Z4 M Coupe, Silver-Grey, CSLs+other upgrades, Full BMWSH, 52k
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BMWZ4MC said:
Thanks Richard, maybe we can work out a plan over a pint or two of 50 lashes in April :cheers:
mr wilks said:
Yes Andy, I’m going to book it in tomorrow
Hagasan said:
Look mate , i get your grievance but in all honesty (as i have done many times in the past ) you should have offered a deposit to secure if you were that intent on buying .
My reference to "a sleeping fox" merely indicates the buyer got out of bed yesterday morning , made a few emails ( i assume he had no clue you were in line to buy ) , drove to Cambridge ( a fair distance from Chesterfield ) & paid the seller what he wanted , deal done car gone .
The only person you should be quoting or having a groan at is the seller , not me or the buyer .
Darren Slone said:Hagasan said:
It was me and my FD, I contacted Matthew this morning and asked if it was still for sale, it was so I made an appointment to view and bought it, when I sold my air cooled 911 years ago I had 5 people interested in it, one guy phoned on Thursday night and said I’ll come next week, I told him he’d be too late then, so he came the next day and bought it, from my perspective as a then seller I wanted a sale, no one offered a holding deposit so it was first come first served, I did call the others after to let them know, it was before forums
Anyhow hope there’s no hard feelings and I wouldn’t blame Matthew either, he’s a very nice guy, he did what I would’ve done and we had a pleasant smooth transaction
Two M/// that’s just greedy
car looks beautiful mate, enjoy 
Yorkie Z said:Darren Slone said:Hagasan said:
It was me and my FD, I contacted Matthew this morning and asked if it was still for sale, it was so I made an appointment to view and bought it, when I sold my air cooled 911 years ago I had 5 people interested in it, one guy phoned on Thursday night and said I’ll come next week, I told him he’d be too late then, so he came the next day and bought it, from my perspective as a then seller I wanted a sale, no one offered a holding deposit so it was first come first served, I did call the others after to let them know, it was before forums
Anyhow hope there’s no hard feelings and I wouldn’t blame Matthew either, he’s a very nice guy, he did what I would’ve done and we had a pleasant smooth transaction
Two M/// that’s just greedy
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Darren Slone said:Hagasan said:
It was me and my FD, I contacted Matthew this morning and asked if it was still for sale, it was so I made an appointment to view and bought it, when I sold my air cooled 911 years ago I had 5 people interested in it, one guy phoned on Thursday night and said I’ll come next week, I told him he’d be too late then, so he came the next day and bought it, from my perspective as a then seller I wanted a sale, no one offered a holding deposit so it was first come first served, I did call the others after to let them know, it was before forums
Anyhow hope there’s no hard feelings and I wouldn’t blame Matthew either, he’s a very nice guy, he did what I would’ve done and we had a pleasant smooth transaction
Congratulations. Stunning car.
Tom, given you were/are in the market would you have bought that car?
mr wilks said:
I'm not sure why you think I'm having a pop at you or the buyer as I'm most certainly not. I'm 100% annoyed with the sellers handling of this.
I took your comment regarding a sleeping fox as aimed at me implying I was being lazy. Of course I would do the same as the buyer and go.
There was no issue previously between the seller and myself. We exchanged about 8 emails each agreeing a viewing. No picky piss you off type messages about the car that get tedious. The messages were all civil, pleasant and understanding where we came to agreeing the viewing..
It's annoying when sellers complain about time wasters when trying to sell when they can be just as guilty themselves. All he needed to do was call contact me. I gave him my phone number in my very first email and asked him to call me as I'm actually old school. I prefer to buy or sell anything through direct conversation. Not email, text, Facebook etc..The money was there ready as was I.
I've got no beef with you nor the buyer in anyway. All I'm saying is that if people want to make comments then remember they weren't directly involved.. They weren't part of the conversation.
I've been to bed since my last message and I'm putting this to bed now. It's happened and nobody died.
Hagasan said:
You exchanged 8 emails without a phone call?
You can’t blame the seller at all, if you were serious you should have called him after the 1st or 2nd email.
Next time act quicker.
Tbh, if I wanna buy a car, I don’t even bother with text or email, I call up and arrange a viewing ASAP.
It’s worked for me on 3 occasions now. And the one time I was lax in my approach the car sold.
This sale proves top cars at good prices get snapped up in a flash.
Angelus666 said:
I was late to see the thread tbh.
I emailed but my offer was rejected as I cheekily went low to negotiate and was told there was no negotiation to be had so thought he must have already been offered asking. Although I knew the car would go for full, I thought I would try. I was told someone had already offered full ask and was imminently viewing and I couldn't get there in the time frame.
That being said, talking to the owner it needed an oil and brake fluid service, the glove box was broken, the front bumper has a scuff so possible front bumper respray, a couple of wheels needed refurbishing, disks and pads will also need replacing in the near future. So at ask with maybe another 1500-2000 to spend on it, with it being its age and having lowering springs my Z4Mc's shocks were weeping by 6 years old, so having the shocks refreshed in mind too with maybe engine mounts and engine bolts down the line I didnt fancy the £25kish outlay. I also have a 15 year old 911 C4S that needs some money spent on it too
Sounds really lame too but im not keen on piano black and would love the carbon trim.
I also have a set of CSLs and didn't really want the SuperSprints. I have a Puppy that would go in the boot every once and a while and found the OEM back boxes droney enough on long journeys as it is let alone probably the loudest back boxes you can get.
He wasn't willing to split, so would have to buy and sell separately and source originals which I also didn't really want to do.
As is usual all is with timing, im always on the look but it was pretty much sold within 12 hours as far as I know so was a bit quick for me to jump and a bit like Darren was a 7 hour round trip for me and would have struggled to get the time off.
Gorgeous car with all the right bits just not the right time for me. Although I would certainly bite Darrens hand off if he wanted to sell in the future :evil:
tomscott said:Angelus666 said:
I was late to see the thread tbh.
I emailed but my offer was rejected as I cheekily went low to negotiate and was told there was no negotiation to be had so thought he must have already been offered asking. Although I knew the car would go for full, I thought I would try. I was told someone had already offered full ask and was imminently viewing and I couldn't get there in the time frame.
That being said, talking to the owner it needed an oil and brake fluid service, the glove box was broken, the front bumper has a scuff so possible front bumper respray, a couple of wheels needed refurbishing, disks and pads will also need replacing in the near future. So at ask with maybe another 1500-2000 to spend on it, with it being its age and having lowering springs my Z4Mc's shocks were weeping by 6 years old, so having the shocks refreshed in mind too with maybe engine mounts and engine bolts down the line I didnt fancy the £25kish outlay. I also have a 15 year old 911 C4S that needs some money spent on it too
Sounds really lame too but im not keen on piano black and would love the carbon trim.
I also have a set of CSLs and didn't really want the SuperSprints. I have a Puppy that would go in the boot every once and a while and found the OEM back boxes droney enough on long journeys as it is let alone probably the loudest back boxes you can get.
He wasn't willing to split, so would have to buy and sell separately and source originals which I also didn't really want to do.
As is usual all is with timing, im always on the look but it was pretty much sold within 12 hours as far as I know so was a bit quick for me to jump and a bit like Darren was a 7 hour round trip for me and would have struggled to get the time off.
Gorgeous car with all the right bits just not the right time for me. Although I would certainly bite Darrens hand off if he wanted to sell in the future :evil:
Thanks Tom
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