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<blockquote data-quote="beam2u" data-source="post: 33632" data-attributes="member: 35895"><p>Dear All,i am a newbie to this forum.i joined because i would like some advice from you all.any advice, comments and opinions are most welcome!basically, i've spotted a 2004 X3 3.0i that's for sale nearby my house.it's at a used car dealer.i went in to have a look and found that it is in good condition both inside and out.the only blemish being a worn out (disfigured/broken) bmw emblem on the bonnet. not sure how this happened but it looks quite bad.other than the emblem, everything else looks good.one other plus point is that the mileage is quite low.i could not get much info on the car as the salesmen had all left for the day and i spoke to an office administrator who let me look at the car.although everything looks nice on the outside, what i am more concerned about is the engine and parts.for an almost ten year old car, the mileage has not even got past 80K km.can/will dealers tune the odo reading just to make the car more attractive to shoppers? is this easy to do on a bmw?the car has a foldable screen on the dash. i think this is for navigation.is this feature worth-it? or is it just more problems down the road? sure looks cool but i didn't really try it out.can you all please let me know what to look for in a test drive and what to do first IF i buy the car.for example, what to change or service? and any recommended workshop in the kl area?am currently driving an suv but of a korean make, nothing wrong with it but just want to try out something that handles better.the reason for a used x3 is simply due to dollars, this is something i can afford comfortably.i'm also not so clear on whether this is a re-con or local model, how to tell this?i looked at the registration and it had a malay gentlemans name and then in 2009 transferred to a chinese gentleman.but i'm not sure how to interpret the document. any advice here is appreciated as well.sorry for the long post but i am quite nervous about all this.will wait to read your opinions! thank you very much..............</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beam2u, post: 33632, member: 35895"] Dear All,i am a newbie to this forum.i joined because i would like some advice from you all.any advice, comments and opinions are most welcome!basically, i've spotted a 2004 X3 3.0i that's for sale nearby my house.it's at a used car dealer.i went in to have a look and found that it is in good condition both inside and out.the only blemish being a worn out (disfigured/broken) bmw emblem on the bonnet. not sure how this happened but it looks quite bad.other than the emblem, everything else looks good.one other plus point is that the mileage is quite low.i could not get much info on the car as the salesmen had all left for the day and i spoke to an office administrator who let me look at the car.although everything looks nice on the outside, what i am more concerned about is the engine and parts.for an almost ten year old car, the mileage has not even got past 80K km.can/will dealers tune the odo reading just to make the car more attractive to shoppers? is this easy to do on a bmw?the car has a foldable screen on the dash. i think this is for navigation.is this feature worth-it? or is it just more problems down the road? sure looks cool but i didn't really try it out.can you all please let me know what to look for in a test drive and what to do first IF i buy the car.for example, what to change or service? and any recommended workshop in the kl area?am currently driving an suv but of a korean make, nothing wrong with it but just want to try out something that handles better.the reason for a used x3 is simply due to dollars, this is something i can afford comfortably.i'm also not so clear on whether this is a re-con or local model, how to tell this?i looked at the registration and it had a malay gentlemans name and then in 2009 transferred to a chinese gentleman.but i'm not sure how to interpret the document. any advice here is appreciated as well.sorry for the long post but i am quite nervous about all this.will wait to read your opinions! thank you very much.............. [/QUOTE]
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