINGS as they can be tampered with, and most importantantly DO NOT TRUST ANY SALES GUY, they are there only to dispose of the vehicle.</blockquote>