Help in buying Z4 i need a cynical view!!

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boblez
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Help in buying Z4 i need a cynical view!!

Post by boblez »

OK. i think i may be answering my own questions but here goes. I have seen a 3lr Z4 for sale here in the UK for a very good price, So i have have done a quick check and come up with this result.

https://www.mycarcheck.com/customers/re ... 6/PDPKNBKM

Seems legit? Can anyone see anything wrong? Anyone recognise the Reg plates? etc? Or am i just too cynical?

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OXO
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Post by OXO »

Why do you think there's anything wrong? Looks to me like the first owner registered it with W77NGS, then changed plate when he sold it. Second owner then put GAZ3182 on and changed back this year ready to sell the car again.
boblez
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Its got 40000 miles on the clock, the owners are retired and live in Copenhagen but the car is in Blackpool where they used to live, and they only want £4500 for it?!?!?!
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Post by johnjo »

£4500 for a 3.0 Z4. Far too cheap me thinks
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Post by Bill- »

is there pictures? I answered an ad on Pistonheads which had pictures from another ligit car being sold on ebay
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Post by freds dad »

Let me guess. They want a quick sale as they don't need the car any more and when you transfer the money to them they send the car to you and will give you a full refund if you don't like it.

Ask to view the car. That usually puts them off or tell them that your friend who lives in Blackpool will come round to view.

I smell a scam!
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Post by Wolverine_1999 »

Ask them for the address where it's kept and pay the car a visit :P
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Post by boblez »

Thankfully im not so far from blackpool, i have the hotel address they are staying at, and i have asked to see the car, plus all the documents when i get there! Ill keep all informed!
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Post by Bill- »

if they have agreed to meet then so far so good. dont go with any money or you could take a few mates :D
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Post by freds dad »

boblez wrote:Thankfully im not so far from blackpool, i have the hotel address they are staying at, and i have asked to see the car, plus all the documents when i get there! Ill keep all informed!
I would want to meet them the registered address of the car not a hotel in Blackpool.

Still sounds dodgy
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Post by Dav »

boblez wrote:Its got 40000 miles on the clock, the owners are retired and live in Copenhagen but the car is in Blackpool where they used to live, and they only want £4500 for it?!?!?!
Where was it advertised? That is ridiculously cheap. If it's not a scam you've got the bargain of the year.
Make sure you don't end up mug of the year!
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Post by boblez »

Certainly not a mug, i didnt fall out of the christmas tree, so proceeding with lots of caution! Sad really, how odd would it be if it were genuine! We are such a cynical lot lol. I await an answer from the seller!
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Post by freds dad »

Nobody is accusing you of being a mug or falling out of trees erected around the festive period but we do see a lot of this type of thing on here and sometimes have fun winding them up.

Can you post a link to the ad?
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Post by Bill- »

yessss... a link :wink:
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Post by TitanTim »

Can't be right surely? either a spelling mistake on the price or a scam. I've been looking at Z4 prices recently and the cheapest 3.0L I've seen is £6995 with 90k on the clock and an 03 plate. The only cheaper I've seen is a damaged (CatC I think :oops: ) at £2995. A decent Z3 will be more than £4500 with only 40k.

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Post by simonbud100 »

I agree with the views above. If it seems too good to be true, then it usually is.

I was looking for a 3.0 Z4 for some time and as Tim said, the lowest you tend to see is around the £7k mark. I hope for your sake it's genuine, but somehow, I just can't see it.

Just don't part with any money until you have seen it!
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Post by RemarkLima »

When they say mug... Not you but the action! Definately don't take any cash, or even better, meet in the public area of the hotel and make sure people are around, as there have been stories of muggings for ficticous cars.

Do keep us posted, as you say, could be bargain of the year, but why sell something so far under the market value?
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Post by Dav »

What was the outcome of this?
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Post by Bill- »

yes what happened??
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Post by freds dad »

Boblez is trussed up in a wardrobe in a Blackpool hotel with only pictures of a Z4 for company
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Post by Bill- »

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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freds dad wrote:Boblez is trussed up in a wardrobe in a Blackpool hotel with only pictures of a Z4 for company
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