2006 Sapphire Black E86 Manual - 141k Miles - PRICE DROP £6,750 - Bilstein B12, Custom exhaust, Powerflex
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The problem is though that it is a challenge to insure the car at the value you paid for it. With the mileage, the insurance company will value the car at say £3k.
When I bought mine a couple of weeks ago with 90k on it, the car was up for 7k but the insurance value was £4k which is a risk I will have to take as that is what I would get back in case of an accident.
When I bought mine a couple of weeks ago with 90k on it, the car was up for 7k but the insurance value was £4k which is a risk I will have to take as that is what I would get back in case of an accident.
pvr said:
Thats the same with most, when I insured my Z4M the base insurance value was like 8.5k its a 2006 with 73k on it. I would think its more like £14.5 - 15k. With it being a rare combo 1 of 3 cars brought to the UK that makes it even more difficult. When I went through the process I made sure the value was increased and more suitable, the downside you pay more for it.
My Mini Clubman JCW was stolen during the pandemic and it was less than 3 years old and had 20k miles on it. On the forecourt they were selling for 25-27k because of the shortage, the first quote from the insurance was £15k and after haggling the best they could do was £18.5.
Regardless of what you do you loose. At least it's 3-4k not 10k like it was in my case. Insurance is great until you need it then they rinse you.
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Z450 said:
Agreed, think it's a common thing in the UK. I always tend to buy on condition rather than mileage, but I think I'm in the minority there.
Both fair points about the insurance, I guess an agreed valuation is the only way to protect against that.
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Pre-weekend price drop, £7,250.
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As I counter-offered it to someone on eBay, I'll extend the offer to here too, as I'd really like someone to continue documenting the journey of the car...
Anyone want it for £6,750?
Anyone want it for £6,750?
If anyone is looking for a cheap coupe, they’re going to have to live with high miles. I would much rather have this one with all the work done, than one without (and to be honest the work done is not exactly reflected in the price).
Sadly I’m not a buyer, but if you have a 10-speaker system (DSP or not) it would be worth mentioning as this is a discriminator for some.
GLWTS.
Sadly I’m not a buyer, but if you have a 10-speaker system (DSP or not) it would be worth mentioning as this is a discriminator for some.
GLWTS.
I'm surprised this hasn't sold.
I presume you've included a link in your listing to the build thread on here?
Mileage aside, it's clearly a looked after car, although I suppose folks will try to use that as a stick to beat you with regardless in the name of getting the lowest price they can.
I presume you've included a link in your listing to the build thread on here?
Mileage aside, it's clearly a looked after car, although I suppose folks will try to use that as a stick to beat you with regardless in the name of getting the lowest price they can.
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Calps said:
You and me both! I sometimes think that maybe I've been a bit too honest with the advert
Stupidly, I thought I had put a link to it, but I didn't... Whoops!
https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=136671 For anyone interested.
Zedebee said:
Thanks! Unfortunately no 10-speaker system.
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Bump...
Looks like a bargain to me. A well cared for Coupe imop.
The Z4 coupe is a niche car it doesn’t tick the box for those that want a convertible for summer, so a smaller buyer pool, it’s an honest description, body blemishes and miles are against it, as we are all finding any kind of minor damage is seeing cars written off by insurers and only trade price being paid out.
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TOMGREEN413 said:
Thanks Tom.
I agree, mileage is something that us Brits seem to have a real issue with. The thing is, low mileage cars seem to be more desirable, but funnily enough time also wears rubber out. It's all well and good buying a 60k "beauty", but if the thing has been sat around for long periods of time, then the rubber suspension components still disintegrate, hence why I'd personally rather buy a car that has documented history of things being changed as opposed to just being low mileage.Z450 said:
Agreed, it's a small pool, and even smaller with it being a lightly modified example.deltasierra said:
To be perfectly honest, I'm getting a bit tired of people bringing up insurance and insurance valuations, because it's somewhat irrelevant. If you want insurance to pay out what you think the car is worth, pay the premium and get an agreed valuation with a specialist. It's the responsibility of the buyer to take the risk with a generic policy, or whether they want to pay a bit more to have security.
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An overview of receipts for work done/parts purchased.
In a few years we're look back and be shocked at how so little money could by so much car. My daughter just bought a C1 on a 65 plate for not much less!!! It insane.
The Coupe prices seem all over the place imop.
I think more buyers will come out of the woodwork once warmer weather arrives. It interesting to see Coupes with 80 to 90 k sell well but one with over 100k stick.......like a few thousand on these engines n gearboxes makes any difference, besides once those per 100k cars drive just another 10 or 20 k the owners are facing a substantial drop in value??? Getting a post 100k car for almost half the price in some instances seems like a no brainer unless the cars being bought to sit in the garage......which kinda defeats the idea of getting one???? That's why I bought a post 100k car that I can enjoy and not be hung up on depreciation as I paid nowt for it in the first place (and put the saving into completely into refreshing the usual wear n tear items)........kinda like this Coupe.
The Coupe prices seem all over the place imop.
I think more buyers will come out of the woodwork once warmer weather arrives. It interesting to see Coupes with 80 to 90 k sell well but one with over 100k stick.......like a few thousand on these engines n gearboxes makes any difference, besides once those per 100k cars drive just another 10 or 20 k the owners are facing a substantial drop in value??? Getting a post 100k car for almost half the price in some instances seems like a no brainer unless the cars being bought to sit in the garage......which kinda defeats the idea of getting one???? That's why I bought a post 100k car that I can enjoy and not be hung up on depreciation as I paid nowt for it in the first place (and put the saving into completely into refreshing the usual wear n tear items)........kinda like this Coupe.
It is a phsychological number thing, funny bit is that a friend of mine bought an Alpina (in NL), and he was scared stiff about getting it close to 100k. And that is km, not even miles, as the cars drops it's value like a stone then over there.
It was a real effort for me to buy a 91k miles a few weeks back as I have never had cars with those sorts of miles, but I took the position that I wrote the value off in my mind to 0 so I can enjoy it and not worry about it not having a lot of value left. It is good to see that a car can still be ok at 141k miles such as this one for sale.
It was a real effort for me to buy a 91k miles a few weeks back as I have never had cars with those sorts of miles, but I took the position that I wrote the value off in my mind to 0 so I can enjoy it and not worry about it not having a lot of value left. It is good to see that a car can still be ok at 141k miles such as this one for sale.
I think sometimes we do really over think things about mileage and forget logic. More importantly we should just enjoy these cars for as long as we can, who knows what way the values will go in the long run but if you use them and enjoy them does it really matter?!!