Z4 3.0si Sport Individual Auto (Rubinschwarz / Champagne)

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:30 pm

Testing the waters, I've got an Alpina Roadster S and this and this one barely sees any mileage and I end up using the third car for commuting! I'm keen to see whether pricing is on the money. This was a forum car which I bought a while back but has been sitting and I need the money now.

It's an Individual model so has the very rare rubinschwarz ruby black paint (black which gives glints of metallic red or purple in sunlight, really stunning in person and the pictures don't do it justice). The interior is champagne nappa with piano black trim. There were only 4 of the 3.0Si Sport Automatic made with this colour combination!

This is my third Z4 over the years - I had the 2.0i and the 2.5i prior to this (both manual), and I didn't miss the manual much having the auto / paddle shift. The shifters make easy work of holding whichever gear you need, with the advantage of being able to cruise effortlessly too! After this I bought the Alpina and neither of them sees the mileage they should be seeing. In an ideal world, I'd use this for commuting but it's too nice for that!

I've had the following done:

Exterior detail (a 6-8 hour one, nothing extreme or harsh but it's reduced the swirling and brought out the lovely ruby red/brown in the Rubinschwarz). You'll notice it's a lot cleaner than the photos in the ad I bought it from - look at the exhaust!
Replaced the tyres
Had the front RTABs / lollipops replaced - this was tramlining like a... tram. The tyres and these bushes contributed. These cost £200 fitted.
New battery - after buying the car, I went abroad for a week, and when I got back the car was screaming at me! The alarm was going off because of a dud battery.

I am in the process of chasing down the service history - this was lost by the previous owner but I will provide a detailed spreadsheet with all the information I have managed to piece together. I was aiming to send out my replacement blank service book to each garage consecutively and have put a lot of the work in place to get this plan in action, but haven't started sending it out just yet due to a new job!

I'm looking at £6250 and am located in Hampshire. The car doesn't have an MOT currently but I will put a fresh one on for the buyer.

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E Series E85 ()

Series Z

Type ROADSTER

Model Z4 3.0SI (EUR)

Steering RL

Doors 2

Engine N52

Displacement 3.00

Power 195

Drive HECK

Transmission AUT

Colour RUBINSCHWARZ METALLIC (S23)

Upholstery INDIVIDUAL TEILLEDER WN/CHAMPAGNER (LPCM)

Prod. Date 2006-04-10

Options

L812AN ational version England / Ireland

S1CAA Selection of COP relevant vehicles

S205A Automatic transmission

S224A Driving dynamic control

S230A Extra package, EU-specific

S249A Multifunction f steering wheel

S302A Alarm system

S345A Chrome Line Interieur

S380A Hardtop-preparation

S399A Softtop, electromech. all-autom.

S423A Floor mats, velours

S428A Warning triangle and first aid kit

S431A Interior mirror with automatic-dip

S441A Smoker package

S459A Seat adjuster, electric, with memory

S470A Isofix-System

S493A Storage compartment package

S494A Seat heating driver/passenger

S4MLA Interior strips, piano lacquer, black

S502A Headlight cleaning system

S508A Park Distance Control (PDC)

S520A Fog lights

S521A Rain sensor

S522A Xenon Light

S534A Automatic air conditioning

S609A Navigation system Professional

S612A BMW Assist

S633A Preparation, mobile phone, Business

S676A HiFi speaker system

S692A Preparation, BMW 6-CD changer I-bus

S704A M Sports suspension

S710A M leather steering wheel

S711A M Sports seats

S785A White direction indicator lights

S787A BMW alloy wheel, M double spoke 135

S853A Language version English

S863A Retailer Directory Europe

S877A Delete cross-pattern operation

S880A On-board vehicle literature English

S8SMA Car ident. number visible from outside

S8SPA Control unit COP

S925A Dummy-SALAPA

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:12 pm

Hi, it might be an idea to list what service history you do have for the car & some more detailed pics of the seat bolsters

Rob

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:25 pm

Smartbear wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:12 pm Hi, it might be an idea to list what service history you do have for the car & some more detailed pics of the seat bolsters
Rob

I'm not with the car for a week or two, but can get more pictures before then I hope!

