Bought a beautiful 07 z4 3.0i w/ 120K and am ready to start getting after a few things (valve cover gasket, suspension, maybe a respray of the front for some gravel/paint chips).
Not sure if anybody cares, but I think it's a fun purchase story...
I owned a Spitfire for my first roadster and it was an absolute blast... when it was running. And while I enjoy mechanical repair, I wasn't interested in rust repair, and it needed alot of work. So I sold it and about this time last year I started looking for a replacement. My list? Roadster, running, no rust, fun, fuel injection, under 7K. Not on my list? High performance, prestige, flawless condition, over 7K. I don't need a show car, but I knew this would put me in the 90's Miata, maybe an Audi TT or lower and I was fine with that. I did find Z3s from time to time, but nothing I wanted. I spent alot of time on C-list. We live in snowy western NY, so it's not easy finding a car w/o rust.
But as fate would have it, we were headed to North Myrtle Beach SC and I thought, "Gee, I should check the cars down there," and, of course, the above mentioned car had just listed. More than my car, because I never dreamed I would be able to swing a z4, but it checked off everything on my list and everything on my not list. Apart from the paint chips, it is flawless.
I knew it would be gone in a flash. But, just for grins and giggles, I sent the guy and email and lamented that he was selling "my car" and why'd couldn't he have listed it in a month later. He sent an email back and said, "I'd hold it for you." So I called him and we chatted for a while... I told him we normally come earlier but my son was graduating from the Trooper Academy and bla bla bla... He said, "I was a LEO! I'll tell you what -- you send me a non-refundable $100.00 check and I'll hold it till May (about 5 weeks)." I told him, "In turn, if the car is as described, I won't dicker about the price." It was as described. (great guy -- never even cashed my $100 check!).
I'm not sure why he was selling it for (literally) half of what i was seeing them go for, except that it was his commuter (maybe lost some of the fun?) and that he was buying a golf cart and needed cash. I couldn't have bought a 2007 Civic for the price I paid.
We drove it home and (despite putting her away for the winter) we are having a blast! (Happy wife, happy life!)
Looking forward to using the forum to take care of some maintenance issues.
Paul
Not sure if anybody cares, but I think it's a fun purchase story...
I owned a Spitfire for my first roadster and it was an absolute blast... when it was running. And while I enjoy mechanical repair, I wasn't interested in rust repair, and it needed alot of work. So I sold it and about this time last year I started looking for a replacement. My list? Roadster, running, no rust, fun, fuel injection, under 7K. Not on my list? High performance, prestige, flawless condition, over 7K. I don't need a show car, but I knew this would put me in the 90's Miata, maybe an Audi TT or lower and I was fine with that. I did find Z3s from time to time, but nothing I wanted. I spent alot of time on C-list. We live in snowy western NY, so it's not easy finding a car w/o rust.
But as fate would have it, we were headed to North Myrtle Beach SC and I thought, "Gee, I should check the cars down there," and, of course, the above mentioned car had just listed. More than my car, because I never dreamed I would be able to swing a z4, but it checked off everything on my list and everything on my not list. Apart from the paint chips, it is flawless.
I knew it would be gone in a flash. But, just for grins and giggles, I sent the guy and email and lamented that he was selling "my car" and why'd couldn't he have listed it in a month later. He sent an email back and said, "I'd hold it for you." So I called him and we chatted for a while... I told him we normally come earlier but my son was graduating from the Trooper Academy and bla bla bla... He said, "I was a LEO! I'll tell you what -- you send me a non-refundable $100.00 check and I'll hold it till May (about 5 weeks)." I told him, "In turn, if the car is as described, I won't dicker about the price." It was as described. (great guy -- never even cashed my $100 check!).
I'm not sure why he was selling it for (literally) half of what i was seeing them go for, except that it was his commuter (maybe lost some of the fun?) and that he was buying a golf cart and needed cash. I couldn't have bought a 2007 Civic for the price I paid.
We drove it home and (despite putting her away for the winter) we are having a blast! (Happy wife, happy life!)
Looking forward to using the forum to take care of some maintenance issues.
Paul
North West Surrey
