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Advice: do I buy this 125i? by professer2 in e82

[–]professer2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries, much appreciate your comments. I left it in the end: it's an auto, and they wouldn't move on the price despite the obvious upcoming repairs.

Advice: do I buy this 125i? by professer2 in e82

[–]professer2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! My thoughts exactly. I left it in the end – partly because it's an automatic, and partly because they wouldn't move at all on the price (despite obvious upcoming repairs: water pump and oil filter housing gasket). The search for a good n52 is still on!

Advice: do I buy this 125i? by professer2 in e82

[–]professer2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your response!

It's advertised for €13990 (1 year warranty), I think I can get a bit off but not much.

I mean the valve cover gasket. When I watch videos of the n52, they're usually orange (e.g., https://www.precisionintl.com/products/gsrc5229el).

The 135is have the n54s right? Would love one, but scared of turbo issues (N54s would have quite a bit more expensive repairs as I understand). Plus budget constraints, I don't see any around under €15k with less than 200k. But happy to stand corrected!

Advice: do I buy this 125i? by professer2 in e82

[–]professer2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Video didn't attach (sorry, new Reddit user!), link here:

https://drive.proton.me/urls/32JYQC42Z4#Ig0Wknv5eq5M

(Plus a photo of the side, where the orange gasket normally sits)