History I have pieced together so far:

Date Mileage Information Garage
16/06/2006 4 Inspection BMW Thorne
09/11/2006 329 Maintenance BMW Farnborough
04/01/2008 25292 Maintenance Marshall BMW Bournemouth
28/08/2009 54703 Maintenance BMW "21238"
15/10/2009 58875 Service Marshall BMW Salisbury
18/05/2010 ? Service Cooper BMW York
09/03/2012 ? Purchase + service
15/11/2013 82694 Service Firth's Garage
10/09/2014 87061 Service + MOT Firth's Garage
10/09/2015 92375 Service + MOT Firth's Garage
24/06/2016 ? ? Sandell Huddersfield BMW
24/11/2016 97168 Service + MOT Gremlin Automotive
16/11/2017 100919 Service + MOT Connosseur Classics Huddersfield

Now that GDPR has come in it's become a lot more difficult to get good information out of these people!

Robbyman · Post by **Robbyman** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:00 pm

Shame it is an auto as otherwise it is just what I am looking for.

jamie_z4 · Post by **jamie_z4** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 4:02 am

gorgeous colour

good price too - GLWTS

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:16 am

Robbyman wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:00 pm Shame it is an auto as otherwise it is just what I am looking for.

Come and take a look, you might be surprised

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:17 am

jamie_z4 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 4:02 am gorgeous colour

good price too - GLWTS

Thanks! The pictures don't do it much justice

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:39 pm

Bump!

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:55 am

Bump

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:03 pm

Bump - I can get more pictures etc. if needed.

bmbardo · Post by **bmbardo** » Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:22 pm

Post edited, communication breakdown.

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 12:51 pm

bmbardo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 11:22 pm Good luck with the sale, just hope you don’t waste anyone else’s time.

I'm sorry if it felt like I wasted your time. I did spend significant amounts of time sending you emails, getting a video of the car that you requested, and that was after your insulting offer of 5k. I normally wouldn't have replied but you were polite so I was polite.

Your email got lost in the deluge of emails that I've been receiving for work, and I've not had the time to catch up as it's been a busy month and I've had to go abroad twice. I got an email about another thread I'm subscribed to, and that reminded me of the ad and the need for a bump given the good weather

Apologies again, but you wanted to buy the car as a stop-gap and I think it's better if it goes to someone more local who can come and look in person. It's a lot of car for the money and would be more expensive if the few little niggles were sorted.

bmbardo · Post by **bmbardo** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:37 pm

Post edited, communication breakdown.

motoroller · Post by **motoroller** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:44 pm

bmbardo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:37 pm No problem, sure you’ll find a buyer.

I was going to view in person and made that clear, so don’t quite understand your point. The offer of £5k was changed back quickly to £5500, but was not made to insult you. It simply reflected my caution about the routine maintenance needed, and the fact that you don’t have details of other past maintenance.

There is no MOT and who knows what needs doing, so to help you, I suggested the MOT and free Health Check at BMW, to add some reassurance to the next owner. I was going to pay for an inspection and told you that.

How long I needed to keep the car is not relevant.

Looking back I think you picked the car up off the forum for a maximum of £5k, and it doesn’t appear to have seen a spanner since.

Really suggest you get the MOT done, to give forum members an idea of what they are bidding on. If it were my car I’d get the IN2 and Brake Fluid done. I would have offered the asking price with that done.

All the best.

I mentioned the work I've done so far in my first post above, at a cost of >£1000. I will get the MOT and brake fluid / IN2 done in due course as you can see I've had a fairly full-on month.

bmbardo · Post by **bmbardo** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:40 pm

Post edited, communication breakdown.

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