I am looking to purchase a 2002 M3, and some are advertised with the 6/100k warranty. I assume these were built during the period (11/01 - 2/01) that experienced the engine failure and were given the extended warranty. Should the value of these cars be lower than the 2002s built outside of that window? I would be hesitant to pay the same price for an M3 built in 1/02 cersus one built in 5/02. What do people feel about this, am I catually getting a better car because of the extended warranty and presumably they would put a new engine in if there were an engice failure? I am new to BMW so any input is requested, I have only heard poor things about BMW service and reliability on their cars.

ALL 2002 models have the extended warranty. Same for model year 01 and 03.

To be more precise, the engine recall affects vehicles made between 10/01/2001 and 02/28/2002.