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      08-02-2017, 07:04 AM   #8
TallTrees
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Drives: 2014 X5 35d M Sport
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Originally Posted by TyantA View Post
I have come across what would pretty much be my dream X5 (coming from an e90) but today I learned via carproof that it has an estimated $15k in repairs due to a front-center collision.

Still worth considering or avoid like the plague?
I can tell you this, 15k is absolutely nothing on a 100K vehicle. If the owner had waiver of depreciation on his insurance(highly likely) the repairs had to be done will all new parts(no bondo filler repairs). I had minor cosmetic front end damage and it was 14k all done. The plastic LED headlight housing was 3k alone. Just the plastic tab was broken! 3K for the housing I'm not talking about the internals. The parts costs are pretty nuts and the Mineral white paint is also very expensive and time consuming to do right. Certified BMW repair shops charge a premium on their skilled labor.
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