Newbie looking at the E89

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Wed May 26, 2021 7:02 pm

Zed Baron wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 6:55 pm Out of the two cars I think the white one is a better buy, the black one looks rough round the edges and 2k more

Ash does not want a white car - couple of Havana browns floating around in budget

Smash · Post by **Smash** » Wed May 26, 2021 7:38 pm

I’ll be patient, the right one will come along. Now someone quick sell me your MSport Highline With idrive in black for 8k.... I wish.

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Wed May 26, 2021 7:46 pm

Smash wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 7:38 pm I’ll be patient, the right one will come along. Now someone quick sell me your MSport Highline With idrive in black for 8k.... I wish.

Where did I see one at that money - but had 127k miles, think it was blue though - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114797705634 ... SwXgJglZAi

Smash · Post by **Smash** » Wed May 26, 2021 7:48 pm

Ole gits rule wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 7:46 pm
Smash wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 7:38 pm I’ll be patient, the right one will come along. Now someone quick sell me your MSport Highline With idrive in black for 8k.... I wish.

Where did I see one at that money - but had 127k miles, think it was blue though

Ahh yes I’ve seen that too. Nope too many miles for me

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Wed May 26, 2021 8:03 pm

I’ll be patient, the right one will come along. Now someone quick sell me your MSport Highline With idrive in black for 8k.... I wish.
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Where did I see one at that money - but had 127k miles, think it was blue though

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Ahh yes I’ve seen that too. Nope too many miles for me
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Yeah its a fair bit - just be patient something will crop up

Smash · Post by **Smash** » Thu May 27, 2021 12:19 pm

Came across this website with a few e89s for sale
https://www.specialcarco.co.uk/used-car ... eType=cars

Not sure if anyone has dealt with him before but sadly he has just sold all the Z4’s in the past couple of weeks. Gave him a call he was a nice chap and he gave me good advice of what to look for.

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Thu May 27, 2021 8:58 pm

Not come across him before - nice looking cars, the firs is not Msport highline as no iDrive.

Prices look reasonable in today market though

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Thu May 27, 2021 11:54 pm

Smash wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 12:19 pm Not sure if anyone has dealt with him before

If it is the chap I think it is, from the information on the website, he lives in a big house and has traded from there for years. I visited him once, in a work capacity (for a short period I used to re-charge a/c on cars in the early '90s). Nice bloke IIRC but then he wasn't selling me a car!

Smash · Post by **Smash** » Fri May 28, 2021 12:35 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 11:54 pm
Smash wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 12:19 pm Not sure if anyone has dealt with him before
If it is the chap I think it is, from the information on the website, he lives in a big house and has traded from there for years. I visited him once, in a work capacity (for a short period I used to re-charge a/c on cars in the early '90s). Nice bloke IIRC but then he wasn't selling me a car!

Sounds like the chap. He had nothing to sell me then became very open on pricing, how much I should pay and not get sucked into the summer frenzy, I’m sure if he had one in it wouldn’t have been so open.

Smash · Post by **Smash** » Mon May 31, 2021 9:07 pm

Well it seems as if it has come to a grinding halt on the car ads front... cars were listed everyday in there numbers In the past 2 months and selling rapidly too. Now hardly anything appears or it’s a ludicrous price. Also some cars that have been for sale for a while are sitting unsold without being discounted. Is this usual for this time of year?

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Mon May 31, 2021 9:58 pm

Smash wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 9:07 pm Well it seems as if it has come to a grinding halt on the car ads front... cars were listed everyday in there numbers In the past 2 months and selling rapidly too. Now hardly anything appears or it’s a ludicrous price. Also some cars that have been for sale for a while are sitting unsold without being discounted. Is this usual for this time of year?

Well the summer months are the convertibles forte, prices generally rise!
Rob

Smash · Post by **Smash** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:59 pm

Still looking... but I may have found one, trouble is mileage, what do you consider high mileage for a 10 plate car?

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:01 pm

Smash wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:59 pm Still looking... but I may have found one, trouble is mileage, what do you consider high mileage for a 10 plate car?

That really does depend on how people look at the car, mine had 74k when I bought it and now has 77k - some will say that's fine other will say its high.

It is horses for courses - what is the mileage you are looking at.

Most will tell you look at condition anyway

Smash · Post by **Smash** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:07 pm

It’s at 93k but has full BMW service history, it ticks all the boxes for me apart from parking sensors.

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:39 pm

Smash wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:07 pm It’s at 93k but has full BMW service history, it ticks all the boxes for me apart from parking sensors.

Well I was happy at 74k and again it depends on the car, price and condition.

Mine will be on 85k when I come to sell, sensible mileage for a 3 year old car but some will say low mileage other its to high.

I assume its this one -https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313560933895 ... SwCdRgwca4

First thing I note is that it states wind deflector but it is not on the car - could be in 6th bag so check that as its a few hundred to replace with an OEM one.

Otherwise it does look nice

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