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That colour silver is hard get right from the factory. I bought a Audi S4 a few years back and you could have sworn it had been in a prang, I took it to a specialist as I didn't want to buy someone else s wrecked car who said Audi/BMW e.t.c sometimes looks like this in that colour, in reality it seemed far better than on pictures.

Or on a beach...

There has to be something wrong with it to be doing that, the uncles old one would average about 13-16 per 100 and his foot weighed about 6 tonnes. What Apex said above, I'd far rather a remapped 535d personally.

That is true intercourse on wheels. Looks a genuine blue meanie. I think you're talking about a brand new Falcon...

Just a follow up on this... Car sold at auction, then a little bit later I get an offer from TradeMe asking to accept a buy now on the car as if to say the lead bid had fallen through. Would have to be one of the more dodgey auctions out there!

Not a good look having the oil pressure light on... Price???

Was it sold by BMW NZ new? She seems to be sporting a MPH speedo?

Negative for me on Euro Auto Services, used him three times and all occasions ended very badly. Yeah, I thought as much, the cars I sent him were the CLK (was newish in those days) the E90 and my ML 320 CDI. Goto Alan from KG McLeod, a little pricey but he always knows whats wrong, usually knows what the problem is prior to starting on it!

Yup, they paid for the repairs I see the seller of the red VH (origonal post) is bidding on this... http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/holden/vk/auction-645163762.htm

That old girl has been about for a while. Worth every $$$ I expect but let down a bit probably due to no race history. IMO not the best looking one, the white just doesn't seem to work on them. They need Blue/Red/Black. There's a Walkinshaw on TradeMe still for 95k.

Haha, there's a nice one in Timaru/Oamaru too. Would really like a Blue Meanie. Untrue, our family owns a tripple lane WOF centre here in Dunedin. There's no way full on rust holes can just happen in two weeks post issue of a WOF, I didn't notice it until the next day after buying the car. So if you can prove that last sentence, the issueing garage can repair it for you at their cost, if they refuse that then it can go through the appropriate channels, the rust on that car was an open/shut case. If it's a more wearable item like a tyre then you don't really have a leg to stand on, however corrosion such as below... Rust hole on one of the sils:

Tidy as (per photos) E34 http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/520i/auction-647734785.htm

I bought a car about a month back, had rust holes in the sills x3 RF, RR and LR, the funny thing was it had a two week old VTNZ warrant on it lol...

It's looking more like it hasn't been certed IMO. So if I found that out post auction end, I'd be telling the joker where to go. This information should be available on the auction. Also: Was sold 17th August, 29th of August, 29th September so three times it's been sold since August 17th this year lol.

My concern is that nothing else has been changed, the 1900's had about as much power as a harnessed dog, not to say that the 308ci's were rockets. I've already walked away on this guy. Too much bullshit surrounding everything.

The MK2's (second generation) are rubbish IMO and I wouldn't touch one, MK3 is where you need to be (2001 on) I had one years back and it was a good car to us.

If it checks out it might not be too bad of a car. The only thing I personally don't like on a modern car is grey interior, very British lol.

I've gone through the pics and I think I have been able to make out the plate, last 3 digits are 885, the first is L - it's rather easy to work out from there. It's not a factory V8, not even an SS, it was a 1900cc factory & I'm not up 100% on certification, but shouldn't the registration be showing as what cc the engine currently is if it's certed? Then again, I could have the wrong plate... I keep arriving at the fact I might need to go the hog and get a real one but shite, they're 30k plus!

Bar the fact that he's hiding something and is using this as an excuse

Hmmm, just not too sure on that, I thought regardless you had to follow through with your winning bid. Sorry but yeah, I only found out the deets on all of the adversities after the original post.

The M57 3.0d is fairly bullet proof from what I've read and after owning two myself without issues... Yamnar actually used that engine in marine situations, ditching the 4.2 landcruiser dinosaur. I'm yet to see a 530d E60 for 15k though, you'd need to stretch to atleast 20k and you'd be buying a high mileage one at that money I'd say. EDIT: in saying that, I did find this if it checked out ok http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/530d/auction-638659100.htm

On the contrary, once you've won the auction you are legally bound to complete the sale regardless of whether or not you could complete any background checks. This guy has listed this car three times on two different accounts with different prices each time, and from two different cities & he expects trust to be installed upon him??? It's not how it works sorry, I've been outbid and have advised him that I'm no longer interested, too much of a risk. IMO, it will depreciate the price that he will finally get due to these rules he has imposed... and what's wrong with answering questions?? He should have listed it as a classified.

Exactly lol. They're either loved or hated, but grew up with these cars around me in my childhood.

He claims there's no finance owing, but yeah, It doesn't inspire much trust really which is a two way street...

My uncle had one of those back in the 80's from memory it went quite good too. It's most probably the best example around I'd imagine.