BMW F30 330d X Drive- to buy (make offer) or not to buy

[ChrisS80]

Evening all

The conundrum...
I am after an F30/F31 330d x drive or 335d. Those with approx. 100k miles are in budget and i have seen a nice one, well a nice looking one at least:

The good:
2015, 330d X-Drive, M-Performance kit, 304M's, 110k, HK Audio etc etc, Looks really well and goes very well- stage 1 tune of unknown provenance

The not so good:
Seller is 'private', suspected trader (advert reads like a trader, referred to me as customer when on the phone to someone else about the car, had to ring someone else to double check when i said about wanting an inspection) but is registered to him and his address (seen coming out and going in). Had the car 2 months- reason for sale is 'too many other cars'...
No service history late 2021- Sep 2024, rest check outs incl ZF service
3x Conti Sport Contact, 1 x ditch finder
Tail pipes seemed sooty to me

Price is cheaper end for these, nothing much similar at asking price but most are at dealer.

Question is, take a bit of a risk or not?
Thanks in advance

Edited by ChrisS80 on Sunday 26th October 19:26

[AddyT.]

For me, absolutely would avoid. Plenty of others out there and would be trying to buy one from a (decent) dealer.

[willmagrath]

Yeah avoid. If you're asking the question, you know you're not comfortable with it.

Also those xdrives can have expensive issues. So if there's lacking service history then I'd avoid.

[ChrisS80]

Thanks for the replies, confirmed my thinking really. Onto the next one...

[mmm-five]

How cheap was it? Are we talking £10k, £8k, £5k, lower?

What is your budget?

I'd rather have an unmolested (i.e. chipped/mapped) car with high miles & full service history, than a lower mileage, uncared for model with an unknown remap/chip and already 'rolling coal'.