SOLD SDrive 35iS 2013 - reduced to £18k

[step_change]

A very nice car coming my way soon
The car is an absolute belter and Keith who is selling it a top bloke.

So glad a looming MOT didn't sway you away from what looked to me a great example at a great price :wink: enjoy it , fantastic machines

Keith is getting it MoT'd for me.
The car is mint condition but when I own her I will detail it within an inch of its life with full wash/chemical decontaminate/clay bar/polish and ceramic coat. It could also do with the brake callipers painting; it makes a huge difference to the look of the car IMO. I am also going to swap the chrome radiator grills for black ones. Also a permanent wired dash cam - I am going to go with a Nextbase 412GW with the custom mount as per my previous thread.

I have installed CCTV motion detect inside my garage for when I get her and moved a power socket closer to where I can keep a battery conditioner connected.

 

[mr wilks]

A very nice car coming my way soon
The car is an absolute belter and Keith who is selling it a top bloke.

So glad a looming MOT didn't sway you away from what looked to me a great example at a great price :wink: enjoy it , fantastic machines

Keith is getting it MoT'd for me.
The car is mint condition but when I own her I will detail it within an inch of its life with full wash/chemical decontaminate/clay bar/polish and ceramic coat. It could also do with the brake callipers painting; it makes a huge difference to the look of the car IMO. I am also going to swap the chrome radiator grills for black ones. Also a permanent wired dash cam - I am going to go with a Nextbase 412GW with the custom mount as per my previous thread.

I have installed CCTV motion detect inside my garage for when I get her and moved a power socket closer to where I can keep a battery conditioner connected.

Sounds like it will be cossetted the E89 doesn't appear to suffer from any battery drain though so unless you plan leaving it garaged for months on end there's no real need to condition the battery

 

[Gaffa22]

r I will detail it within an inch of its life with full wash/chemical decontaminate/clay bar/polish and ceramic coat. It could also do with the brake callipers painting; it makes a huge difference to the look of the car IMO. I am also going to swap the chrome radiator grills for black ones. Also a permanent wired dash cam

Well done on the purchase of a great looking car.

You remind me of me I'm going through the exact same process you described above except I am using a polymer sealant as opposed to ceramic, although I have used ceramic on the wheels. Have just finished painting the calipers.
Black grills arriving next week then will paint lower grills to match

Have not decided which dash cam to get but like the Street Guardian so am waiting for info on their new 2018 models.

Will be interested to hear your experiences of the detailing and hard wiring so we can share notes .

 

[step_change]

I'l let you know Gaffa. The safest option to avoid touching any existing cable or system is to use an adder fuse ( as in "to add" not a type of snake ) in the fusebox, as long as the lid will close with the adder fuse in there. I have not done this before on the E89 but will work it out.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-Add-A-Circuit-Standard-Blade-Fuse-Splice-Holder-ATO-ATC-Piggy-Back-Fuses-Tap/152611082492?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49131%26meid%3De82f17283d494e82a5f869692808d1da%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D170709632237&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

 

[Gaffa22]

Ah yes I had heard of piggy back fuses I think someone on here posted about using one

 

[step_change]

I'm now the proud owner of this fantastic car having collected it from Keith from his lovely home near Henley yesterday. Had a fabulous drive back (albeit a wet drive) to Nottingham and been to Skegness and back today..
The car has not missed a beat, it is an engineering work of art and fabulous. Looking forward to spending some nice times with it!
Steve

 

[markplant]

I'm now the proud owner of this fantastic car having collected it from Keith from his lovely home near Henley yesterday. Had a fabulous drive back (albeit a wet drive) to Nottingham and been to Skegness and back today..
The car has not missed a beat, it is an engineering work of art and fabulous. Looking forward to spending some nice times with it!
Steve

Enjoy

 

[Kugaman1]

Ah yes I had heard of piggy back fuses I think someone on here posted about using one

I fitted mine using a piggyback fuse.
Fits no problem. The fuse box isn’t the most accessible thing as it has to be dropped down from below the glovebox.
All in all, it’s a bit of a pain of a job mainly because the plastics from the top of the windscreen down to the dash are rock hard and have to be removed to hide wiring behind. You can’t just press them and tuck the wiring behind like you do with most cars!

It’s a simple job, just a bit time consuming because of the trim removal.

 

[andrew_ashby]

step_change,

We have something in common - I am the owner of Keith's previous silver 35i which is a fabulous car too. I know he won't mind me saying that he keeps them well ! A really great car and in my opinion a fantastically flexible and powerful engine with loads to give :evil:

I imagine you are enjoying yours too

 

[huytonman]

step_change,

We have something in common - I am the owner of Keith's previous silver 35i which is a fabulous car too. I know he won't mind me saying that he keeps them well ! A really great car and in my opinion a fantastically flexible and powerful engine with loads to give :evil:

I imagine you are enjoying yours too

Nice of you to say Andrew, really good cars are out there if you do plenty of research and choose wisely. Funny thing is that I planned to change the black grills on your M Sport to silver, bought some but before I fitted them sold the car to you but Steve plans to do the opposite with his new S and fit black instead of silver...nout as queer as folk!

Last time we spoke I thought that you had some idea of selling yours to help raise funds for a project, is that still the idea? If you do sell I would suggest that you start on here to keep the car inside the forum, its quite a rare beast.

Cheers Keith

 

[andrew_ashby]

Hi Keith,

Yep, I'm still thinking along those lines, but I'm pretty torn about selling tbh :? - as you say it is a cracking spec' and I'm really pleased with it. That's a good idea though thanks and you've rather set the example with yours going to step_change!

 

[step_change]

Hi! Yes I love the car! I have not driven it that much though in this crappy weather of late; I cannot bring myself to take it out of the clean and dry garage only to get it filthy! So I have only done about 330 miles in it (including the trip back from Keith's to Nottingham of 125 miles) . I have given it a good, ahem, “test” on the A46 on a quiet day with no cars and, let’s say, tthe 35is "performs" rather well

Yes, Keith does indeed keep them lovely. I’ll buy his other cars when he sells them too!