The car looked sound on the ramp! I think it was the day/couple of days after Alex bought it. We had a poke about.
Front sills werent 100% but the rest looked solid. It looked like a car that had had some loving.
I wasnt buying it and Alex had already shelled out so i didnt look to far.
Missing the bulkhead rot isn't a crime if it was a honest oversight.
Alex wasn't made to buy it! Whenever buying a second hand car its sold as seen. The advert means nothing!
If it wasn't as described then it was Alex's job to unearth this before parting with any $$$
This is just fact i am afraid
Last pics before it goes tomorrow :(
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Tom_Maverick
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+1Dezzy wrote: Missing the bulkhead rot isn't a crime if it was a honest oversight.
If it wasn't as described then it was Alex's job to unearth this before parting with any $$$
This is just fact i am afraid
sad but true..
it's the gamble you take buying a 20yr old car
like alex said i sold it to him thinking it was 100% sorted
unfortunately i missed the welding on the bulk head and i have appoligised for that
he had a electrical problem witch you sorted not sure what was the problem?
and then unfortunately he over heated the engine witch you sorted
i fully except the bulk head problem
but any thing else is just past workmanship from previous owners i dont see why you cant except that
in the end i sold alex a car for £4000 he sold it for £4600 so if i ripped him off at £4000 has he ripped the new owner off at £4600
unfortunately i missed the welding on the bulk head and i have appoligised for that
he had a electrical problem witch you sorted not sure what was the problem?
and then unfortunately he over heated the engine witch you sorted
i fully except the bulk head problem
but any thing else is just past workmanship from previous owners i dont see why you cant except that
in the end i sold alex a car for £4000 he sold it for £4600 so if i ripped him off at £4000 has he ripped the new owner off at £4600
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capri_rob
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I suspect Alex has put more than £600 into it not to mention the time and aggro and the fact that he thought he was buying a 22 Year old car for FOUR THOUSAND QUID which had already been restored and properly sorted - he's hardly up on the deal 
If it was a Sub £1500 turd that would be a different matter as an amount of bodgery and bodywork issues goes with the territory, but for 4 Bags it shouldnt have needed any major engine or bodywork - especially not in one of the standard E30 rot-spots which everyone who knows about E30's knows about. To be fair Alex should have checked the bulkhead before purchase
If anything given the threads on here since purchase he's probably just lucky to have got the bulk of his cash back and could have done without the hassle.
I wonder what will be the first thing Alex checks on his next purchase before handing over the dosh ?
If it was a Sub £1500 turd that would be a different matter as an amount of bodgery and bodywork issues goes with the territory, but for 4 Bags it shouldnt have needed any major engine or bodywork - especially not in one of the standard E30 rot-spots which everyone who knows about E30's knows about. To be fair Alex should have checked the bulkhead before purchase
If anything given the threads on here since purchase he's probably just lucky to have got the bulk of his cash back and could have done without the hassle.
I wonder what will be the first thing Alex checks on his next purchase before handing over the dosh ?
e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
if you think the car made 4.6k then you deservedly live up to my expectations .dano0 wrote:like alex said i sold it to him thinking it was 100% sorted
unfortunately i missed the welding on the bulk head and i have appoligised for that
he had a electrical problem witch you sorted not sure what was the problem?
and then unfortunately he over heated the engine witch you sorted
i fully except the bulk head problem
but any thing else is just past workmanship from previous owners i dont see why you cant except that
in the end i sold alex a car for £4000 he sold it for £4600 so if i ripped him off at £4000 has he ripped the new owner off at £4600
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
rob
it didnt need major engine work he just cooked the head gasket
and i never new behind the fuse box was a common place until alexs had it witch ive appoligised for
magpie i really cant be botherd to keep going on about it with you its non of my busines what it sold for i was just trying to make a point on the price
it didnt need major engine work he just cooked the head gasket
and i never new behind the fuse box was a common place until alexs had it witch ive appoligised for
magpie i really cant be botherd to keep going on about it with you its non of my busines what it sold for i was just trying to make a point on the price
rob
it didnt need major engine work he just cooked the head gasket
and i never new behind the fuse box was a common place until alexs had it witch ive appoligised for
magpie i really cant be botherd to keep going on about it with you its non of my busines what it sold for i was just trying to make a point on the price
it didnt need major engine work he just cooked the head gasket
and i never new behind the fuse box was a common place until alexs had it witch ive appoligised for
magpie i really cant be botherd to keep going on about it with you its non of my busines what it sold for i was just trying to make a point on the price
but do you feel guilty ?
