2005 (05) Z4 Roadster 3.0 - 80k miles

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PBandeira

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Hi All

Selling my beloved 3.0L Z4.
I bought the car a couple of years ago from another forum user and I had a lot of joy with it but decided I need something with a bit more space. So I've bought a 3-series and I'll be after something a bit cheaper to replace the Z4.

From buying it in August 2017, the car has since covered 13k miles in my ownership ( total of just over 80k miles, could go up as still being used), mainly weekend motorway miles (my commute consists of a 10 minute walk!)

It had in the last 5k miles
- new plugs
- new oil and filter (I will deliver the car with brand new oil and filter if asking price is met)
- New Tyres (Yokohama AD08R)
- New Discs and Pads (Brembo)
- New Dampers and Springs (Bilstein B12 kit)
- Airbag Module replaced
- New battery (halfords lifetime warranty)
- Front Lollipop bushes
- Front Anti-Roll-Bar links

The car is probably one of the highest spec'ed e85 Pre-FL you can find, having had M-sport suspension before the Bilsteins, Electric & heated M-Sport Seats, Gearknob and Multi-Function Steering Wheel. Car has a GROM Bluetooth adapter in the boot so you just pair with your phone using the CD-Changer input. Everything works as it should.

I went up north to have it seen/worked on by Andy Fanshawe (vague steering, he fixed it!) who said it was one of the best E85 PreFL he had seen recently

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I am currently away with work but wanted to get the ball rolling in case someone is interested (I travel a lot with work, pretty much a week in, a week out, which is also contributing to the sale) so I have borrowed photos from the ad from 2 years ago when I bought the car (I hope the previous owner doesn't mind!) - condition is virtually the same now as it was 2y ago!

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I've been told by the previous owner it's never been raced or tracked, which is also true for all of my ownership.

I have a pile of receipts both from myself and the previous owner.

MOT until October 2019 but I can take it to be MOT'd next weekend if full price is met.

I have spent over £3000 since buying the car (mostly due to needing tyres, brakes and wanting to upgrade to Bilsteins) and I would like to recover some of that investment

Location: North Oxfordshire
Plate GP05VGU for those interested in MOT history (2012 MOT has a typo, I have documentation to prove mileage)
Price £6500 ono

Please let me know if anyone has any questions

Thanks
Patrick
 
At £7,500, you won’t get a sniff.

It may be mint, but it’s at 80k miles, a pre facelift and the £3k that you've spent is mainly wear and tear items, it won’t add value, but help to sell, but not at £7.5k though.

These are great cars, but you could get a mint 2008 3.0 Si with low miles at that price, and there are E89’s for sale at that price.

Good luck though. :thumbsup:
 
Mine sold quite quickly for 7k - similar miles, but was a 2008 3.0si with M Sports seats and some extra toys:
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=115858
 
It is a beautiful looking thing and I think it deserves a little better but than half the asking price. I’d bang it up at £4,750 and see what response you get.

Surely you didn’t pay anything close to £7.5k for it in the first place?
 
ph001 said:
It is a beautiful looking thing and I think it deserves a little better but than half the asking price. I’d bang it up at £4,750 and see what response you get.

Surely you didn’t pay anything close to £7.5k for it in the first place?
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sold my 2005 3.0 for 2300 not as well specced but 4750 is SI money.
 
ph001 said:
It is a beautiful looking thing and I think it deserves a little better but than half the asking price. I’d bang it up at £4,750 and see what response you get.

Surely you didn’t pay anything close to £7.5k for it in the first place?
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£6k on oldish tyres, tired suspension and brakes which needed replacing soon-ish and that was 13k miles ago

I appreciate I shouldn't get back the money I put in it, but surely a car with recent (proper) tyres, (proper) suspension and brakes is worth more than £4k?
 
I know it’s depressing, but people won’t pay significantly above the going rate unless it really is something special. A cut above the rest.

I know I paid strong money for my 2.5 and have spent a bit improving it. I know very well though that if I did decide to sell I would not get back the price I paid and certainly not the value of the bits I’ve added or changed,

A trader near to me had a 05 3.0i on the forecourt last summer at over 7 grand. I drove past it every day and thought it was extremely over optimistic. Then it disappeared, so I did wonder if he’d eventually sold it. Then just this week it showed up again, on the same forecourt, priced slightly lower than last year, but still over £7k. It simply will not sell at that price.
 
Its quite a difficult one to price because unfortunately a lot of people don't take into account new parts that have been added.

It looks in excellent condition, high spec, has M sports seats, B12 suspension, disks pads etc. 80K mileage is lowish but not low.

I would pitch it at £4900.

£5,500 to £7K you are talking later model Si's
 
MKZ4000 said:
Its quite a difficult one to price because unfortunately a lot of people don't take into account new parts that have been added.

It looks in excellent condition, high spec, has M sports seats, B12 suspension, disks pads etc. 80K mileage is lowish but not low.

I would pitch it at £4900.

£5,500 to £7K you are talking later model Si's
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My 3.0 pre facelift I sold with Factory fitted optional M sport suspension, BBS 108’s, MFSW, M sport seats, upgraded DSP stereo, folding mirrors, gaptec, aeros with a complete Bilstein suspension refurb inc drop links & polybushing on 80k went for £6k in 2014

I tend to agree this is too strong money
 
Ok thanks all for the replies. I've lowered the price and will see if there is interest. I understand the market is lower for a standard z4 but the extras and condition should warrant the price. I'll leave it for a week here before going to the usual platforms. I'm not in a massive rush to sell but I wouldn't want to still have it come autumn as value/interest would normally decrease
 
I sold mine 3.0 with 65 k on the clock .It had z4m front,seats,wheels,s/wheel Areo side skirts for just under 6k.
A realistic price for yours would be around 5k.
 
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