[MRV99]

I have owned BMW's over time and everybody in the BMW world usually states but the newest lowest milage BMW you can afford. Newer cars have less issues based on revisions BMW makes to correct chronic problems. Cars does not develop issues based on age, car issues happens with mileage or amount used. The more miles the more issues will become apparent. With the lack of standard maintenance(BMW has very long and unrealistic maintenance windows) and the replacing of metal parts with plastic ones, you will find that things that would last 100k+ need to be replaced at shorter intervals(search on BMW cooling components).

I am not saying all high mileage cars are bad but with BMW's higher mileage will mean more costs in repairs.

Personally I would avoid MY 1-2 of these cars. They usually have the most issues. Also, check the production date of a car. Just because it says 2011 does not mean it was made in 2011. Example, my 2012 x5 rolled off the assembly line on April 18, 2011 which was the very first of the MY12s to roll of the line. So you could be looking at a car which could be older than the MY suggests.