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THe original owner was cheap and didnt tick the boxes? NZ New cars tend to be a bit light on options (not all mind you, some have all the boxes ticked) and some imports will commonly be missing features standard in other markets (heated seats and cruise control arent huge sellers in Japan).

hahaha, complains about unreliable BMWs, wants to buy a Merc. You must be a sucker for punishment.

im going to flip you the bird, and give up on this trainwreck of a thread. One day you will understand. Maybe not. I no longer care.

Yes, im a troll. f**k this, believe what you want. #tinfoilhatbrigade

Still gonna get boned by Trademe then, as itll use the rego to list it as a 2016 regardless

If it was intentional and the seller was the original owner, maybe, but fact of the matter is that there are so many factors that could explain why it was registered late, and the current owner isnt the original owner, whos to say they even know the build date themselves?

Its quite simple, it would be registered as a 2016 car, as thats the date of first registration. It has happened before, but im not going to bother wasting my time to find the info. A fact is a fact whether you like it or agree with it or not.

Yeah all well and good until the tire comes off the bead. You dont see race cars with massive stretch. Im with you Graham, its terrible. I love a big chunky, prefect fitting sidewall.

It should also be said that trademe populates the car information, including the year, automatically from the registration number provided.

oh for craps sake. why is this so hard to understand? BUILD DATE DOES NOT MATTER TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTER, IT IS FROM YEAR OF FIRST REGISTRATION. Its not misleading. Its not illegal. And in the case of the E92, it barely matters. Anyone that is savvy enough to care about the differences in the same chassis from 08 to 10 will be able to tell its a 2008 car and factor that in. Most other people wouldnt give half a sh*t.

That is bloody beautiful, and really well optioned. Its a lot of money, but i think its worth it to the right person.

By all accounts, it IS a bloody 2010 car. You wouldnt call a car a 2009 if it were built Nov 2009, and first registered Feb 2010. It doesnt work like that. The only time it would be called a 2009 would be if you were referring to it by model year (IE: MY09). We dont know what happened to this car in Japan to make it sit around unregistered for that long, maybe it suffered damage on route to the dealer and took many months fix? That happens too.

Happens a lot. As mentioned, it probably sat on a yard/lot for a couple of years before being registered. Happens at our dealership too, we dont register the car until its sold, but we may have it on the yard for a year or so if its a less than desirable model.

This is exactly what happened to me, and the reason i left State and took all my insurance to a private broker. By word of the contract with State, they could have voided my car insurance if anything happened, because the car was modified and they didnt have the modification details correctly recorded (or recorded at all in same cases).

As he is a bit vague on "new paint job" i wasnt sure if it was original color or some flashy chameleon paint job or something State required that i disclosed everything to them that wasnt original, and only when it exceeded 20% of insured value did they "claim" to have an issue with them. Mind you, i did also find out after years of insurance with them and many modified cars, they hadnt been insuring any of the modifications correctly anyway.... so i dont know.

Isnt talking about cars on Trademe the whole point in the "trademe discussions" section on this site? It seems you may be lost if you're in this section looking for something other than discussions about cars on TM. It should also be said that the OP was asking for opinions on the price, to which people responded. The OP is looking to buy an E23.

i want to get a foam cannon, but like Olaf im too lazy 90% of the time to set up the water blaster. Easier to just use a hose.

we use a heated pressure washer at work on every single car, and the only issues we have had were user error (too hot usually). Ive used my water blaster at home a few times to wash my cars, also without issue. In saying that, i dont use it often and using my shaggy mitt thing hasnt caused any swirls yet. Just use the two bucket method with a grit guard.

Speaking of pointless.... ^^

not just BMW, but most manufacturers. Its just a race to who can have the most electronics. Auto/DCT, electronic aids, self driving cars, etc etc, its all aimed at taking the driver out of the car.

+1 dreaming, especially if it needs TLC

oh sheeeit. time to go back to brilliantrot?

most of the stuff you have done would be considered maintenance by the insurer, and wouldnt factor into the insured value. The wheels, steering wheel, sounds and paint will have to be declared as they are modifications, and may increase the value of the car (or more likely, the premium due to increase in risk). I generally just insure the car for a couple of grand more than i paid, and its usually not an issue. If its something special, then it might be worth getting a pro valuation and having that on record. In my experience, insurers just go off straight book/market value for most cars, giving a set range depending on km of the car (high km will be low end of the scale, low km will be higher end). Ive never had anyone ask me if its been well maintained, just that there are no known issues.

ive seen electric seats, but where were the memory buttons?

My first E36 was "low KM" too, at about 70,000km. Compared to my M3 with 202,000km on the clock, everything felt tired and sloppy. Had to do the front arm bushes and ball joints in the low km, and the jatco box was stuffed.