Z4 3.0Si Sport Coupe (07) Montego Blue 77k miles - new MOT

[Paul C.]

Good day all,

A gentle bump to gauge interest in my super Z4 3.0 Si Sport coupe…low mileage (77k), low owner (2 prior), owned by me the past 14 years and well maintained.

All details at the start of the thread, but if anyone wants to know anything else or would like any more photos, just drop me a line

Happy to consider offers… price looks there or thereabouts based on what’s online and a couple of recents sales / ads on the forum, but everyone likes a good deal and I know you’d be sensible

Enjoy your weekend!

 

[Paul C.]

Hi everyone,

My super, low mileage, low owner Z4 coupe is still looking for it’s next owner and still coming up to 77k miles

Just passed it’s MOT with flying colours, with no advisories. It’s done less than 1400 miles in the last year and (after more than 14 years) remains the only reason for selling.
Everything else as before, apart from a new rubber exhaust mounting fitted at the rear
Also now on Pistonheads with the same description and a few more photos. When I looked the other day it was only 1 of 3 on there!

Let me know if you have any questions or want any more photos. Still happy to consider sensible offers.

Cheers!

 

[Z450]

Tough market currently so you may need to be patient

 

[Paul C.]

Yes, not easy for everyone out there.
In no rush to sell and happy to continue enjoying it - but also the right time to let someone else enjoy putting some more miles on it

The new advisory free MOT may help pique some further interest, if someone's considering a low mileage coupe!

 

[Beerman]

Yes, not easy for everyone out there.
In no rush to sell and happy to continue enjoying it - but also the right time to let someone else enjoy putting some more miles on it

The new advisory free MOT may help pique some further interest, if someone's considering a low mileage coupe!

Your price is too high. Especially when the old wheels need a refurbishment and probably tyres.

I think the advisory free MOT opens more questions than it quells.

There has been multiple advisories that have gone missing from the MOT history, but it doesn't read as if they have been improved by maintenance.

 

[Fred Smith]

Your price is too high. Especially when the old wheels need a refurbishment and probably tyres.

this seems to be the reality.

A reality which I hate as someone who bought one six months back, but which I love as someone who might upgrade to a nice one sometime!

 

[Zedebee]

Your price is too high. Especially when the old wheels need a refurbishment and probably tyres.

this seems to be the reality.

A reality which I hate as someone who bought one six months back, but which I love as someone who might upgrade to a nice one sometime!

Oh come on Fred, you paid bottom dollar for a perfectly serviceable car at the bottom of the market . . . and you’ll probably have it for 20 years

 

[Fred Smith]

Oh come on Fred, you paid bottom dollar for a perfectly serviceable car at the bottom of the market . . . and you’ll probably have it for 20 years

The reality is I bought a dead cheap one for what appeared to be a fair or maybe even a good price and spent money that I knew needed spending (and a bit more on top)... yet 6 months in I don't think I'd get back my purchase price plus immediate repairs cost, let alone other repairs and sundries or any compensation for time. In fact, thinking about it now, I reckon I am 20% down because the market it 20% down... and I reckon that 20% is more likely to be 25% than 15%.

OPs car looks lovely and is pretty close to what I was looking for before I decided to go cheap.

 

[j3nks79]

Oh come on Fred, you paid bottom dollar for a perfectly serviceable car at the bottom of the market . . . and you’ll probably have it for 20 years

The reality is I bought a dead cheap one for what appeared to be a fair or maybe even a good price and spent money that I knew needed spending (and a bit more on top)... yet 6 months in I don't think I'd get back my purchase price plus immediate repairs cost, let alone other repairs and sundries or any compensation for time. In fact, thinking about it now, I reckon I am 20% down because the market it 20% down... and I reckon that 20% is more likely to be 25% than 15%.

OPs car looks lovely and is pretty close to what I was looking for before I decided to go cheap.

You can buy a car for 6k or 10k and
I guarantee you would still have to spend money on it.
You buy an older car and the maintenance and bills really are irrelevant to the value of the car going forward.
Enjoy your car and stop worrying about future value.

 

[mmm-five]

I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell that I’d get back what I paid for my Z4MC and associated servicing, upgrades, maintenance costs over 16 years either

It’s probably worth about 20% of what I’ve spent on it.

