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Originally Posted by nickjohnson
I was looking to buy this car and almost did until I found out there were bigger gaps than 20000 miles in the service history. The largest gap possible would be 15500 miles and most CSLs generally get serviced every 10000 miles more or less. So basically meaning this car was not full service history like the running in service . If the running in service is done over 1700 miles then its not considered full BMW service history as there is only a 500 mile leeway on the 1200 miles . This is the reason it took sooooo long for me to sell the Irish car and more because I told everyone who enquired that the cars service was technically late. If Id have not said anything then Id have probably sold it a lot sooner but I always want to try and get back involved in the CSLs I sell so doing it as honestly as possible gives it a better chance to come back to me again although with this car it wasn't one I was happy to put my own money in to due to the late running in service so I sold it on behalf of the original owner but it took a year to sell. Who ever bought this car was obviously happy to not be bothered about the gaps or just didn't know that 20000 miles means its not full service history. I could have bought it for £26000 but didn't bother because it wasn't good enough for me and I didn't need another non full history car hanging around until who knows when. I think he got lucky with the sale but you make you own luck as I didn't by telling everyone about the running in process. Theres a few more cars out there with late running-in services but if its late you cant get a warranty on it aswell
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Very good points Nick thank you for the explanation