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05-16-2020, 09:06 PM | #1 |
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I've purchaed.... three z4's in the last month. Love the Z!
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New here. Have I got a story for you! I have a nice big lifted truck, my wife does too, it's what we do! Hoever; I really wanted something sporty that we could take out on the weekends, so i tried a z4 2.5i, wow, just wow. I fell in love immediately, the smooth engine, the size, everything about it I loved. I got the bug and decided this is what i wanted, but I wanted the 3.0, so i did what any normal person would do, I fixed the window cowl, the windshield trim, wiper blades, and of course the intake boot was tore, so fixed that, she was pretty, then i sold her for 1000 more than I paid, then i wen't on the lookout for a good bmw 3.0i, found one! It was red, it was a six speed, -loved it-, did ALL the same things, minus the boot, then decided i wanted the last year si, so i did what any normal person does, i listed it for sale, and sold it for 2000 more than I paid, then I wen't on the hunt for a 3.0si with red interior, and a six speed. The process took about two weeks, i looked high and low, everywhere, i even looked a few states over, I found one, literally, just one, it was in a major accident and the car was totaled, but repaired. I paid 7k for it. Monday morning it's getting dropped off for a complete paint job, a new top, new front bumper, new rear bumper, and some new rims ( the ones it had were pretty nasty ). All in all i'll be in a little over 10k on the car, you would never know it was in an accident, and it has power for days. It has a couple engine issues, it idles rough for the first 5 seconds of each start then levels off, i'm getting a bmw 2a13 code, it seems to be some sort of pump, I've ordered the part, and will put it on while it's in the body shop. I'm pretty stoked, just wanted to say hi!! While looking i've noticed that so many people just don't seem to care about these beautiful cars. I do have a single question I hope someone on here might be able to assist with. The car has some sort of fake leather, maybe a vinyl on the pillars that's coming off, it's very hard like plastic, but i don't think it's supposed to be. Does anyone know what this is, and how to replace it? it seems to be above the sun visors too, it's just kind of peeling. Thanks everyone ahead of time! |
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05-19-2020, 04:57 PM | #6 | |
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It's at the body shop right now, and i'm painting it the same color. Black with some bronze colored wheels. |
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05-19-2020, 05:25 PM | #8 | |
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It had pretty good mileage, and the pictures made it look like it was good, but it wasn't. The people that sold it lied. It was actually an older woman so I kind of took her word for some of it, but they were mostly lies. The car was in a pretty major wreck, which I knew about, even saw all the before pictures, but it was put back together as cheap as possible, the had me drive three hours to look at it knowing the paint was coming through , and the parts they did replace were actually red, and were not even sanded, just painted on. The alignment of the bumpers was all over the place, the engine light was on, she tried to say a mechanic looked at it and told her it was just a service light, which, it was throwing three codes, and a bmw reader, and a normal reader all picked up on them, it has a bad idle, airbag light was on, tire light was on, they made up lies about all of them. All in all though, i got the car for 7, and it's looking brand new, with all those issues fixed for just over 10, i will never see what I put into it, but that's okay, it's just for me. |
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05-19-2020, 05:29 PM | #9 | |
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I'm also in Houston, btw. Used to have a 3.0si coupe back in the day. Then went to the world of Porsche and just today circled back and picked up an e89 to add to the stable. |
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05-19-2020, 07:47 PM | #10 | |
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