Hello, hello everyone, the old driver of the car inspector has met with you again, I am called the inspector Leonardo because I look exactly like jack, the male protagonist of the Titanic, for convenience, I am called a small plum, but not a small plum in the court drama! Welcome to this issue of used car testing fun facts.
Imagine if you had a mine at home or got rich overnight, ready to buy a second car, which is your dream steel gun model, but with a budget of only 200,000, what car would you choose? Is it the newly listed Civic hatchback, or the Lynk & Co 02 Hatchback, or when a wait party, to look forward to the Hyundai i30, which claims to break through the hundred in 6 seconds, to enter the domestic market. Since it is playing with cars, there are richer choices in the minds of many veteran players, that is, used cars.
This old BMW 1 series is the model that I want to share with you in this issue, as a BMW, there is no need to say more about the blessing of the car logo, let the girl choose between the Civic and it, the result is obvious. But the car we want to test today is not as simple as an ordinary entry-level BMW, this is the 2013 bmw M135i, the new car guidance price of that year was as high as 505,000, the production date was June 2014, and the performance mileage was 89,000 kilometers. The seller said that the car is in better condition than in the market, and the offer of 200,000 is not a lot, unless there is something in the test that he does not know.
As we all know, this M-starting logo is definitely the BMW performance car series, in addition to the BMW M135i, the little plum I am most impressed with is only the M760i, these performance versions are not only more offensive than the ordinary version in terms of appearance. Another commendable thing is this gradually extinct 3.0T inline six-cylinder engine, many keyboard men say that there is no money to buy a BMW 1 series is a hard installation, then this M135i should be able to make all people who look down on the 1 series shut up.
Since this is the case, small plum I will not say more nonsense, copy the guy began to detect, first of all, first look at the front bumper of the vehicle, because the material of the front bumper is plastic, so our paint film instrument is unable to detect the thickness of the paint surface, you need to rely on experience and skills to judge whether the front bumper has been replaced or repaired, it is obvious that the gap between the left and right sides of the bumper of this car is very large, and there are obvious burrs and defects in the corners, indicating that this bumper has been replaced.
Then use the period paint film instrument on the roof to take an average paint value as a reference, as for why to take the value on the roof, because the probability of injury on the roof is relatively small, the probability of natural paint is relatively small, then the paint value of the natural roof is more reasonable, the paint value of this car is probably floating around 100 ~ 160 microns, the fixed screw of the left fender plate has not been disassembled, and the paint value is also within the normal range, then it means that these coverings are the original state.
Then look at the windshield of the vehicle, this car is obviously a car produced in June 2014, but it has installed a piece of glass for 18 years, that does not need to think much, it must have been replaced, and then from the inner glass glue line can be clearly found that there are very obvious secondary rubber marks, confirming that the front windshield has been replaced.
There is a clear difference between the A column values on the left and right, the A column paint value on the left is within the normal range, and the right A column paint value to more than 200 microns indicates that the right A column has been painted repaired, but the spray paint surface is thicker than a few centimeters of the range, other locations are still normal, so it is speculated that there should be a possibility of flying stone injury in high-speed driving, and the replacement of windshield should also be related to this, after all, it is difficult for this car not to let people drive faster.
The paint value of the left front door is about 160, which is also within the normal range, and there are obvious scratches on the paint surface, which have hurt the bottom paint surface. Like the picture is no way to polish treatment, if you want to repair this injury, basically need to go to a special paint shop to re-paint, and the vehicle's hinge screws and limiter fixing screws do not have any screw marks, indicating that this door has not been replaced.
The paint value near the eyebrow has risen by a certain range, reaching more than 200 microns, but this is the range of paint values that belong to the spray paint, and there is no scraping putty repair, so it is likely that this should be a small scratch scratch and the like caused by the spray paint repair. The overall appearance of the paint test, in general, it is still good, the encounter of the front and rear bars is the fate that the general second-hand car can not escape, relative to the age, sheet metal repair is still relatively small.
Conveniently open the trunk cover, the trunk to the key test, first put the edge of the trunk a circle, with the paint film instrument to hit again, did not find the traces of cutting repair, then there is a number in the heart, there is no major accident suspect behind.
But also can not be taken lightly, the left and right sides have been the liner to see, there is no deformation repair traces, and the inside of the sponge and line are relatively clean and regular, without any traces of disassembly.
The adhesive wire of the rear tail plate is as regular as the factory, the hole position on the top does not have any collapse and deformation, and the installation and fixing screws fixed to the lock buckle above the rear panel are also not removed at all. These seemingly inconspicuous locations can help you actually rule out a vehicle accident.
By checking the control module and fuse box at the bottom of the trunk, you can first preliminarily determine whether the BMW 1 Series is wading or soaking, you can see that there is no sediment and water stains inside, and the production date on the module is also consistent with the vehicle's factory date. If these electrical originals are soaked, there is a high probability that they need to be replaced as a whole, and if they are ignored or just dried naturally, the sediment and water traces cannot be hidden.
