Z4 M Coupe - 64k miles - £17k

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DLH said:
shibby! said:
Not really shocking now since it has been serviced in an 8 year period :D

It ended up with a double oil service when sold as an AUC in 2009 instead of an inspection 1, it had an inspection 1 on the next service and carried on from there. Essentially when BMW did the oil service they ended up resetting the schedule.

Both inspection services have been done since then and any possible issues would have been negated since then.

Thanks
Nick
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Whatever Nick.

As far as I'm concerned it is overpriced and inadequately serviiced, but then I am very much someone who makes sure that all my cars are serviced correctly and on time and would not dream of buying a car like yours! :)
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Thank you for your feedback it's much appreciated :)
 
shibby! said:
Evening ladies and gents,

Unfortunately for me I drove an Exige S, and now want one ALOT. So it means my Z4M Coupe is up for sale.

It is a 2007 Z4m coupe in carbon black with champagne leather.
64K miles
MOT March 2017
Eibach springs (with originals in box)


Last service was Inspection 2 in Nov 2014, it's done around 7K since then, so next service is oil in 7K miles (according to dash) or Dec 2016.
Service history below

First service is running in at 1202 miles
Then
oil service at 12k 12/12/08
oil service at 22k 20/10/09
inspection 1 33k 22/04/2011
Oil service at 44k - 9/5/13
Inspection 2 57K 14/11/2014


DLH ,etc.
I don't get why you think it has been wrongly serviced....
Services are every 2 years Or mileage dependant,which varies upto 20k miles**
It's a March/April 2007 car,so First service due would have been Oil servc,due at around March/April 2009 (it's just had oil services done a tad early/unless its hit mileage indicator early; which i would see as an extra oil service,then another done in 2009.
Insp.1 around March/April, 2011(which it was)
Then Oil servc due in 2013(which it was)
Insp.2 due March/April 2015,done early late 2014.

There is only 10/11/11/13k miles between each service,so not been left too long,IMHO,as you would expect to get at least 14-15k between services mileage wise.
Insp.1 would have been due in 2011,age wise,and aprox mileage of between 28 and 38 k miles,which it was?!

**My 2 Zed's vary from 15-18k miles but never hit this before the 2 years,and I do additional oil changes in between.

Price wise,looking at pH,me c it's well priced.

Glwts,shibby :thumbsup:
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DLH said:
shibby! said:
Not really shocking now since it has been serviced in an 8 year period :D

It ended up with a double oil service when sold as an AUC in 2009 instead of an inspection 1, it had an inspection 1 on the next service and carried on from there. Essentially when BMW did the oil service they ended up resetting the schedule.

Both inspection services have been done since then and any possible issues would have been negated since then.

Thanks
Nick
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Whatever Nick.

As far as I'm concerned it is overpriced and inadequately serviiced, but then I am very much someone who makes sure that all my cars are serviced correctly and on time and would not dream of buying a car like yours! :)
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Your comments are a bit harsh I think!

Asking price is in line with others for sale and ones that have sold recently.
Are you regretting trading yours in when you could have potentially got a lot more selling privately?
 
LostBoy_84 said:
DLH said:
shibby! said:
Not really shocking now since it has been serviced in an 8 year period :D

It ended up with a double oil service when sold as an AUC in 2009 instead of an inspection 1, it had an inspection 1 on the next service and carried on from there. Essentially when BMW did the oil service they ended up resetting the schedule.

Both inspection services have been done since then and any possible issues would have been negated since then.

Thanks
Nick
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Whatever Nick.

As far as I'm concerned it is overpriced and inadequately serviiced, but then I am very much someone who makes sure that all my cars are serviced correctly and on time and would not dream of buying a car like yours! :)
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Your comments are a bit harsh I think!

Asking price is in line with others for sale and ones that have sold recently.
Are you regretting trading yours in when you could have potentially got a lot more selling privately?
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Harsh indeed....must think he is still a submarine commander,lol :rofl:
(Giving shibby a dressing down!!)
 
Lovely looking car! Nothing really that wrong with the servicing in my opinion...I think some of the comments made by DLH look a bit silly!

Maybe he is probably just one of those folk who think they need to service a car after every time they drive it...it's not like it's an Evo 8!
 
To balance out the ridiculously negative comments from DLH i'd say it doesn't look bad servicing at all.

The first services are fine.
Granted the first Insp1 is a few miles over, and a few months over the 2 year period, but you do have an extra oil service in there to pad that out.
The followon Oil is OK, and the Insp2 is also fine.

Any potential buyers shouldn't be put off. It does annoy me when people don't know what they're talking about attempt to ruin someone's sale thread.

GLWTS.
 
jimmybell said:
To balance out the ridiculously negative comments from DLH i'd say it doesn't look bad servicing at all.

The first services are fine.
Granted the first Insp1 is a few miles over, and a few months over the 2 year period, but you do have an extra oil service in there to pad that out.
The followon Oil is OK, a
nd the Insp2 is also fine.

Any potential buyers shouldn't be put off. It does annoy me when people don't know what they're talking about attempt to ruin someone's sale thread.

GLWTS.
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I agree,and said the same in my post,servicing is pretty much spot on,as is price :thumbsup:
 
Maybe the mods can delete these stupid DLH posts on this for sale thread...? I'd be a little p*ssed off if this was my for sale post...
 
