High owner M car
Discussion
I would prefer an example with less owners.
An owner’s driving style can be key to how a car feels - how carefully they have warmed it up, how often it’s been kerbed etc. The former point being especially relevant on an M car where higher revs on a cold engine can have a detrimental effect on rod bearings.
The more owners, the higher likelihood it has not been treated with the care it deserves.
I would try and establish whether it has actually had that many owners and not just been transferred from a company to private individual on a few occasions.
An owner’s driving style can be key to how a car feels - how carefully they have warmed it up, how often it’s been kerbed etc. The former point being especially relevant on an M car where higher revs on a cold engine can have a detrimental effect on rod bearings.
The more owners, the higher likelihood it has not been treated with the care it deserves.
I would try and establish whether it has actually had that many owners and not just been transferred from a company to private individual on a few occasions.
24 year old car condition is more important than anything...... 11 decent owners who garaged the car and looked after it like a new born baby or 1 owner who used it every day to pop 1/2 mile down the road to get a paper and left it out in all weathers. These old BMs suffer from the dreaded tin worm so a solid car imo is far more important
As others have said condition, history, mileage, price, all more important.
My 2002 E46 M3 had 3 owners in 3 years when it was new, I’ve had it since 2008, and I’m the 5th owner.
As we know (look at new cars now) people change cars often, also some cars are registered by a dealer (demo) some cars stay in the same family father, son, daughter etc, adds owners in the logbook but same family.
You see it now with mclarens quite young cars within 4/5 owners, almost changing each year.
I’d rather have multiple owners who are enthusiasts than one owner who isn’t.
Once a car gets to a certain age, like a classic car number of owners starts to become sort of irrelevant, it’s not often anyone buying a 50 year old Etype cares about if it’s had 5 or 11 owners, it’s more about what condition and what maintenance or in the jag case restoration work!
The online MOT history is also a very useful tool, and you can often tell owner changes by service book (changes from having lots of regular services at the same place, to missing a few or having a non specialist or main agent)
In an ideal world we all want a 1 owner car, full main dealer or specialist history every year, in mint condition at this age those cars are like unicorns, and likely priced accordingly ..
Best of luck.
My 2002 E46 M3 had 3 owners in 3 years when it was new, I’ve had it since 2008, and I’m the 5th owner.
As we know (look at new cars now) people change cars often, also some cars are registered by a dealer (demo) some cars stay in the same family father, son, daughter etc, adds owners in the logbook but same family.
You see it now with mclarens quite young cars within 4/5 owners, almost changing each year.
I’d rather have multiple owners who are enthusiasts than one owner who isn’t.
Once a car gets to a certain age, like a classic car number of owners starts to become sort of irrelevant, it’s not often anyone buying a 50 year old Etype cares about if it’s had 5 or 11 owners, it’s more about what condition and what maintenance or in the jag case restoration work!
The online MOT history is also a very useful tool, and you can often tell owner changes by service book (changes from having lots of regular services at the same place, to missing a few or having a non specialist or main agent)
In an ideal world we all want a 1 owner car, full main dealer or specialist history every year, in mint condition at this age those cars are like unicorns, and likely priced accordingly ..
Best of luck.
CSLmarson said:
Thanks for all your helpful comments,
I pulled the trigger last night
2 full service books and every receipt for all the work done on it over the years. It’s absolutely immaculate inside and out and has been clearly loved.
Looks really nice, well done, don’t think your original post mentioned it was a Z3MC! To be fair, that didn’t matter principle same whatever the car. I pulled the trigger last night
2 full service books and every receipt for all the work done on it over the years. It’s absolutely immaculate inside and out and has been clearly loved.
Always fancied one of those, in Imola red or Dakar yellow.
You should be very happy with that! Enjoy the summer driving it!
CSLmarson said:
Thanks for all your helpful comments,
I pulled the trigger last night
2 full service books and every receipt for all the work done on it over the years. It’s absolutely immaculate inside and out and has been clearly loved.
'GAN', was that registered by BMW GB/BMW UK (whatever the f**k they're called now) when new? Had an E36 M3 with the same suffix and that had been ordered/delivered to them, had the option of 'Press Preparation' on the spec sheet, still no idea what it was.I pulled the trigger last night
2 full service books and every receipt for all the work done on it over the years. It’s absolutely immaculate inside and out and has been clearly loved.
Lovely looking car, hope you enjoy it!
Well done, looks nice.
Too late now but my 2p would be that M cars are a thing that many aspire to & covet and only when they own one do they realise that the costs involved & the opportunity to lose their licence override the ownership experience and feel the need to move on early, so they can have high ownership numbers.
Too late now but my 2p would be that M cars are a thing that many aspire to & covet and only when they own one do they realise that the costs involved & the opportunity to lose their licence override the ownership experience and feel the need to move on early, so they can have high ownership numbers.
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