Bmw e61 535d - Ex police car service Record

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Thu 22 Oct 2020 17:15
Bmw e61 535d - Ex police car service Record - Big lee 37
Hi I have found out that my car that I have just got used to be ex under cover police car I wanted to know what had been done to it in terms of servicing ie gearbox other major stuff service and mot Records only start from 2014 and it’s a 2010 car is there anyway I can find out what it had done and if it’s been involved in anything thanks I’ve searched everywhere I can’t find out anything thanks

Lee
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Thu 22 Oct 2020 17:58
Bmw e61 535d - Ex police car service Record - _

AT 10 years old, I would definitely not worry about it.

Being an ex police undercover car will mean nothing at resale.

AS usual, why did you not ask before buying?

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Thu 22 Oct 2020 18:32
Bmw e61 535d - Ex police car service Record - Big lee 37
I’m not worried about it being ex police I was more interested in the servicing of it and what it had done it had full service from 2014 and it’s had 2 owners mot and service only from 14 so just wanted to find out if there was any way of checking
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Thu 22 Oct 2020 18:44
Bmw e61 535d - Ex police car service Record - mcb100

Do you know which police force it was used by? Maybe their fleet department may still have records from when it was serviced by police workshops?

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Fri 23 Oct 2020 08:51
Bmw e61 535d - Ex police car service Record - craig-pd130

It used to be the case that police-owned vehicles were serviced on the button and so made decent used buys.

To be honest, buying a 10-year-old car is going to be a bit of a gamble anyway. I would find an indie garage who specialises in BMWs and get them to change gearbox fluid and do any other major service items, then you know they've been done, rather than guessing and hoping.

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Fri 23 Oct 2020 09:20
Bmw e61 535d - Ex police car service Record - Andrew-T

I always understood that police cars had to have been serviced correctly so they were 100% reliable. But depending on what they were used for, they could have had a pretty hard life - and they certainly weren't being driven by careful owners.

Edited by Andrew-T on 23/10/2020 at 09:21

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