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Hi Nick,

I just had a look on ebay and it looks OK in the photos. The seller has mentioned heated seats (very popular on a Roadster) and cruise control, but it also seems to have the optional rear parking sensors and Multi Function Steering Wheel.

That seat bolster doesn't look too bad - treatment with a kit from someone like Scuffmaster at liquidleather.com ought to sort it.

The wheels look pretty poor, and that style (108) is expensive to refurbish because they are split-rims and need to be dismantled for a proper job. You can try to split them yourself but I've read of a few issues with bolts shearing and threads stripping! Probably easier to just find another set of wheels on here. :lol:

It's a shame there isn't a photo of the hard-top. But in good condition and with a stand they can be worth the best part of £1,000 so are well worth having. Even if you never use it you shouldn't have much trouble selling it.

I'd check the MOT history on the gov.uk website to see how it matches up to what service details there are and to the mileage.

If that's all OK, the car looks good in the flesh and you can have a bit of a haggle why not? :)
 
So went and looked at it last night. Its up for £4,500. All good except:
Yellow Oil Lamp came on a couple of times when driving(Oil level fine) - Oil Sensor?
Hardtop had a couple of nasty scratches 1-2 inches long, comes with stand.
Alloy wheels as said above need a recondition.
MOT history and service history tally.
Very slight whistling sound when first touching acceleration pedal - split pipe somewhere?
Brake Pedal when pushed reasonably hard causes low deep sound, not squeal. Disks look ok and he said that two of the pads had been replaced recently - need bedding in ?
Transmission and engine all feel good. Brake fluid and coolant replaced recently.
Comes with Sat Nav, folding mirrors, wiring for dash cam, audio cable, parrot bluetooth etc. With the bits doen above it would be good so I was thinking of making a low offer, say £3,750, any thoughts?

Cheers as always
 
Like Marlon said if you don't want the extra bhp, its worth bargaining for, it does need a good buff up, but that's by the by, the thing it doesn't have is heated seats, bit of a must for me, if you are going to do top down winter days, you will regret not having that, and if you do go for it, insist on a fresh years MOT
 
Nick2449 said:
Thanks to everyone for their help. Today I picked up my wonderful facelift Z4 from Phoenixboy. I'm in the club!
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Good news, now we need pictures! :worthless:
Rob
 
Nick2449 said:
Thanks to everyone for their help. Today I picked up my wonderful facelift Z4 from Phoenixboy. I'm in the club!
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Well done and a sorted forum car, you should know the drill by now though.... PHOTOS :poke: :wink:
 
Nick2449 said:
Thanks to everyone for their help. Today I picked up my wonderful facelift Z4 from Phoenixboy. I'm in the club!
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Great news. :D Just one thing left to do :wink:
:worthless:
 
Nick2449 said:
Thanks to everyone for their help. Today I picked up my wonderful facelift Z4 from Phoenixboy. I'm in the club!
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Great news! :thumbsup:

Another forum car kept on the forum. :)

I think PhoenixBoy is collecting his E89 tomorrow - so we're looking forward to seeing some photos!

And you could always post some of yours! :lol:
 
Nick2449 said:
Thanks to everyone for their help. Today I picked up my wonderful facelift Z4 from Phoenixboy. I'm in the club!
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Good to meet you nick2449
Enjoy the car😀
 
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