# Should I buy my leased BMW or buy a new car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-buy-my-leased-bmw-or-buy-a-new-car/49590>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** bmw, 335\
**Created:** [May 30, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-buy-my-leased-bmw-or-buy-a-new-car/49590 "2010-05-30T04:16:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-buy-my-leased-bmw-or-buy-a-new-car/49590/21 "2010-06-04T00:39:41Z")

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I would add that every issue has been covered under warranty and if the car is CPOed then Factory warranty continues for a long time.

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**Author:** ![silvergc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@silvergc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/silvergc)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-buy-my-leased-bmw-or-buy-a-new-car/49590/22 "2010-06-07T21:25:03Z")

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Right now the $32K is not a bad price for the car. Where I live (if you have maintained the car meticulously), you could expect to pay about $34K for this car from a private party in its base configuration. Add on the mileage fees to see where you will end up.

Life is too short to drive a boring car if you can actually afford the one you like (which means: can you afford to repair it if necessary?). A sun roof is no substitute for a true convertible. But, that convertible top will eventually need replacement.

Nobody can guarantee that any car you purchase will be trouble-free. As cars become more computer controlled, there is more to go wrong. And, no matter what brand you are talking about, electronics replacements are expensive.

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**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-buy-my-leased-bmw-or-buy-a-new-car/49590/23 "2010-06-08T22:08:33Z")

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More expensive and/or more difficult to diagnose by even the dealer trained techs. How many catalytic converters have been replaced when it was really the O2 sensor throwing the code?

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