I went to look at an X3 yesterday and althought it was generally 'OK' it wasn't exactly in perfect nick for the money. I noticed it had 1 brand new tyre and 3 tyres which were down to around 2.5mm - which on any 4x4 is a definite no-no

What bugged me is the way the salesman argued that was fine and BMW's xdrive system could cope with that etc. I thought xdrive was only introduced later on, and with 4x4 you should at least have matching axle pairs of tyres?

Once he realised I wan't going to buy the car as it was he got a bit shirty and was basically muttering about how I would waste my time looking at other cars. Surely a decent car salesman would expect buyers to view several cars, possibly of different types before buying anything!

In the end the whole thing soured me on that dealer, it made me feel like they were just trying to get rid of a potential money pit and got annoyed when I didn't put up the cash immediately - as if the bmw badge was enough to blind me to any faults.