After the appearance and trunk are quickly read, let's take a look at the most important part of this car, Honda in front of this M135i should be difficult to say the words to buy an engine to send the car, because the BMW 1 Series body is originally petite, But the engine compartment is equipped with a huge N55B30 series 3.0-liter inline 6-cylinder turbocharged engine, please forgive me for being poor, just giving parameters is uncontrollable: maximum power 235 kilowatts, maximum horsepower 320 horses, maximum torque 450 Nm, 100 km/h acceleration of 5 seconds, in the words of the buyer: can have it in this life without regrets!
Back to the detection, first look at whether the hinge screws in the engine compartment and the label on the top are abnormal, the surface of the hinged screws on the left and right sides does not have any traces of induction and displacement, and the screw pattern on the top does not have traces of paint and spray paint, and the label on the hood is also very strong, so it can be determined that the hood has not been replaced.
The beam on the water tank frame, there are many fixed screws on it, such as the fixed screws on both sides, any look at one can judge whether the beam on the tank frame is abnormal, by detecting that the upper beam has not been replaced.
The consequence of the compact cabin is that it is not very convenient to see the anti-collision beam, and it takes effort to reach the mobile phone from the gap next to it, in order to photograph the screws of the collision beam, because the screws in this part are relatively large, and it takes a lot of force to be able to remove it, so as long as it is disassembled, there will be obvious indentations, and the front anti-collision beam screws of this car are still untouched, and we can rule out the possibility of a major accident on the front of the front of the car.
The top of the shock absorber tower is in a deeper position in the engine compartment, so as long as the outer cover is not repaired by accidents, it can mostly be saved, but why do we still have to test the top of the tower separately? Because if the shock absorption of the vehicle is forced from the bottom upwards, the top of the fixed tower of the shock absorber will also be damaged, thus affecting the normal driving of the vehicle.
Since the shock absorption tower top is mentioned, let's talk about a digression, generally like WRC and other event models will strengthen the top of the tower and other parts, as for the rigidity of the body, not to mention, after all, the light horsepower is useless, in poor road conditions, bumps, and occasionally flying a slope, can run the race are excellent quality cars. But then again, it is certainly a good thing that this second-hand performance car has no problems, as for the situation that the left and right shock absorber screws have been removed, it is generally caused by modification.
Next, look at the state of the body, the first is to see if there are traces of oil leakage and disassembly when looking at the valve? After observation on the left and right sides, they are relatively dry. This is not surprising, because the fixing screw obviously has traces of twisting, it seems that the former owner should have obsessive-compulsive disorder, after the discovery of leakage will be dealt with in time, otherwise the BMW that does not leak oil is sorry for its blue sky and white cloud markers.
Then when you look at the front end of the engine, you find that the fixing screws of the tensioner, as well as the fixing screws of the crankshaft below, are there also traces of twisting, is it that this engine has decomposed maintenance goods? Let's move on to the back.
In order to confirm this view, Xiao Lizi inspected the screws of the vehicle's intake manifold and the screws of the exhaust pipe and found that this was not the logic, because the screws of the intake manifold and the screws of the exhaust manifold had not moved. The seller just happened to be next to it, and I casually asked about the little plum, and he said that he had disassembled it when maintaining the formal chain before. As for whether it is as he said, we will judge later from the bottom of the chassis to see the fixed feet of the engine.
After the engine compartment is tested, directly open the door to the interior of the vehicle, this BMW M135i does not have much change, after all, only the BMW owner who has been in contact with his car for a long time can distinguish some subtle differences, such as this seat is more non-slip than the ordinary version, normally the steering wheel of the M135i will also have more than one M logo than the ordinary version, but this modified steering wheel does not have the original factory flavor.
Back to the test, the first thing is to see if the seat has been disassembled, because after the blisters have been removed, the seat cleaning is a routine operation, and it is a coincidence that the seats of the main driver and co-driver of this car have been disassembled, but the sponge under the seat is very dry, and there is no water trace and sediment on the carpet.
Detecting soaking water is not so simple, we also have to test the direction pipe column of the vehicle, the instrument table skeleton and the interior of the cigarette lighter, why check these places? Because the metal in these places has not been treated with anti-rust treatment (or very few), if the blisters are difficult not to rust, and even some models will rust only under the influence of the climate, so to distinguish what is the rust of the soaking water, go to see our previous soaking water car can make you feel what is called scalp numbness, rust to fly.
There is no problem with these places mentioned above, small plumS I think it is not enough, take the left and right sides of the threshold cover to remove, and then look at the wiring harness under the chassis and the sponge of the carpet are not abnormal This little plum is assured, this is not a blister car.
Then test the vehicle's airbags, first confirm a little steering wheel modification, then this airbag must also need to be disassembled to be able to replace the steering wheel, and the small plum after querying the vehicle's maintenance record, which shows that the main driver airbag of the car has been replaced, but only a separate one, not the accident caused by the replacement.
