CPO Vehicles? How was your experience?

Is this some sort of homosexual lingo?

Certified pre owned

AKA a used car

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Certified pre owned

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Guess the guy thinks a lot of himself.

If he wants to reward himself, ball out and get something with that new car smell.

I had a CPO BMW. As long as it was within that 100,000 miles it was great. I didn't sleep well at night until I got rid of it once I went past 100,000.

About 12 or 15 years ago, my brother bought a used 500 series BMW. It had a little over 30,000 miles on it. It was so perfect and pristine, it looked brand new. I saw the registration on his desk and noticed the mileage. I couldn't believe the car had 30,000 miles on it, I thought he'd bought a second one for his wife.

He's had several since then, all "pre-owned", so I'm assuming he's had a good experience with BMW.

Was it just because you were nervous about it or did issues actually pop up?

It was more nerves, but after having replaced the battery at a few hundred dollars and the brakes at more than I want to talk about, I really didn't want to deal with major repairs on it.

I only buy CPO vehicles. Let someone else take the immediate depreciation hit. Great experiences with both BMW and Lexus.

My friend had a CPO 911; it was an awesome car and a great value. He paid about half the sticker price when it had less than 30k miles. I think his warranty was for 50,000 additional miles, though under certain circumstances the warranty can last 6 years or 100k vehicle miles (if the car is still under its original factory warranty). Every time he had to take it to the dealer they gave him a Porsche loaner - he had a new Cayenne for the better part of a month once, after running over a log on i10. After selling it his depreciation costs were $3k/year! Can't beat that with a stick.

I bought my wife a CPO Lexus last month. The warranty is for 3 years/40k miles. But it's a boring-arse Lexus.