Any thoughts appreciated - well specced, but cat D

[shimmy]

I had made an enquiry about that one earlier, has a late-ish running in service (1800) for what it's worth but I think is just within the limits of getting the warranty on.

Are you sure you'd get warranty on cat D

[E30M3SE]

OP, that is nutty money for a CAT D, a similarly spec's/mileage, minus the AP's, CAT D sold a couple of months ago and that was advertised at £20K.

[isv]

Are you sure you'd get warranty on cat D

ah no I meant the 30k Aberdeen one that Yanto had listed, not the cat D one the OP had earlier listed.

[Porter]

OP, that is nutty money for a CAT D, a similarly spec's/mileage, minus the AP's, CAT D sold a couple of months ago and that was advertised at £20K.

That's unanimous then. The advice of those in the know and my slightly uneasy feeling about the car add up to a good reason to walk away.

I'm looking out for a solid, straight car - there seem to be a couple out there. This one has just come on:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2872180.htm

It looks like it's been well looked after... Does it look like it's the right money?

[Yanto_csl]

Looks good, but I wouldn't go over £24K for it....

Good luck :thumbs:

[s.mac]

looks a clean and tidy car,
whats missing from the right hand side of the engine bay :smt017
no xenon's if that bothers you

[shane@mbtech]

looks a clean and tidy car,
whats missing from the right hand side of the engine bay :smt017
no xenon's if that bothers you

Xenon headlight control unit.

[JezP]

looks a clean and tidy car,
whats missing from the right hand side of the engine bay :smt017
no xenon's if that bothers you

Good spot there mac got me thinking now :whistle:

Edit nice one lawsy

[Porter]

looks a clean and tidy car,
whats missing from the right hand side of the engine bay :smt017
no xenon's if that bothers you

I'd rather have xenons, but that's not going to put me off the right car. Looking around the web. Retrofitting them is a nause, but not impossible.

[AML]

Personally I would never touch a written off performance car, chances are it was a biggy. Even if it was repaired by a BMW dealer, it has the permanent black mark on it's history, which is not what you want on a special, limited run car such as a CSL.

Plus, I thought write offs were usually cheaper than straight cars? :hahaha:


The Aberdeenshire car looks nice. Personally, (being very picky), I wouldn't want the tinted windows and would want xenons. However, as said, the lights could be retrofitted.

[mattCSLnut]

I'd rather have xenons, but that's not going to put me off the right car. Looking around the web. Retrofitting them is a nause, but not impossible.

I certainly wouldn't turn a good CSL down just because it didn't have Xenons :whistle:
Good luck with your search :thumbs:

[glendog74]

whats missing from the right hand side of the engine bay :smt017

I think you'll find that's the left hand side Steve... :whistle:

Numb Nuts :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

[s.mac]

I think you'll find that's the left hand side Steve... :whistle:

Numb Nuts :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:

:birdman:

nearside

[glendog74]

:birdman:

nearside

'Special' :smt056 lol!

[nuttynat]

That cat d has been advertised for ages, saw it last year when I was getting idea's and then at the beginning of this year when the wife said "go on then!!" :whistle:
Can remember reading it and thinking this sounds to good to be true.... which it was when got to the cat d bit :banghead:

There is a reason that it only has 32k miles..... cuz it was off the road for a long while getting stuck back together!!

As you said xenon can be retro fit, did look into it before buying since was looking at a few without and have a 5 series without and it is crap in the dark. Can be retro, does look like a bit of a pain and from memory was not cheap for the units.

Good luck with the hunt.