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Got this on Friday...

Thanks for all your help bimmersport. I have purchased my new ride having looked at 4 E36 M3s recently - I definately got the best one!!! Pics to follow soon.

Just wondering if the clutch starts to bite early in the pedal travel whether thats an indication of it needing replacement? Any good hints to work out if a clutch needs attention, any sounds etc? thanks guys

Dont think so, at least they didnt mention it. They have lots of euro cars, plus he told me the previous owner bught an evo9. Has a few cosmetic things that need fixing, other than that it felt really good. Paintwork has some polish or cleaning marks on it, should come out with a proper polish I guess.

Wow thats an unusual colour - personally speaking I couldnt drive a car with that interior. Its just wrong plus it would make me ill. All a matter of taste I guess.

Thanks Liam02 for this and all your other help - appreciate it. Will contact a few dealers to see how much, unless my potential car is too old or travelled too far. Will no doubt find out. btw drove a 95 Black e36 M3 today (at Pinnacle Motors) Albany. Is out of my price range but wanted to feel how well it went. Singapore import with 65000kms, nice 5zigen exhaust and eibach top strut brace. Very nice.

Go to http://www.bavarianfalcon.com/falconblog/tag/m3 Scroll down (2/3rds) to you see ‘fast drive – born to ride’ video box. Make sure you have headphones or try it at home with the sound turned up. Love the M3 GTR sound!!

I understand that you can purchase a 3 year warranty for around $1250, which covers bills up to $4000? Has anyone bought one of these and regretted it, or has it been a godsend? Would love to hear about anyones experiences, as I am considering it. cheers p.s. tried to search for this topic and couldnt find one

Thanks for all your help guys - particularly Liam02. Going to look at the car on Friday, have quite a lot of background now and will negotiate hard if it looks and drives right. Also going to contact Taupo European about the pre-purchase inspection, looked clean as a whistle on the report but I just want to check. Thanks for the details on the Dunners M3 Evo BMW POWER, but thats out of my price range by quite a long way.

Any desktop wallpapers in the pipeline too? Some really cool ones would be excellent for the club - any budding arties out there? Looking forward to seeing some - maybe a competition? Good reference point here http://www.jonsibal.com/gallery.html

Ok so the suggested course of action is to get a main dealer to inspect it? But thats been done recently (August 06) by these guys http://www.taupoeuropean.co.nz/pages/bmw.html. Would like to view the Jerry Clayton report when its available, but theres not much more I can do unless I get another inspection by the same dealer (assuming the AA is not worth the effort). If I go and look at it - what advice can anyone offer as things to look for? cheers for all your help so far guys

Thanks Liam02 - was this a pre-purchase inspection for $145? The current owner has sent me a copy of a pre-purchase inspection he had done in August this year, I guess to help potential buyers (as he bought it in May). It has been done by Taupo European who are the BMW dealer down there, all the boxes are ticked fine as having passed, noted that one tyre was slightly worn on the inside and minor seepage of oil from the power steer hose. Also noted that it was a good clean vehicle. And that was it. It cost $80. Not sure what to do now, seems like its had the appropriate checks and getting an AA done may only just confirm this report. Possibly the previous owner got the bits fixed when they were raised by your report? Not sure. If you can I would like to be able to call JCB tomorrow to verify the report, if they are not majors then maybe they got fixed?? p.s. my avatar has gone awol

liam02 - What did you end up buying? Is an AA Pre-purchase inspection worth doing in this case? Have done an AA Lemoncheck already, which is clean apart from quite a few owners over the years including traders etc.

thanks mate - appreciate any help you can give. :thumb: looked at another purple one in Otahuhu for similar money, but its very tatty and has 147k on it. Black one is out of my price range, not sure about red and dont like yellow - do I sound fussy? cheers

I spoke to Jerry Claytons this morning, and they advised that they did a pre-purchase inspection on it in May this year but for obvious reasons they could not tell me the outcome. Was this your one? If so could you get a copy of it or ask them to release the results to me? I have also spoken to the previous owner who had it from Jan to May this year, think he's based in Remuera, and he spoke very highly of the car and how he got it checked over, bought it from a friend in the trade etc, got it checked by a specialist. The current owner has owned it from May this year and has a pre-purchase inspection done by Taupo European, and they have given it a clean bill of health. Any further information would be greatfully received

Hi guys - does anyone know anything about this car: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=67257058 think the previous plate was UU1882 and based in AKL. It may have been a BMW club member prior, not sure. All help greatfully received.