 

[Meds]

Would swapping one of your 108 sets and putting a new set of MV2 (or anything OEM/common) wheels on this help.?
A lot of people get scared when they see corroding 108's, the cost to refurb is expensive and on your car (otherwise in excellent condition) they really detract from its overall finish.

 

[Z450]

Agree with the above, the wheels will not help and at this price point everything needs to be on point!

 

[Fred Smith]

Agree with the above, the wheels will not help and at this price point everything needs to be on point!

On the other hand it is a lovely car and wheels are one thing that is very easy to change and very much a matter of personal preference.

I'd not let the wheels put me off (not least as I have a newly refurbed set of MV2 that would look lovely on there!)

GLWTS OP.

 

[pvr]

But changing wheels adds another £1500 or so if you put on decent tyres as well. Not something you want to have to do on day 1 of ownership.

 

[Fred Smith]

But changing wheels adds another £1500 or so if you put on decent tyres as well. Not something you want to have to do on day 1 of ownership.

Unless you've budgeted for it in the purchase price!

 

[pvr]

And that is indeed the crux of the matter.

 

[Paul C.]

Hi guys - thanks for the input and comments.

Yep, had been thinking along the same lines on the wheels… don’t want the well known 108 blemish / finish to detract from the car, especially when it it’s cosmetic but equally, could be something a new owner may want to swap out in any case.

Originally set the price based on what I was seeing at the time on AutoTrader / Pistonheads, there’s a few at £10k with 90 -100k ish miles, so maybe a bit of a price tweak and a scan of the classifieds here for a staggered wheel set / 108 refurb quote to keep it absolutely (per Z450) on point

On the MOT front only one advisory last year re. brake pipe corroded / covered in grease or other materials. It’s the same guy who MOTd it this time…so perhaps he took the time to wipe the pipes and see there’s nothing there. Two years prior, rear brake discs advised (but not seriously weakened)… same garage and just checked, yep, same tester. So, nothing “missing” per se, just a degree of subjectivity in MOTs, even with the same tester.

Cheers

 

[Beerman]

On the MOT front only one advisory last year re. brake pipe corroded / covered in grease or other materials. It’s the same guy who MOTd it this time…so perhaps he took the time to wipe the pipes and see there’s nothing there.

The corroded brake pipes have been regularly appearing on the MOT since 2016.

When the car didn't have the advisory of the brake pipes being covered in grease and other materials it failed twice for excessive corrosion. It sounds like the grease and other materials are hiding the corrosion.

It does read strange that it's recently failed twice for excessive corrosion, multiple advisories for corrosion and being covered in grease and other materials, then a clean bill of health after so many warnings.

 

[Paul C.]

OK – I wasn’t expecting quite such a focus on brake pipes through several years of MOT’s, but to help clarify, as prior posts referencing dates since 2016 appear to have missed a fundamental point… so, as noted in my original post:-

New DSC Yaw sensor, rear main brake pipes replaced (fabricated in copper), new front brake reaction bushes, replaced coil pack and replaced drivers door membrane – all done Jun21 @72.2k

So, hopefully any potential buyer can be assured that all is in order, rear brake pipes replaced less than 5k miles ago, the mechanic said they’d last the life of the car being in copper and have passed an independent check via way of an MOT.

In case helpful, a copy of the invoice of all those works completed at the time… not an insignificant spend, but all part of ongoing maintenance.

 

[Meds]

OK – I wasn’t expecting quite such a focus on brake pipes through several years of MOT’s, but to help clarify, as prior posts referencing dates since 2016 appear to have missed a fundamental point… so, as noted in my original post:-

New DSC Yaw sensor, rear main brake pipes replaced (fabricated in copper), new front brake reaction bushes, replaced coil pack and replaced drivers door membrane – all done Jun21 @72.2k

So, hopefully any potential buyer can be assured that all is in order, rear brake pipes replaced less than 5k miles ago, the mechanic said they’d last the life of the car being in copper and have passed an independent check via way of an MOT.

In case helpful, a copy of the invoice of all those works completed at the time… not an insignificant spend, but all part of ongoing maintenance.

A perfect explanation to answer the question.
Someone please take this beauty off Paul's hands, it looks a cracking car.