I've removed some of the comments. In fact I should have removed most of them. Please read the rules before posting into a for sale thread as unless you are actually interested in making a purchase don't posted into the thread! This thread is the place to ask questions. Keep your opinions to yourself.
 
WLH said:
I've removed some of the comments. In fact I should have removed most of them. Please read the rules before posting into a for sale thread as unless you are actually interested in making a purchase don't posted into the thread! This thread is the place to ask questions. Keep your opinions to yourself.
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OK, sorry about that but as someone who is from a background of serving in Nuclear submarines and, later, developing safety critical software for the Eurofighter 'plane, I am programmed to everything being done as it was designed to be, performing as designed, and serviced as designed, otherwise you may encounter problems!
All I was expressing was that, in my opinion, and certainly not that recommended by BMW, the servicing was not done correctly (which is a fact)!
When lack of detail to procedures could lead to the deaths of submarines or airmen, I'm sure you'd not be arguing with me at all that making sure that everything is done in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedures (what the designer specified is required) should be followed?
It is a nice car but the servicing is not as it should be - with my background, what's wrong with making that as an observation?
I guess that I will always want everything to have been done "as it should be" because of my background, but, surely, that doesn't mean that my opinions should be deleted, disregarded, or ignored?
I like to get everything right on my cars and hope that so do you!
 
DLH said:
WLH said:
I've removed some of the comments. In fact I should have removed most of them. Please read the rules before posting into a for sale thread as unless you are actually interested in making a purchase don't posted into the thread! This thread is the place to ask questions. Keep your opinions to yourself.
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OK, sorry about that but as someone who is from a background of serving in Nuclear submarines and, later, developing safety critical software for the Eurofighter 'plane, I am programmed to everything being done as it was designed to be, performing as designed, and serviced as designed, otherwise you may encounter problems!
All I was expressing was that, in my opinion, and certainly not that recommended by BMW, the servicing was not done correctly (which is a fact)!
When lack of detail to procedures could lead to the deaths of submarines or airmen, I'm sure you'd not be arguing with me at all that making sure that everything is done in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedures (what the designer specified is required) should be followed?
It is a nice car but the servicing is not as it should be - with my background, what's wrong with making that as an observation?
I guess that I will always want everything to have been done "as it should be" because of my background, but, surely, that doesn't mean that my opinions should be deleted, disregarded, or ignored?
I like to get everything right on my cars and hope that so do you!
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This isn't a submarine. It is a car which happened to have an inspection 1 service a couple of months and a few K miles late it had however had an interim oil service inbetween.

Did you think that the car could have been off the road over winter and the car serviced as soon as it came back out in spring? The dates the mileage would suggest something along those lines?

Just a thought? maybe instead of following a book to the letter of submarine law, maybe some common sense or your own reasonable thought would suit you better for the future.

I think your comments in your first post were extremely wide of the mark, so far wide you maths was a good couple of years out. You were called on it for making a ridiculous assumption and have then jumped on the next thing you spotted so you didn't look as bad as you already did.

You didn't make an observation as such your comments were just plain distasteful especially on a for sale post, a question regarding the history would have sufficed.

As explained previously I used a little common sense when I bought the car with this history and have absolutely no issue with servicing that took place.

As it happens through all of these comments and subsequent replies you have managed to completely derail, and f**k up my for sale post.

Thanks again
 
DLH said:
WLH said:
I've removed some of the comments. In fact I should have removed most of them. Please read the rules before posting into a for sale thread as unless you are actually interested in making a purchase don't posted into the thread! This thread is the place to ask questions. Keep your opinions to yourself.
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OK, sorry about that but as someone who is from a background of serving in Nuclear submarines and, later, developing safety critical software for the Eurofighter 'plane, I am programmed to everything being done as it was designed to be, performing as designed, and serviced as designed, otherwise you may encounter problems!
All I was expressing was that, in my opinion, and certainly not that recommended by BMW, the servicing was not done correctly (which is a fact)!
When lack of detail to procedures could lead to the deaths of submarines or airmen, I'm sure you'd not be arguing with me at all that making sure that everything is done in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedures (what the designer specified is required) should be followed?
It is a nice car but the servicing is not as it should be - with my background, what's wrong with making that as an observation?
I guess that I will always want everything to have been done "as it should be" because of my background, but, surely, that doesn't mean that my opinions should be deleted, disregarded, or ignored?
I like to get everything right on my cars and hope that so do you!
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With all due respect, this isn't a nuclear submarine - it's a motor car. Your need for things to be done 'as they should be' may work well in your life but this is a different paradigm, one where such stringent impositions can cause offence.
 
shibby! said:
You didn't make an observation as such your comments were just plain distasteful especially on a for sale post, a question regarding the history would have sufficed.
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Exactly right and let move on from this...
 
Sure! Let's move on but safety in a car is actually just as important as in a nuclear boat or in a Eurofighter jet, I have treated them all with equal respect and will continue to do so.
 
Mate, you are crazy. Nothing wrong with the car or service history, you have totally f**k'ed this guys post.

Some times a bit of diplomacy is needed and the need to keep your opinions to yourself.

(Madness, still hasn't apologised for being an idiot)

You are not alone though, there are many opinionated people on this forum which spoiled it for me hence the reason for me using this forum very little since buying my Zed.
 
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