Its exactly what I want but is it a good deal?

[ekseniks]

Hey guys,

During my daily lurk on gumtree i came across this...

http://capetown.gumtree.co.za/c-Car...K-BMW-E36-328i-Individual-W0QQAdIdZ259582263#

Is it a good deal? cause its about 10k over my budget :/

 

[Die_Miek]

sure you can negotiate a slightly lower price.

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

It looks good, I suggest go and look at it and make the seller a offer closer to your budget.

 

[msm]

It looks good, I suggest go and look at it and make the seller a offer closer to your budget.

+1

Make an offer - you never know ...

Off course, check the car out first.

 

[Adi]

Hmm why would the engine already need to be redone.......

 

[msm]

Hmm why would the engine already need to be redone.......

My guess: overheated and ignored

 

[ekseniks]

Off course, check the car out first.

I don't really know what to check out for... i mean i'll probably walk up to it, kick the tires and say ye she's in good nick

 

[WyKiD]

Silver looks good on an E36...:thumb:

I would give the car a good once over, from the pics front fogs seem to be missing, wheels look to be narrows all round and not wides at the rear also the rear bumper does not look to be Mtech. If the car is a genuine Individual it should also have the M colours on the corner of the seats. You can use all of this to bargain down the price....

 

[andrewbuch]

Hmm why would the engine already need to be redone.......

Could be a situation as my E36 316i.. had the engine replaced because it seized up due to a oil feed issue from manufacturing..

 

[msm]

Off course, check the car out first.

I don't really know what to check out for... i mean i'll probably walk up to it, kick the tires and say ye she's in good nick

I guess you chose an appropriate forum name :rofl: ... sorry, dude, just had to.

Anyway, if you don't know much, try to find a decent independent BMW specialist/workshop and have them look at the car.

I think there was a post about independent places you can take your BMW to.

 

[ekseniks]

This may seem stupid but is there anyone in the area that can look at the car...

maybe let me know if it is worth it, if there is somethings i can use to bring the price down, anything broken/not right...

I some how think it may have been in an accident... unless the suspension always needs to be done at around 180k :dunno:

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I guess you chose an appropriate forum name :rofl: ... sorry, dude, just had to.

I won't even try say that i know something about bmw's i think the only thing i know that most others don't is the whole side mirror heating thingy

 

[msm]

Also, do the basic check. Ask for service history, invoices of repairs, etc.

Check which workshop did the engine (if it was redone) and go chat to them about the car. Chances are, they should have serviced it recently too. However, just be aware they could potentially hide info from you too, so play it by ear ...

 

[Sankekur]

I would say you should also investigate the nature and the cause of the rebuild of the engine, in the event it was caused by overheating I would strongly advise you to just walk away, as a BMW 6-cyl that has overheated is never really the same again.

 

[MikeR]

:excited: wow that looks so familiar. mine was identical, I had the M3 rims painted and polished especially for my liking, the Silver was a shade darker than the cars paint. :mmm:

 

[ekseniks]

I would say you should also investigate the nature and the cause of the rebuild of the engine, in the event it was caused by overheating I would strongly advise you to just walk away, as a BMW 6-cyl that has overheated is never really the same again.

I gave the guy a call, he said the car stood still for 8 months without being started and the pistons seized in the cylinder... is that possible?

 

[avir101]

If you suspect it may have been in an accident, send it for an AA Technical exam...costs around R650 but they will pick up (amongst other things) things like accident damage.

 

[zaleonardz]

What I would do is if you are serious about the car, and can negotiate a price with the owner that you can both live with, take the car and the current owner and ask Zeemax to do a full inspection.

If Zeemax says there is a family of turtles living in cyl 3 then give the car back to the dude, no mess no fuss, your out R500 or something...

 

[msm]

If Zeemax says there is a family of turtles living in cyl 3 ...

So that's where TMNT went :mmm: ...

 

[zaleonardz]

:thumbsup:

 

[Sankekur]

I would say you should also investigate the nature and the cause of the rebuild of the engine, in the event it was caused by overheating I would strongly advise you to just walk away, as a BMW 6-cyl that has overheated is never really the same again.

I gave the guy a call, he said the car stood still for 8 months without being started and the pistons seized in the cylinder... is that possible?

I have no idea, sounds plausible, but I can't really say for sure