did you drive the car....
it wasn't a 4k car ,i got that feeling the first time i drove it.
can you mot my car,i'll pm you the mileage
did you drive the car....
it wasn't a 4k car ,i got that feeling the first time i drove it.
can you mot my car,i'll pm you the mileage
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
the only thing i feel bad about is missing the welding on the bulk head as that was the only problem it left me with
the car drove spot on every bush apart from the sub frame bushes was new brakes were new
ect ect
it didnt have a dodgy mot please do tell me what you think was wrong
the car drove spot on every bush apart from the sub frame bushes was new brakes were new
ect ect
it didnt have a dodgy mot please do tell me what you think was wrong
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capri_rob
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I appreciate that you also put good money into this car - but as far as I'm concerned anything which means taking the head off is major given the standard and "whilst you've got it in bits" parts required and amount of work involved.dano0 wrote:rob
it didnt need major engine work he just cooked the head gasket
and i never new behind the fuse box was a common place until alexs had it witch ive appoligised for
I got no problems with you, just saying that for £4k the only work it should have needed would be minor, cosmetic and would not require a welder.
Given the fact that Alex is a well known zoner and you would have known that the car and any faults would be brought up after sale personally I'd have made sure it was perfect purely to avoid a thread like this.
Sounds like neither of you knew about the issues when the deal was done anyway so time to move on
e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
your an mot inspector!dano0 wrote:the only thing i feel bad about is missing the welding on the bulk head as that was the only problem it left me with
the car drove spot on every bush apart from the sub frame bushes was new brakes were new
ect ect
it didnt have a dodgy mot please do tell me what you think was wrong
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
a 4k £ tag for a car that wasn't .dano0 wrote:yes thats right magpie
that welding cant be seen with out the glove box removed
and i didnt mot it my boss did
so please get to the point and tell me what was wrong mot wise
nice to see you active again .
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
no it wasn'tdano0 wrote:im always on here i just dont post for the sake of posting
4k its worth it all day long probaly more. not many tech 1 left now
and not many with body work as good as that one just every one wants a tech 2
and once upon a pod meet you were an mot inspector.
you told me that your an mot inspector and that you mot'd this car.
do you remember
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
i am an mot inspector but i never said i mot,d this car so no i dont remember
i dont mot any of my own cars or my customers cars for the very reason i dont want to be seen as favorable or strict
my boss mot,s all my cars as i do his
but i dont see what you getting at. what was a mot fail ? apart from the welding witch could not be seen with out removing the fuse box or glovebox as witch your no you are not aloud to physicaly remove any parts of the car to find defects
im sure any mot tester on here will verify this
so what else was dodgy about the mot magpie ?
i dont mot any of my own cars or my customers cars for the very reason i dont want to be seen as favorable or strict
my boss mot,s all my cars as i do his
but i dont see what you getting at. what was a mot fail ? apart from the welding witch could not be seen with out removing the fuse box or glovebox as witch your no you are not aloud to physicaly remove any parts of the car to find defects
im sure any mot tester on here will verify this
so what else was dodgy about the mot magpie ?
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Alex
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Lets not all fall out i sold tehc ar for £3700 its now gone to a happy home, problem free its in the past, i belive it was sold to me in good faith as dano seemed sad it was going.
There was lots of bits that ive put right but the car is now sorted and gone to a lucky young lad.
Onwards and upwards, touring is going for paint on the 11th novemeber and this bmw compact i'am driving is awfull
There was lots of bits that ive put right but the car is now sorted and gone to a lucky young lad.
Onwards and upwards, touring is going for paint on the 11th novemeber and this bmw compact i'am driving is awfull
I'm with Magpie, 4k is strong money for an e30
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adamski80
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Shame that alex iv followed most ur post on finding and buying this so sad too see ur actually gonna sell but hey let that be a lesson to u..... WHY Fooking buy an e30 in first place no???
Ha no kissing of arses not true is not ?
Ha no kissing of arses not true is not ?