The side cover of the co-pilot instrument panel is removed, first of all, the leather of the vehicle, these did not find traces of repair renovation and replacement, and the stock price screw of the instrument panel has not been disassembled, and the screw of the airbag inside is observed through the gap, there is no obvious abnormality, basically it can be judged that the airbag of the co-pilot is not disassembled.
The static detection of the vehicle Finally, all the functions in the car were tried again, and finally came to the outside of the car, and found that the right rear fog light of the vehicle was not lit, and the left headlight cleaning nozzle was faulty and could not be ejected normally.
Next, drive the vehicle to the lift, the chassis of the vehicle is tested, first of all, the four suspension systems of the car, the previous owner must have changed the shock absorption, because the four shock absorbers have been disassembled, the hem arm and some levers and the like, there are also traces of disassembly and replacement.
Removing the vehicle's lower skid plate reveals a slight oil infiltration from the lower pipe of the car's intercooler. However, the date below the intercooler is consistent with the production date, indicating that it has not been replaced.
The screws on the left and right sides of the engine are also not twisted, which can prove that the previous seller said that the front replacement of the formal chain, resulting in the disassembly of the engine front end and timing above.
There are also some situations that will also lead to disassembly, such as the N55 engine fault light that has been mentioned before (to borrow a BMW 5GT instrument photo), a large part of the N55 bright fault code is caused by too high intake pressure, some cars will be bright, some cars will not be bright, the power is actually not particularly large, but as long as it is a perfectionist tendency bmw owner will still deal with it at any cost.
In addition, the exhaust pipe has been modified before, and the seller asked me how I knew? First of all, this is a performance car, the exhaust is very normal, no, the following screws have also been disassembled, that must be the change of exhaust caused by the bar, why specifically talk about this problem, because there must be a small partner to say, the former owner really cut, the exhaust pipe only a few dollars can be used to restore the sale.
In fact, it is not only a matter of money, you have to say how expensive the exhaust is, in fact, the ordinary BMW exhaust modification is also a few thousand, the slightly more expensive Scorpion is tens of thousands, and then up is the small plum my knowledge blind spot, after all, to become a BMW owner first, it is necessary to understand the advanced modification knowledge. The key is another point, some exhaust looks very exaggerated, even if there is no manic sound, but the slightly harsher test stand will not let you pass during the annual review.
Compared with the six-cylinder engine of bmw M135i, this eight-speed automatic transmission is a little gentler, because Xiao Lizi has learned that overseas markets are said to have a version of a six-speed manual transmission, which is really a god. Back to the truth, the foot of this gearbox and a circle of screws at the rear end of the engine have been removed, indicating that this gearbox has been removed, and the same maintenance record also shows this problem, the reason is that the oil seal after replacing the engine crankshaft is caused.
This car is a front-facing rear-drive drive form, very suitable for novices to drift (belly black), daily ordinary driving is very easy (again belly black), so there is a differential in the back, but the rubber sleeve and screws of this differential are not found to be abnormal, and the large nut of the drive shaft is also not screwed.
Since I did not see the left and right longitudinal beams in front of me on the top of the cabin before, the small plum I deliberately left in the chassis part, I can clearly see, without any traces of disassembly and repair.
The left and right longitudinal beams in the rear have been tested with a paint film instrument, and no traces of repair painting have been found, and the rubber lines on the left and right sides are very natural, and the exhaust pipe heat shields on the left and right sides are also very complete, and there is no trace of deformation, indicating that the rear part of the vehicle has not been hit.
Finally, the screws of the rear bumper beam were wiped with a rag, and it was found that there were slight twist marks, because the rear bumper and the rear bumper beam were almost closely attached, so as long as the rear bumper was disassembled and replaced, then the back bumper beam was likely to escape the fate of replacement, but this cannot be said to be an accident car.
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The whole test took nearly three hours, after all, this is a modified BMW M135i, and then restored the vegetarian car, for the test of the inspector is still not small, first set the tone, this car has no major accidents without blisters, the appearance of the covering parts less sheet metal but more repairs and defects, front and rear bars are replaced. In terms of interior seat disassembly, steering wheel modification, there are maintenance marks in the engine compartment, chassis components also have multiple traces of disassembly and restoration, some minor faults in lighting functions and other aspects need to be repaired in time, more details are presented in the electronic report, fans expressed great satisfaction.
Fans then communicated with the seller that this price is still a little higher, although they buy this car has a certain emotional bonus, but after all, the money is real money and silver to give, I hope the seller can then consider whether there is a plan to reduce the price. Finally small plum I checked the same M135i current background valuation, you can see the case of fine car conditions, retail quotations are more than 160,000 yuan price, today this seller offers 200,000 a lot of points, but the car condition is not particularly perfect, you think how much money will be more valuable?
Well, that's it for today's test sharing. I repair the car more reading less, limited culture, write badly please Haihan, I am a used car inspection technician in the car inspector, if you have the car you like but can not get the car condition or other second-hand car related problems can find us, the car inspector is willing to be your friend who knows the most about the car!