Is multiple owners an issue?

It’s a topic of much debate on here.

You could source two none cracked 326, but then change to none runflat tyres.

There is also some discussion about a revised 326m on later models or a from different manufacturer.
I think BBS is one of them, not sure of the other.

If you want to change all of them, the 325m look nice if you want to keep it Z4, others have replaced with 437m wheels or a similar looking wheel to the 326 but from a different model.

I think your first port of call would be to source to of the revised 326m wheels and switch out all four tyres. They do look great.

I am sure plenty of people one here with first hand experience of this issue can offer better advice. I have the peasantry 18”s!

Edit: I am assuming the wheels were welded rather than replaced. They may have been replaced, and if so, then change the tyres!
 
tiglon said:
Multiple owners is not a problem in itself. However, the more owners there are, the more likelihood that it had one who didn't look after it.

Same as with a one owner car, if the history looks good then I'd be ok with it, if the history is poor then I wouldn't.
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Exactly this.
 
Mine's had 7 owners and it seems like every one of them has looked after it really well.
 
AFAIK there were no revised 326 wheels

There are no part codes or index numbers to substantiate that statement
 
Mister T said:
You need to be the registered keeper to get your own insurance policy. It's not uncommon for a car to stay in the same household and have multiple keepers listed.

Seems daft to discount a car without even asking about the history.
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I agree with this we have a car registered to my wife that's been passed down to both our daughters so technically two owners not registered. personally I wouldn't consider the number of owners an issue unless it really stood out as odd which this doesn't really :driving: .
 
Deepseaskateboard said:
B21 said:
AFAIK there were no revised 326 wheels

There are no part codes or index numbers to substantiate that statement
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I have seen it mentioned on here, but I know nothing about it.
I’m in the 325m club!
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There’s revised 296’s but not 326’s afaik :thumbsup:
 
High number of keepers seems to happen pretty often with 2 seater cars - either because they become impractical, they're just an itch that needed to be scratched, etc.

My 2nd 2006 Coupe had 5 previous keepers when I bought it in 2016 and my current 2006 one had 7 when I bought it in 2019.

Less is obviously better, but as others have said history and condition are way more important.

Edited to correct my typo! :roll:
 
With many years motor trade experience it was totally normal to see high performance and sport cars especially 2 seater convertibles with high number of owners and this does not affect the value of the vehicle at all (unless of course it has a really excessively high number), this is for reasons already mentioned by others here and more important is to check the condition of the car (which is a given on any older car anyway) and the service history. I too prefer to have lower number of owners and certainly look for that on any normal car but knowing what I know, I knew I couldn't apply that logic when looking for a Z4, if you do your choices become very limited as probably 95% of these cars will have many owners and you will be missing out on some perfectly good examples. If you have a Z4 with say 6 or 7 owners I doubt very much that you would be restricting your buyer pool by any great margin as most people are aware that these cars attract frequent change of owners.
 
1 owner who gave up bothering after a few years , or multiple owners who all spent a bit on it and added a bit more TLC when they bought it. Like mileage you can't judge a vehicle on number of owners and miles driven, you need to judge the car in question and look at it's history and condition.
 
I think the "lots of owners" issue harps back to the old days a bit, and has kind of stuck (I'm as guilty as anyone).
If a car had lots of owners I think it was presumed to be a 'lemon', or a 'Friday afternoon' car. so it was a problem car which people passed on quickly before it cost them too much money. Not the case anymore IMO, but old habits die hard.

One problem we have is that it is now impossible to 'trace' the ownership of a vehicle, other than the paperwork included and the service history.

Try buying a 15 year old one owner Porsche 911. They are the poster-boys of multiple owners, for good reason. "I've always wanted a 911" so buy one then six months later have ticked it off the bucket list so pass it on. And it then continues.
 
12 previous owners and no service history. I must be the lucky 13th as it hasn’t let me down yet.
 
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