Right, bit of a long story this.
Went to see option 2 on Saturday, and the missus fell in love. I thought it was basically a clean car, but it had a few things that worried me slightly - it had 4 mismatched tyres (non runflat) the tracking was off and it was thoroughly dirty, inside and out. Also the service book was missing, but I was assured that there was a service history and the majority of it was BMW, they just needed to find the book.
We agreed a price subject to 4 new Bridgestone RE050s, satisfactory provision of the history, upgrading the warranty to a full year and a full valet. At this point I paid the deposit.
Fast forward to today and two things happened:
1. The dealer for the AUC in post 1 came back and dropped the price by another £500 and is throwing in delivery (from Swansea to Manchester), 6 months tax and £40 of fuel
2. Checking on the history of car 2 reveals that:
- the only BMW service history was the 1st oil change
- it wasn't first MOT'd until it was 4 1/2 years old
- it had failed a subsequent MOT with a fractured spring and I couldn't prove what repairs were done
- the Xenons seemed to be nothing but trouble - the cause of a couple of MOT failures
after being replaced under warranty
- the dealer was going to have to call the previous owner to verify the more recent history
Given the above, I've cancelled car 2 and placed a new deposit on car 1. I will be fighting very hard to get the deposit back as I was told a few things that were not true about the service history in particular. I'm taking this as learning the hard way about fools rushing in
I also need to placate the wife as she preferred the black one, especially as it had the electric memory seats
At least I've ended up with a lovely example at a price I was originally willing to pay
Pics will be up when it arrives....
Umm no problem 