M market watch
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Elliot5927
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survivalist said:
The asking price is £20,500 which is high considering the spend which will be needed straight away for Service / Inspection 2 / Brake fluid etc. If the interior backs up the mileage and the car drives well etc i'd be looking to pay around £18,500 to £19,000
I was going to start a thread asking if there is anyone particular people would use in Birmingham / West Midlands for a service. Seen the name Bowser134 appear a lot but unsure of his location etc.
Elliot5927
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Mr Tidy said:
I've spoke with BMW UK and all servicing / MOT's have been completed by a BMW garage. Unsure why various services have been missed.
If the car is right for me and ticks all boxes other than service history I could live with that and just hagle the price down based on the fact i'd assume I'll have £1,500 service bill to do swiftly
Elliot5927
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R60BBA said:
Yes I've just had a search on the forum and Bowser134 is Ross from RBM.
2.5 hour drive from myself but not sure if there is a good Indy in/near birmingham
AndyBeech said:
Elliot5927
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Bombardino said:
Is this the place ran by a chap called Noel? Think i've seen this place mentioned a few times on other forums
Elliot5927 said:
The very man, he has been around BMW most of his adult live either working on them or racing them.
Elliot5927 said:
Good in ‘some respects’ that the servicing and mot’s have all been done by BMW Dealerships..
However, some - more versed members on here - May / Will, disagree.. :?
...Airing the fact on here, that your intending potentially to kick the seller in the slats, to the time of at least £1.5k off his ask - isn’t the best form of securing a purchase, IMHO!
#JustSayin
Best of luck however, purchasing your dream car OP..
There’s lots out there for sale - hope you find a Keeper & a Gem
Elliot5927
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woolybear said:Elliot5927 said:
Good in ‘some respects’ that the servicing and mot’s have all been done by BMW Dealerships..
However, some - more versed members on here - May / Will, disagree.. :?
...Airing the fact on here, that your intending potentially to kick the seller in the slats, to the time of at least £1.5k off his ask - isn’t the best form of securing a purchase, IMHO!
#JustSayin
Best of luck however, purchasing your dream car OP..
There’s lots out there for sale - hope you find a Keeper & a Gem
I can imagine Indy’s are preferred by most!
I mentioned £1,500 service spend not knock the price down by £1,500 but based on the spend requirement there is room for hagle IMO
I do hope I find a good one. Hard to be patient when I want to get in one ASAP!
I prefer to use a good Indy because they are cheaper, tend to do a better job, and will do jobs main dealers won't and will fir non-OE parts like polybushes, etc.
And Ross at RBM Hampshire spent 15 years at Sytner so he has worked on these cars since they were new. There are probably plenty of staff at main dealers who've not seen one before!
Good luck finding the right one.
And while there always seem to be a few for sale, there aren't that many around. The UK only got about 600 each of Roadsters and Coupes.
And Ross at RBM Hampshire spent 15 years at Sytner so he has worked on these cars since they were new. There are probably plenty of staff at main dealers who've not seen one before!
Good luck finding the right one.
And while there always seem to be a few for sale, there aren't that many around. The UK only got about 600 each of Roadsters and Coupes.
Elliot5927
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Like you say I can imagine most service technicians at BMW Centre's rarely work on these cars and are use to Computer says change this etc etc.
Throughout this forum i've seen great things about both Ross @ RBM and Noel @ NCB Autokraft so i'll most likely be using one of these for future services.
I didn't realise the manufactured numbers where so low in the UK! Fingers crossed the one I see today will be a cracker!
Cheers
Throughout this forum i've seen great things about both Ross @ RBM and Noel @ NCB Autokraft so i'll most likely be using one of these for future services.
I didn't realise the manufactured numbers where so low in the UK! Fingers crossed the one I see today will be a cracker!
Cheers
Inty blue ZMR 85k with ask £10750 looks cheap right now in the M roady market , would need to see where it sits in its service schedule as 14yrs old - 85k would tend to suggest either a recent ins2 or its looming for new owner , similar with brakes so very possible a £2k spend on the horizon but well worth following up if you are in the market for ZMR with a limited budget .
Backboxes need re-aligning but it looks crisp enough in the pics
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202008072221502?radius=1500&make=BMW&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&postcode=bb120hr&model=Z4M&page=1&modal=photos
Backboxes need re-aligning but it looks crisp enough in the pics
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202008072221502?radius=1500&make=BMW&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&postcode=bb120hr&model=Z4M&page=1&modal=photos
71k titanium silver MR £14750 ask
Always nice to see a previously owned Z return to the market 8) this silver ZMR was possibly THE best serviced of all the 4 ZMs ive owned , for 5 years the previous owner followed oil-ins1-oil-ins2-oil but mistakenly thought it was due yearly so from around 35k to 65k it was way over serviced which is a rarity with these cars even for enthusiastic forum owners
comes with added trinkets of Apex arcs - PS4 tyres & KW suspension kit so a great example https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202007271764443?radius=1500&make=BMW&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&postcode=bb120hr&model=Z4M&page=1
Always nice to see a previously owned Z return to the market 8) this silver ZMR was possibly THE best serviced of all the 4 ZMs ive owned , for 5 years the previous owner followed oil-ins1-oil-ins2-oil but mistakenly thought it was due yearly so from around 35k to 65k it was way over serviced which is a rarity with these cars even for enthusiastic forum owners
comes with added trinkets of Apex arcs - PS4 tyres & KW suspension kit so a great example https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202007271764443?radius=1500&make=BMW&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&postcode=bb120hr&model=Z4M&page=1
mr wilks said:Inty blue ZMR 85k with ask £10750 looks cheap right now in the M roady market , would need to see where it sits in its service schedule as 14yrs old - 85k would tend to suggest either a recent ins2 or its looming for new owner , similar with brakes so very possible a £2k spend on the horizon but well worth following up if you are in the market for ZMR with a limited budget .
Backboxes need re-aligning but it looks crisp enough in the pics
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202008072221502?radius=1500&make=BMW&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&postcode=bb120hr&model=Z4M&page=1&modal=photos
Sold by the looks of it.
Appears to be 29 M Coupes for sale in Autotrader at the moment - is that a record?
It was pretty predictable & imo a sign of the price difference between the MR & MC having reached (& breached it would seem ) the point where demand to own a Z4M swung in favour of the roadster that offered similar thrills for approx 30% less ££ invested .autobahner said:
The roadster market right now hasn't changed in the past 4 years in terms of values / miles & decent cars sell pretty easily with not many currently available for those looking to buy .
MCs on the other hand have slid in both demand ( numbers for sale reflect this ) & residuals slipping back to where they were 3-5 yrs ago .
After enjoying a significant price difference from the MR for a good few years they reached a peak 18months - 2yrs ago & since then its been a noticeable fall back in values for them .
Right now if i was after a decent 70k MC id not want to be paying over £17k
similar MR £14k ? add 10k to the clock & drop £1500 of both those numbers , jmo thoughts of course , others may well disagree :wink:
bg1 said:mr wilks said:Inty blue ZMR 85k with ask £10750 looks cheap right now in the M roady market , would need to see where it sits in its service schedule as 14yrs old - 85k would tend to suggest either a recent ins2 or its looming for new owner , similar with brakes so very possible a £2k spend on the horizon but well worth following up if you are in the market for ZMR with a limited budget .
Backboxes need re-aligning but it looks crisp enough in the pics
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202008072221502?radius=1500&make=BMW&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&postcode=bb120hr&model=Z4M&page=1&modal=photos
Sold by the looks of it.
That's no surprise 8) looked above par in terms of what was on offer for the ask