Sepang Coupe 44k miles £13999

milu · Post by **milu** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:57 pm

Just proves again that cars unusually cheap often have patchy history or other stories in the background.

Then you get people saying " you can get a ******* for next to nowt these days" when in reality a real nice one will cost much more..

Post by **srhutch** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:46 pm

VvrooomM wrote:It's missed it's inspec 1 - that's what should just have been done 13k is the absolute tips between services irrelevant of time, more like 11k typically. The counter reset to 15400 is pure fiction.

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A main dealer near me has an ///M for sale that has between 19-20k between each service, can only assume its spent most of its life being driven by an old lady on a motorway.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:43 pm

srhutch wrote:A main dealer near me has an ///M for sale that has between 19-20k between each service, can only assume its spent most of its life being driven by an old lady on a motorway.

Or they've (ab)used the 'leeway' BMW allow for scheduled servicing (of up to about 2000 miles over IIRC) and have been tight with their spending.

If so, then you assume they've left everything else to the last minute or done the bare minimum required.

Post by **srhutch** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:58 pm

mmm-five wrote:
srhutch wrote:A main dealer near me has an ///M for sale that has between 19-20k between each service, can only assume its spent most of its life being driven by an old lady on a motorway.
Or they've (ab)used the 'leeway' BMW allow for scheduled servicing (of up to about 2000 miles over IIRC) and have been tight with their spending.

If so, then you assume they've left everything else to the last minute or done the bare minimum required.

still seemed high to me though even 18k

VvrooomM · Post by **VvrooomM** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:44 pm

srhutch wrote:
VvrooomM wrote:It's missed it's inspec 1 - that's what should just have been done 13k is the absolute tips between services irrelevant of time, more like 11k typically. The counter reset to 15400 is pure fiction.

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A main dealer near me has an ///M for sale that has between 19-20k between each service, can only assume its spent most of its life being driven by an old lady on a motorway.

absolute tosh, the mileage counter resets to 15400 miles so how could it do 20000?? It might have done that between services but it certainly has not been serviced in line with correct schedule.

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R26Andy · Post by **R26Andy** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:33 pm

Because the miles to service is adaptive and can go up as well as down depending on how the car is being driven however, Id be sceptical that a //M would be driven in such a way that theyve squeezed 20k out of it before the computer has said it needs a service.

Andy

dgm · Post by **dgm** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:39 pm

R26Andy wrote:Because the miles to service is adaptive and can go up as well as down depending on how the car is being driven however, Id be sceptical that a //M would be driven in such a way that theyve squeezed 20k out of it before the computer has said it needs a service.

Andy

I don't think you're correct about this Andy, the service interval on the M is based purely on the amount of fuel used.

sars · Post by **sars** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:45 pm

dgm wrote:
R26Andy wrote:Because the miles to service is adaptive and can go up as well as down depending on how the car is being driven however, Id be sceptical that a //M would be driven in such a way that theyve squeezed 20k out of it before the computer has said it needs a service.

Andy
I don't think you're correct about this Andy, the service interval on the M is based purely on the amount of fuel used.

erm, even if you are correct, isn't that the end result the same, depending on how you use your car, this would result in different mpg rates

Post by **srhutch** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:00 pm

R26Andy wrote:Because the miles to service is adaptive and can go up as well as down depending on how the car is being driven however, Id be sceptical that a //M would be driven in such a way that theyve squeezed 20k out of it before the computer has said it needs a service.

Andy

exactly right, it will go up if the mpg goes up. Still can't see how an ///M can do 20k between services, that plus the 56k on the clock were the two main reasons I didn't buy that one.

My 118d service indicator has risen from 16k that was on the clock when I collected new. It's now due around 20k.

dgm · Post by **dgm** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:11 pm

The service becomes due when 2275 litres of fuel has been used since the last service. To get 15,500 miles until the next service as indicated when the service indicator is reset would require you to get circa 31mpg overall which just isn't feasible/possible in these cars so I can't see when you're ever going to get an increase in the service indicator mileage.

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:26 pm

It's also possible that it's had interim oil changes and the owner/indy has simply (mistakenly) reset the SI every time, instead of when the clock reaches 0.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:53 pm

Not just Indy, my dealer reset the service counter even though I told them not to. I made a note that my engine is due a service 1 at 23 or 24 k even though the counter shows oil service due next.

sars · Post by **sars** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:21 pm

dgm wrote:The service becomes due when 2275 litres of fuel has been used since the last service. To get 15,500 miles until the next service as indicated when the service indicator is reset would require you to get circa 31mpg overall which just isn't feasible/possible in these cars so I can't see when you're ever going to get an increase in the service indicator mileage.

Do you believe this service interval methodology to be true for the Z4M or the basis on all BMW's?

dgm · Post by **dgm** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:34 pm

sars wrote:
dgm wrote:The service becomes due when 2275 litres of fuel has been used since the last service. To get 15,500 miles until the next service as indicated when the service indicator is reset would require you to get circa 31mpg overall which just isn't feasible/possible in these cars so I can't see when you're ever going to get an increase in the service indicator mileage.
Do you believe this service interval methodology to be true for the Z4M or the basis on all BMW's?

It's definitely the case with all the S54 engined cars so this would include the later Z3M's, E46 M3 and CSL and all Z4M's. I wouldn't have thought it applies to all BMW's but I've never had cause to research that.

Adamski · Post by **Adamski** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:43 pm

If I hadn't already bought my zed I would consider this car. Lovely colour, very rare. Cat D doesn't bother me if the overall condition is right

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