SOLD E85 Z4 3.0 se

[Smartbear]

Thanks for all your replies. This is on a trade forecourt within about two weeks or so of purchase, and there was nothing further to do that I am aware of. Just aware of the *house* rules that I read and was really surprised that this turned up so quickly! Haven't heard anything back to my offer!

You won’t, the trader wants £2,000.00 profit, not £750.00.

It’s actually £3k profit
Rob

[MikeyH]

Oh well, my maths was never very good

[MikeyH]

Just looked for the advert, that dealers prices always seem to be way higher

[Z450]

I think sometimes there is a miss conception that you buy a car put £3000 on it (in the above case and that’s the profit)

When I worked at a main dealer this was not the case.

Most garages are VAT registered so there would be 20% VAT to pay on any profit plus corporation tax. Hard to say what the prep would be on the car above but I would assume £500 could be more or less. Then take into account advertising cost, insurances, accounting costs, warranty costs, staff costs, in reality I suspect the profit is more like £1200-1500

[Alz4]

I have just had contact from this trader and he confirmed it was bought direct from Alex. I have offered him £750 on top of what Alex was asking of the £6750.

Btw I didn't know this site was for trade buyers, just genuine enthusiasts. Seems like Alex's good intentions of being sold to an enthusiast to 'keep it in the family' have been thwarted.

Hi I feel I have to put a reply to this before I leave this forum and set the record straight by the way my name is Al ( Alistair ) not Alex I answered the few questions and supplied you with some more pics including service history etc not a problem it became a problem when on a Friday at 23:15hrs you sent me me what seemed 101 additional questions which took up a whole screen of my Xperia L4 (not a small phone) whish honestly were some pretty obscure questions! for an 18yr car in virtually mint condition, I,m not going to say word for word what my answer was as that would be discourteous suffice to say words to the effect get in your car and come and look and bring a torch and magnet, also the insinuation that the car wasn't owned previously by an active forum member ( don't go by the reg number all the time, private plates get removed you know ) please note the car was up for sale for a very reasonable price and the guy that purchased it from me at a very reasonable price was a BMW enthusiast who just so happened to be a dealer he was the guy who could see from the pics that it has had a life of luxury and anybody who knows cars will see that as well so please get off your high horse stop griping on the one you missed!

Just to finish as an aside I had sleepless nights after I sold my Z just could'nt live without that great feeling of driving one so jumped into my old truck rushed down to Southampton (not an east drive ) and bought a mint 2.2 Z3 all done within a couple of days so is now keeping my two other classic cars company. I genuinely hope you find a nice Z4 just lower your sights a little or go buy a new one from a main dealer.

Cheers

Al

[Ewazix]

All interested parties had the same opportunity, the dealer bought the car because he suspected it was a good buy and got his finger out to secure it. Good luck to both the dealer and the seller, you snooze you lose as they say.

There seems to be a lot of trolling and moaning on for sale threads on here recently it would put me off advertising here TBH. Most buyers will check-out the usual 'for sale' sites so it might be less stressful to stick it on Autotrader, get a wider audience and do without the aggro, which is a shame.

[Smartbear]

Let’s see the Z3, I’ve always had a soft spot for those
Rob

[Dav the wheel nut]

Let’s see the Z3, I’ve always had a soft spot for those
Rob

Al asked me to put photo up.
I’ve seen the car it is absolutely mint!
(As was the Z4 )

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