Muckinonthesofa wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:35 pm
tomscott wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:44 am
mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:29 pm
I think the older these cars get , the less frequent use with headlights on & more problems will become common with both the pop up washer units & the self level ballasts on xenon lights . Ive had a few problems on similar vein with recent E85 E86 & additionally it probably doesnt help at this age that most will have had bumpers removed for various jobs , some have been dealt with roughly & possibly not connected up with care ?
No surprise that older cars will develop different quirks we aren't used to seeing
Cheers MW! Appreciate the response it makes a lot of sense.
For any one interested I received an email back about the Silver Grey Z4M coupe with red leather.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... 500&page=2
SH is as follows:
Pre delivery - 13/09/06 BMW Distribution Center Thorne
Run In - 11/10/06 Wood In Hampshire BMW Center 1537
Inspection 1 - 04/03/09 The Car Clinic Newbury 28388
Oil Service - 14/05/10 S.C Auto Service Chester 41691
Inspection II +Micro filter - 19/1/12 The Car Clinic Newbury 56647
No Service History past this point. No paperwork at all.
Last MOT shows the car had 71,434 in June 2018
No history for the past 7 years, I wouldn't describe it as "well cared for"! Only positive is it only covered about 15k miles in that time. It also annoys me that its described as having 70k miles and yet Tom says the last MOT in June 18' it had 71434 miles.
Its hard to find a well serviced car. This one has missed quite a few, every 14k or 2 years it should have an oil first one was missed by 14k. I have been so finiky about it A) for personal piece of mind and B) How hard will it be to move on...
There is another for sale that has been discussed at length in this thread thats still for sale and has been for over 18 months and keeps jumping between 18 and 23k. It missed its run in service completely and wasn't serviced until 20 odd k.
Because so many cars seem to have poor history and the synthetic oil is pretty resistant... is it worth a punt... spend a bit of money sorting it out aesthetically and get all the mechanical bits sorted that it needs. The engines are obviously robust there are countless E46 M3s well into the 100s of ks... and many havent been looked after that well. Still nearly 13 years of neglect I think it would be opening a can of worms.
Im happy to wait ive been searching for the silver grey and red combo for about 6 years and I think 3-4 have come up in that time but I either wasnt in a position to buy or they had the same issues, missing or really poor history like above and if the MOT history is anything to go by it really hasn't had much love.
I wonder if its ever had a proper inspection or valve clearances. Surprises me how many haven't been looked after that well. You dont expect FBMWSH but at least specialists not all back street garages.