Howsit gents!
Sooooooo
I pulled the trigger after fine combing the car.
I REALLY tried finding fault, I checked voltages, I checked coolant bottle, I checked the DISA valve, I checked for leaks, I checked for squeaks, I checked for everything I've ever read about going wrong on these cars and simply could not find fault.
I told my wife to take notes the night before and read them back to me on what all to look at (so I don't get excited and forget) and the car passed it all.
The ONLY thing that was not 100% is the sump being slightly sweaty, but it starts right at the seam so it's not higher up (valve-cover or filter housing).
The DISA valve looked brand new, so did the expansion tank, the airfilter is literally brand new and the oil on the dipstick was caramel coloured so not very old.
The car drives incredibly once you get it on any kind of open road (I work in Parktown, so my test drive consisted of avoiding speed bumps and circles while trying to get through the gears - not a good test)
I took it around the town where I picked it up and even got to put it on the highway and it fecks off. I really don't need more power... this will be my daily for the next 2-3 years.
I'm sure I'll run into niggling issues like all older cars, but luckily have the wealth of knowledge on here to help me out. I took it home with the top down (almost 100km) and even if the car explodes tomorrow, that one trip made it totally worth it.
I had a low tire pressure light this morning, the left rear was at 1.5 bar (runflats) but that went away when I pumped it up, so guessing it's got a slow leak...
Otherwise the car really appears immaculately maintained and for a 12 year old she is very clean, not just on the surface, even under the engine tray, behind the wheels/suspension, the brakes look fairly new, rear pads are brand new and fronts look to be around 60% or so. The drive feels tight and firm and planted.
She sounds amazing, she drives amazing, I'm not regretting it at all (hopefully not ever)
The car will doing around 1000km a month, so theoretically I will put on around 45k - 50k km on her, which will bring her to around 200k. And I maintain my vehicles better than most. So hopefully we'll get there.
It's official. I'm a BMW driver.
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