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Hi all,

About to put my E85 up for sale as the draw of the E89 has proven too strong with this one. My hunt for the right car has begun and I'm calling on the good people of this forum to come up with the goods :P

Must haves

£10k
Msport body
Decent history

My wish list. Obviously not all of this, but some of it would be nice

Sub 70,000ish miles
Some extras (nav, mfsw etc)
An interesting colour interior. Champagne or red would be nice for a change from the black
Warranty a bonus
Xenons

In no desperate rush so will wait for the right car to come along, but keen to hear what people have up for sale, or maybe coming up in the near future.

Thanks,
Greg
 
Hi Greg,

So the pull of an E89 proved irresistible!

I noticed you say 23i/28i (4pot turbo) but IIRC the 23i isn't a 4 pot turbo. I'm pretty sure the 23is all had the 2.5 litre N52 6 pot like the facelift E85 2.5Si.

The 4 pot turbos were the 18i, 20i and 28i so you might want to change your thread title if you don't want an N/A 6 pot! :)

Happy hunting. :thumbsup:
 
No problem. :thumbsup:

I'm sure the 18i, 20i and 28i all have basically the same engine, just with different mapping.

smartbear on here has had his 20i mapped to 28i level, so a 20i may be worth considering.
 
Cheers. I may contact him. I do fear I'm pigeonholing myself somewhat so might be worthwhile me considering the L6 engines too. The main reason for not doing so was to keep lower tax band
 
Mr Tidy said:
No problem. :thumbsup:

I'm sure the 18i, 20i and 28i all have basically the same engine, just with different mapping.

smartbear on here has had his 20i mapped to 28i level, so a 20i may be worth considering.
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And a bit more :wink:
Rob
 
28i with a budget of £10k :?
Msport spec you should manage a leggy 23i or 20i around £10k but forget the 28i
 
mr wilks said:
28i with a budget of £10k :?
Msport spec you should manage a leggy 23i or 20i around £10k but forget the 28i
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Thanks. Is that because of the newer engines? Seen various 30i and even a 35i within budget.

If I'm asking too much I'll just reset :)
 
greg81 said:
mr wilks said:
28i with a budget of £10k :?
Msport spec you should manage a leggy 23i or 20i around £10k but forget the 28i
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Thanks. Is that because of the newer engines? Seen various 30i and even a 35i within budget.

If I'm asking too much I'll just reset :)
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You've seen a 35i Msport in budget :o
 
mr wilks said:
greg81 said:
mr wilks said:
28i with a budget of £10k :?
Msport spec you should manage a leggy 23i or 20i around £10k but forget the 28i
Click to expand...

Thanks. Is that because of the newer engines? Seen various 30i and even a 35i within budget.

If I'm asking too much I'll just reset :)
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You've seen a 35i Msport in budget :o
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Sorry no, the 35i wasn't an Msport. My bad
 
I cant help but keep thinking I'm stupid ruling out the L6 engines.

I don't rush to buy a car, but I can't stop coming back to this : https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=109178

Something tells me I won't find a better car for the money any time soon!
 
Jmo but well kept, well specced & keenly priced cars are hard come by.
You could hunt for 3 months to save £500/£1000 & still not tick all boxes.
A 30i longterm offers a relatively risk free ownership compared with the twin turbos. The warranty wouldn't be necessary for me.
 
I think for 10k you are being a bit optimistic with what you are asking for, as mentioned a 28i would be out, certainly one with nav, idrive, msport etc. as smartbear has said you can get a 20i and remap it, as they are a lot more common and more reasonable, btw all E89`s came with xenon headlights
 
greg81 said:
I cant help but keep thinking I'm stupid ruling out the L6 engines.

I don't rush to buy a car, but I can't stop coming back to this : https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=109178

Something tells me I won't find a better car for the money any time soon!
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I think its mostly down to personal preference, I love my 3l and wouldn't change it.. (except perhaps if the right 35i/s came along) I would say keep an open mind to the 6's - have you tried driving some of the different engine models?
IMO the car you've linked looks a good one and i'd be tempted if I didn't have pretty much the same spec but in silver...
 
greg81 said:
I cant help but keep thinking I'm stupid ruling out the L6 engines.

I don't rush to buy a car, but I can't stop coming back to this : https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=109178

Something tells me I won't find a better car for the money any time soon!
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This doesn’t look like it needs anything spent on it, pick it up and enjoy it. As Mr Wilkes points out you wouldn’t really need warranty with this, bulletproof engine. Pastry only sold it to scratch his ar......M roady itch.... :P

Buy this, use and enjoy, move it on in a year if a 4 pot turbo becomes too much to resist for pure power reasons. :thumbsup:
 
Thanks all for the info!

Having looked I think a 30i is going to be a better option for me. The one I've linked to on this thread has everything and if I ha the extra cash I'd be on the first train, but for the moment I'll hold on until something similar comes along. Fully understand I may be quite a while.

My 2.2i e85 will be coming up for sale shortly
 
Been following the thread with interest. Don’t keep us in suspense. What did you get? :D
 
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