Experiment Z4s Wanted

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Luke2184

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I’n my quest to achieve an 35is with my budget of a few grand I’m going to try Trading up. My intention is to make a reasonable profit on a number of Z4s only which will all be e85s. I intend to either acquire from forums, Facebook gumtree etc & add value by sorting out minor issues and move on. My core value will be good honest cars.
I will place this in the wanted section also.
If anyone ideally midlands Area is looking to move on a z4 for between 2-3k please drop a Pm to start off a chat.

Any help or advice guys would be great.
Luke
 
Good luck Luke.
All I'll say is, you'll need to be quick to beat Stuart (bigwinn) to them. :rofl:
 
I’ve noticed forum cars get picked up and end up on traders forecourts for quite a bit more? All I can do is give it a go.
 
You may have already seen these but a Couple caught my eye on eBay this morning that may fit your bill :thumbsup:

No affiliation with either

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165336057338?hash=item267ecc05fa:g:V2wAAOSw5x9hmkZa

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175159345120?hash=item28c84f7fe0:g:JD4AAOSwfeFh1rkU
 
Luke2184 said:
I’ve noticed forum cars get picked up and end up on traders forecourts for quite a bit more? All I can do is give it a go.
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So, you want someone else to give you a bargain, which you can then sell on?? Any decent car will sell itself, the majority of what you see re-advertised will have issues that a dealer has accounted for in their margins, that is to say, they still need work doing to them.
 
Yes I’ve been honest about it, I’m going to do the work myself to resolve issues and sell on .

No need to be an arse about it.
 
Luke2184 said:
No need to be an arse about it.
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The "trick" to this is not buying a car that needs work, fixing it and then flipping it, it's buying cars that are already good and then just adding value yourself. Forget the nonsense on TV like Wheeler Dealers, where they pre-buy every car, and have 2-3 mechanics that do jobs on the car that you won't see in the final edit. If you have to farm any work out to a garage then you can safely say goodbye to any profit.

There are 100's of people already doing what you want to do, but, 90% of them are dishonest and will flip a shed just to make £200, knowing that they've left the new owner with a world of problems. Their most used tool is a code reader, not a spanner, so they'll simply reset the faults the second before you view the vehicle; "That light as just appeared mate, it wasn't doing that before". Indeed, this has just happened to me, however my reader could detect codes from 6 months ago so I know the seller wasn't being honest.

The best bits of advice ever given to me, which still stand after 30 years, are:

1. If it looks right, it probably is - this isn't 100% true, but it's probably 90% upwards.
2. It's all about the rubber - if there are matching, decent brand tyres, decent Bosch wind-screen wipers, then you know the rest of the mechanicals will probably have been taken care of. Mis-matching tyres, or ditch-finders always ring alarm bells and warrant a full and frank inspection of what you're about to buy.
3. It just needs this - what that really means is that the "just needs" will be a very expensive fix, or more likely, they've already tried to "just fix" it but weren't able to. My reply to that is always "Well just fix it, I'll pay for it" and then I'll buy the car.
4. MOT history - that shows you how well something has been looked after, every MOT on my cars is clean, no advisories at all. The instant you see constant advisories for knackered tyres, or worn discs, or oil leaks, then you know you're buying off someone that does preventative maintenance only.
 
You may also find it easier to do two or three cheaper ones with the same snags first.
Bank the profits and use those to learn the basic stuff like suspension, roof motors, disa valves, vanos etc.
Each time you'll get more proficient before you tackle a bigger project.
Once you're confident with those tasks you may even find you can add to your fund by doing jobs for others. There's always a market for roof motor relocations for example.
Keep a spreadsheet or it is easy to spend more than you think.
Also, keep trawling eBay, Autodoc, etc., for discounts and good deals.
Then if you see something you're going to need repeatedly, get a stock in.
Case in point, I found someone selling the front suspension knuckle bolts cheaper, so I picked up half a dozen and only paid one lot of postage.
Every little bit adds up.
 
It’s just I love them & I know the specs and faults with them so I it’s in my comfort zone. I’m not a you tuber but the daughter would love that. :rofl:
 
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