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Originally Posted by AlpineSwift
This is my first BMW that's had Ultimate Care included in the purchase (thanks previous owner for the handoff!  ). I haven't had a need to use it yet since I'm only just over 3 Months into ownership. That said, after living with my '04 M3 for just under 4 years prior to selling last summer, I'd have to crunch numbers before letting that slip by as part of a deal. I'm sure your specific situation made more sense to skip it, but damn is it nice not having to worry about consumables for a change. 
The Carvana sales model looks really good on paper especially from a convenience stand point, but I've heard nothing but horror stories in dealing with them post purchase. It sounds like yours was fairly smooth overall and I'm sure there's plenty of other success stories out there, but I just can't for the life of me give up buying a BMW direct from the source or an approved dealer. I've done too many outside of the dealer network and they've all (but 1) had some kind of drama attached to them that's been my problem to deal with as a result. My 335 was the exception, I picked that up from a Toyota dealer that had it on trade for a Prius from an older lady that babied the shit out of it. If she knew what it became afterwards, she probably would've lost her mind.  |
We've purchased one car from Carvana and it was ridiculously easy and went off without a hitch. That being said, there are certain models/classes of cars that I would choose not to buy from them, such as BMW, Jaguar, etc. We bought a Suburu Crosstrek which is one thing; an M340i or an F-Type is another.
If you notice, as opposed to CarMax they don't offer their extended warranties on every car they sell. For instance, you can't get on on the aforementioned F-Type. While you could conclude that they just don't want to be on the hook for luxury/high-performance vehicles, it also infers to me the possibility that they don't have all that much faith in state of the cars they sell.
We bought that Crosstrek fairly early in Carvana's life – I think they've kind of gone more towards the "pump-em out" strategy since then and I'd be a bit more hesitant to buy from them these days.