Gizmo
Banned
I literally went out of my way to help out a Fanatic (Arbee) get his new wheels today. After seeing a few gumtree disaster E36's with Yaseen two Sundays ago, he finally came across a fairly decent one in his price range on auto trader, unfortunately I wasn't able to accompany him on the first viewing but he was rather happy to find what he was looking for and did the necessary Coisman ENATIS checks and haggled the seller down into his price bracket. Arbee and myself kept in touch via whatsapp regarding the details and sale and he confirmed the money is ready to EFT this morning. Unfortunately Arbee was tied up at work with meetings today and couldn't collect the car himself, I offered to go do a final inspection on the vehicle and collect it for him if all looked good.
The seller Mr Hendrik Visser is a SAA pilot and had a very narrow window between 12 and 13:30 today where the vehicle could be viewed/collected and seeing as Arbee's Mini Cooper is still in the shop he was desperate to get the E36 today. I grabbed my diagnostics laptop and torch and drove through to Arbee's workplace in Rosebank and left the X3 there, Arbee between meetings quickly rushed me through to Rosebank Gautrain Station in his Citroen C1 loan vehicle (slowest thing ever) and I hopped onto the Gautrain destined for Hatfield station where Hendrik would collect me and take me to his house where I could give the car a good scrutinisation. It was my first time doing that route and am thoroughly impressed at the pace that train got to its destination. After viewing the car and confirming with Arbee it was a good purchase he EFT'ed the money through to Hendrik who then phoned his bank to confirm payment. All business sorted and out the way Hendrik and his wife invited me in for lunch, lekker home-cooked spaghetti bolognese with grated cheese and home-made chilli, so nice I had a second helping! After lunch, Hendrik's wife made me coffee and after that I made my way back to Rosebank in the 323i. Never have I experienced hospitality like that before! Thank you Mr and Mrs Visser!
I delivered Arbee's new ride to him just after 2pm and made my way home. The 323i will make its way to me on Sunday for some TLC, lots more pics then.
Under-rated transport!
Destination reached.
323i about to depart the Visser's.
Lots more pics and details coming next week, 'till then, happy travels Mr Arbee36!
The seller Mr Hendrik Visser is a SAA pilot and had a very narrow window between 12 and 13:30 today where the vehicle could be viewed/collected and seeing as Arbee's Mini Cooper is still in the shop he was desperate to get the E36 today. I grabbed my diagnostics laptop and torch and drove through to Arbee's workplace in Rosebank and left the X3 there, Arbee between meetings quickly rushed me through to Rosebank Gautrain Station in his Citroen C1 loan vehicle (slowest thing ever) and I hopped onto the Gautrain destined for Hatfield station where Hendrik would collect me and take me to his house where I could give the car a good scrutinisation. It was my first time doing that route and am thoroughly impressed at the pace that train got to its destination. After viewing the car and confirming with Arbee it was a good purchase he EFT'ed the money through to Hendrik who then phoned his bank to confirm payment. All business sorted and out the way Hendrik and his wife invited me in for lunch, lekker home-cooked spaghetti bolognese with grated cheese and home-made chilli, so nice I had a second helping! After lunch, Hendrik's wife made me coffee and after that I made my way back to Rosebank in the 323i. Never have I experienced hospitality like that before! Thank you Mr and Mrs Visser!
I delivered Arbee's new ride to him just after 2pm and made my way home. The 323i will make its way to me on Sunday for some TLC, lots more pics then.
Under-rated transport!
Destination reached.
323i about to depart the Visser's.
Lots more pics and details coming next week, 'till then, happy travels Mr Arbee36!
