Some advice required

[Siyaman]

Hi gents,
My friend is looking to buy a car and i have been pushing him to buy a BMW,he has owned a couple of Audis. Today we went to an auction viewing for bank repossessed cars and there is a 2011 BMW 335i M sport with 123....kms.
The car looks fine,has a small dent on front bumper an a couple of minor scratches.The service book only shows up to 113000km which corresponds with the printout i got from BMW and the license disk expired in 2015.
Under Motor plan history there is something that was fixed for R147000.
They also said there is a comment for R35000 in 2014 but couldn't tell me what it was for.
A few questions i have are was this the whole engine that was changed or what?
If you were to buy such a car how much would you pay for it or would you just walk away.
Also where has the car been for the past 1 and half years since the last time the license disk expired?

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[BeanBooi]

Following

 

[JohnLod]

Hi,

A complete engine was fitted, excluding the manifolds etc.

Usually if a car stands this long it is one of the following, legal case, estate or the vehicle was in a accident and needed to be repaired privately due to no insurance. There are other reasons but this is what I tend to find.
Has a couple of accident comments, nothing massive.

Cheers

 

[Siyaman]

Hi,

A complete engine was fitted, excluding the manifolds etc.

Usually if a car stands this long it is one of the following, legal case, estate or the vehicle was in a accident and needed to be repaired privately due to no insurance. There are other reasons but this is what I tend to find.
Has a couple of accident comments, nothing massive.

Cheers

Thanks John
Im thinking he should just let this one go.Too many question marks.


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[Jakkie2207]

Hi,

A complete engine was fitted, excluding the manifolds etc.

Usually if a car stands this long it is one of the following, legal case, estate or the vehicle was in a accident and needed to be repaired privately due to no insurance. There are other reasons but this is what I tend to find.
Has a couple of accident comments, nothing massive.

Cheers

Thanks John
Im thinking he should just let this one go.Too many question marks.


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Agree

 

[Twinz]

Agree...run

 

[Badboy4life]

Agree....run away...[/align]

 

[tman]

Hold on, let me get this straight. You are considering to buy a high performance vehicle from someone who didn't even had money to renew the licence disk?

Lets just think about that for a moment. A person that doesn't have R500 to renew a licence wont be phased about an engine warning light (or 2), chances are 99.99% this car was "deur die gat geruk".

I would run away and kick myself for even considering it.

 

[ChefDJ]

Hold on, let me get this straight. You are considering to buy a high performance vehicle from someone who didn't even had money to renew the licence disk?

Lets just think about that for a moment. A person that doesn't have R500 to renew a licence wont be phased about an engine warning light (or 2), chances are 99.99% this car was "deur die gat geruk".

I would run away and kick myself for even considering it.

:withStu:

This is why auctions can sometimes be the worst way to buy a car, no matter how cheap you get it.

 

[Nella11]

Question?
Don't you guys think that the license is plainly behind because it was repo?
Nothing strange for a vechile to stand so long before it's cleared for auction.

 

[tman]

Question?
Don't you guys think that the license is plainly behind because it was repo?
Nothing strange for a vechile to stand so long before it's cleared for auction.

Hell I always say, If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and flies like a duck, chances are its not a well looked after 2011 BMW 335i M at a bargain price. :facepalm:

With that said there are certain circumstance where you can buy bargains at auctions, in my personal experience they are scarce, but start something like this:

• End of lease (as apposed to repo)

• Normally newer models, with low KM's. Active Motorplan, verifiable service history with no gaps, and no comments

• Transparent Ownership history

 

[akash]

RUN

This poor car had so much go wrong with it.

It appears to have been very neglected.

 

[JohnLod]

I have been burnt with auction cars before, just use caution and lots of common sense before you buy, remember that if you buy on a auction you have no recourse if things go wrong, "as is" applies here, with a reputable dealer you still have some sort of warranty.

Regards