i drove 300 miles, met a guy from canada that bought my M8. 15 minutes after that, in the same location, i met a different guy that owned the xm. it only had 31 miles on it, so it was obviously pretty much "new". i loaded it up and headed home. the only thing that was a surprise to me was it has electric start. the guy never mentioned it at all in his for sale add, or when i talked to him on the phone. and i failed to notice the lack of a pull rope when i was eye balling the pictures haha. its a pretty neat feature, and the little added weight doesnt bother me too much. i just dont like the fact that its more crap to go wrong, and there's no pull rope (aside from wrapping a strap around the clutch). it looks like you can add the pull rope to the engine, but it kind of looks like a pain in the azz to install.....
as far as the warranty goes, it started its life with a 3 yr warranty, so i obviously want to keep that. i got all the paperwork from the previous owner, and am going to call my local doo dealer this week and get the rundown as to if i need to "transfer" something, or if their computer database just recognizes the VIN and does really care who owns it....