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Gareth
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1st May 12 at 04:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As above i can push the budget over 10k for the right car.

After as low miles and as new as possible thinking about resale value is this more important than equipment ie are they harder to sell without sat nav etc

Any pointers from people that have owned them?

Was looking at these 4, options? Which would you buy and why anyone know of any others!?

Cheers, Gareth.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3868540.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3542839.htm

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201215462782809/sort/default/usedcars/price-from/11000/price-to/12000/model/m3/make/bmw/radius/1500/postcode/de757tw/page/2?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201216464643862/sort/default/usedcars/price-from/11000/price-to/12000/model/m3/make/bmw/postcode/de757tw/radius/1500/page/3?logcode=p
Graham88
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1st May 12 at 05:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
3rd out of the 4 for me, the colour wins it

Although convertible & SMG are homo

Just check under the carpet above the subframe for any cracks, you'll only see it there if its got really bad. Get in the car, try pulling away with the handbrake on, if one side drops more than the other and you get creaking noises it could be gone. BMW will repair it for free depending on service history & under 10 years old

That's the only real main thing
Seany
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1st May 12 at 05:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If you go silver its got to have the red leather so number 1 for me. The higher mileage wouldn't bother me as I don't do much, but obviously don't know your situation. Number 3 is a close 2nd though.
Tomnova16
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1st May 12 at 06:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can only see one option there

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
Gareth
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1st May 12 at 06:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can live with the homo comments lol i really want silver but may choose the blue as it will be easier to sell on. Wont be doing many miles as it will be a 3rd car.

Is the smg unrelieable?
Seany
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1st May 12 at 06:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If you don't do much miles then don't let the higher mileage put you off, when you do come to sell it yours won't have changed much and the rest will be going up constantly, if you get what I mean
nathy_87
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1st May 12 at 07:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Option 3.

Simply because of the colour, hate silver.
Gareth
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Right going for number 3 but the guy says finance is owed on it but can pay it off when i pay him whats the best method to use so i dont get screwed has anyone got any experience of this situation, cheers Gareth.
Tomnova16
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1st May 12 at 07:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hmm, never had to do that before but would imagine you would need something in writing that is signed by him

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
j10E W
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1st May 12 at 07:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i had fianance to pay on a a car
i already had the cash in the bank though for it before he paid me.
i just rang up the finance company when he was here and paid it off, the database takes a while to update hpi etc, so i did it when he was there
Jambo
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1st May 12 at 07:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1st option is way over priced. Its done 80k silver and its 10years old.

Estoril will hold its money better and be rarer as its an individual not a standard colour.

SMG isnt unreliable as such, but IF it does a pump the cost is huge to replace unless you get lucky with a second hand pump. However i would only buy the SMG variant now.
Jambo
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Estoril one seems cheap for the miles, id make sure you prove them ileage.
rossnomore
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1st May 12 at 07:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Graham88

Although convertible & SMG are homo
Fro
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1st May 12 at 08:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Converts have to be auto or SMG, roof down sunny and waft about
nathy_87
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1st May 12 at 08:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I like your cab, fro (think it's yours)
Fro
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Cadbury purple? Was mine, that's about 4 cars ago though
nathy_87
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1st May 12 at 08:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's the one. WAS lovely
BYRON
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I would go for the last one but only it it had a blue roof. All nice though.
Jambo
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SMG is not homo you imbeciles. Its the only gearbox available on the CSl, for a reason!
whitter45
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i like the silver with red leather
big eck
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I wouldn't have any of them tbh. I'd hold out for a grey one with red leather or Phoenix yellow with matching interior. Also wouldn't have the smg box as its more than likely to go tits up (going but the threads on cutters) before Jambo starts lol.
corsadonk
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1st May 12 at 10:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Man's car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-VAUXHALL-MONARO-V8-RED-/180870152575?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a1cb3817f

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3852270.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3827876.htm



[Edited on 01-05-2012 by corsadonk]
Jambo
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1st May 12 at 11:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Eck is right out of the two the manual is more "reliable" but that's to say an SMG is unreliable which it shouldn't be had it been properly maintained
LeeM
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1st May 12 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go for estoril, smg is homo.
Graham88
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I think it's a typical Internet story though. Every car goes wrong, it's just if it does go wrong it's expensive, but very little on these cars is cheap. They might be 10k now but they were 50k at one time.

Higher mileage doesn't matter, my mate had one on 160k and it was still going strong. These engines very very rarely fail, mostly due to driver error or bad mapping (run lean) I'm just unlucky

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