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03-14-2016, 03:30 PM | #1 |
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Buying a stolen Z4M?
I've found a Z4M roadster that ticks most of my boxes, except for the fact that it is out of province.
However in looking at the CarFax (and then talking with the dealership), it turns out the car was stolen, and then recovered a couple of weeks later. Part of me just says to forget about this one and wait for another to come along, but it is a decent price for the mileage and meets most of my relatively picky requirements (as far as colours and options go). Would I just be opening up a known can of worms and have issues down the road with re-sale? |
03-14-2016, 05:09 PM | #2 |
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Stolen and then recovered reduces it's value. If there are similar cars for the same amount of money I would buy one of them, if it looks to be a good deal I would get it checked out and then make an educated decision based on driving and looking at it.
Besides a close look and getting a professional to check it out there is no way to know if any car hasn't been abused at some point by the previous owner, his friends, etc. I bought a car that had 3 previous owners.
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Without this blemish on its record, I suspect the car would be worth much much more. I am wondering if the lower price reflects the diminished value. |
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03-14-2016, 07:38 PM | #4 |
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I smell a sweet deal.
With any used car you'll seldom know what the original owner got up to. Good chance that the thief hid it and did little else with/to it. Get it inspected and if it's clean, you win!
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03-15-2016, 07:37 AM | #5 |
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I agree with the above. Also, if I stole a car there is a good chance I would either be storing it to figure out what to do with it, stripping it, or would be driving it around obeying every law possible. Last thing I would want to do is stand out or get pulled over for some minor infraction.
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04-04-2016, 02:23 PM | #7 |
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Try checking https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1069147 maybe the previous owner registered and you can then send them a message requesting info?... Maybe there weren't too many in your area and you'll get lucky!
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05-25-2016, 04:27 PM | #8 |
More of this than that!
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So....did you buy it? Let us know...
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