Which car are you collecting this week?

[AlexGSi2000]

Following on from this thread, I thought it may be an entertaining idea for us all to post our car collection escapades, wherever they may take us and whatever they may be.

The ropier the better in my book

I'll make my contribution first in the form of a 98' BMW Z3.
The context behind the purchase is the fact I need a replacement gearbox for my Z3 - if I were to purchase one individually it would set me back around £500 - cue man math's.
I figured it may be better to purchase an entire car, take what I need and offload the rest of the parts on the forum and / or online auction sites - resulting in a free gearbox.

A last moment bid on eBay resulted in the purchase of this

A £25 train ticket has been purchased for the one-way trip in order to drive the car home - a mere 90 miles, however going by the photos of the interior I'm not particularly looking forward to it. Wish me luck.

Edited by AlexGSi2000 on Monday 19th January 12:58

[Huzzah]

AlexGSi2000 said:

Following on from this thread, I thought it may be an entertaining idea for us all to post our car collection escapades, wherever they may take us and whatever they may be.

The ropier the better in my book

I'll make my contribution first in the form of a 98' BMW Z3.
The context behind the purchase is the fact I need a replacement gearbox for my Z3 - if I were to purchase one individually it would set me back around £500 - cue man math's.
I figured it may be better to purchase an entire car, take what I need and offload the rest of the parts on the forum and / or online auction sites - resulting in a free gearbox.

A last moment bid on eBay resulted in the purchase of this

A £25 train ticket has been purchased for the one-way trip in order to drive the car home - a mere 90 miles, however going by the photos of the interior I'm not particularly looking forward to it. Wish me luck.

Edited by AlexGSi2000 on Monday 19th January 12:58

Well the ad says "in above average condition" suggest you hold them to it!


PS hope the gearbox is sound.

Edited by Huzzah on Monday 19th January 13:53

[CanAm]

An hour or so's cleaning of the interior by the vendor might have helped them. The passenger seat looks a lot better than the driver's, but probably too tricky to swap over at the roadside, so I'd take a bin liner to cover it, some antiseptic wipes and a pair of gloves.

Good luck!

[FlyVintage]

Have they been keeping their horse in it?

The jump leads in the boot bode for an adventurous journey home and the possibility of meeting new friends along the way

[Watcher of the skies]

AlexGSi2000 said:

Following on from this thread, I thought it may be an entertaining idea for us all to post our car collection escapades, wherever they may take us and whatever they may be.

The ropier the better in my book

I'll make my contribution first in the form of a 98' BMW Z3.
The context behind the purchase is the fact I need a replacement gearbox for my Z3 - if I were to purchase one individually it would set me back around £500 - cue man math's.
I figured it may be better to purchase an entire car, take what I need and offload the rest of the parts on the forum and / or online auction sites - resulting in a free gearbox.

A last moment bid on eBay resulted in the purchase of this

A £25 train ticket has been purchased for the one-way trip in order to drive the car home - a mere 90 miles, however going by the photos of the interior I'm not particularly looking forward to it. Wish me luck.

Edited by AlexGSi2000 on Monday 19th January 12:58

Well done - that's one less of those ugly abominations on the road!

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

Huzzah said:

Well the ad says "in above average condition" suggest you hold them to it!

Never ceases to amaze me how some peoples idea of "above average condition" is nothing like mine.

Judging by the boot pictures I am assuming that boot has been leaking for about a decade.

[GeniusOfLove]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

Huzzah said:

Well the ad says "in above average condition" suggest you hold them to it!

Never ceases to amaze me how some peoples idea of "above average condition" is nothing like mine.

Judging by the boot pictures I am assuming that boot has been leaking for about a decade.

Yes I've had a surprise in the other direction. A friend who is an Aston Martin specialist told me about this absolute heap of a car that has come in that I should buy, described it as an absolute wreck.

It just wanted a polish and some foibles ignoring as far as I was concerned, a solid 3/5 condition wise and I probably wouldn't have even bothered with the polishing

[Hoofy]

FlyVintage said:

Have they been keeping their horse in it?

It's pretty awful. I don't know how someone can treat what many might consider their pride and joy like that. I've seen trades van interiors in a cleaner state.

[biggbn]

Watcher of the skies said:

AlexGSi2000 said:

Following on from this thread, I thought it may be an entertaining idea for us all to post our car collection escapades, wherever they may take us and whatever they may be.

The ropier the better in my book

I'll make my contribution first in the form of a 98' BMW Z3.
The context behind the purchase is the fact I need a replacement gearbox for my Z3 - if I were to purchase one individually it would set me back around £500 - cue man math's.
I figured it may be better to purchase an entire car, take what I need and offload the rest of the parts on the forum and / or online auction sites - resulting in a free gearbox.

A last moment bid on eBay resulted in the purchase of this

A £25 train ticket has been purchased for the one-way trip in order to drive the car home - a mere 90 miles, however going by the photos of the interior I'm not particularly looking forward to it. Wish me luck.

Edited by AlexGSi2000 on Monday 19th January 12:58

Well done - that's one less of those ugly abominations on the road!

Ignore this. Brilliant, lovely little cars. We had one for many years, a lowly 1.9 16v and it was a cracking little four pot always up for a laugh. I'd have one over a mk1 or mk2 MX5 any day of the week and twice on Sunday, and yes I've owned both. MX5 is a better drivers car for about 10% of the time, Z3 is just a better car for the other 90%. I'll go further than that. I'd have one of the big six pot versions over a similar age Boxster.

[Heaveho]

I've reluctantly agreed to view a Mk2 MR2 on Friday. All I know about it is that it's an import, forged, turbo, and the owner span it, I'm told damaged it, and shat himself the first time he drove it, to the point where he didn't drive it again, and appears to have emigrated in order to put as much distance between himself and it as possible. I don't even know the colour or what year it is.

That was 5 years ago, since when it's been dry stored in a friends garage. Said friend is now sick of the sight of it and has only snagged my interest by suggesting that however paltry an offer I put forward, he will actively encourage the owner to take it, meaning a car worth maybe 3k could be mine for a third of that. Which is the only possibility of me entertaining it as an ownership prospect, as I have little interest in this particular model, and buying a modified car of unknown provenance is potentially opening oneself up to a world of fiscal pain and marital misery should it turn out to be an expensive turd.

[Kevin-2g5x2]

Z3, "Above average condition", well it is for sale in Sutton in Ashfield where being dressed up means, sweatshirt, addidas bottoms and crocs

[paul_c123]

You could take these with you:

[Mr Tidy]

Wow, some people have a strange interpretation of above average condition. That looks like a health risk on wheels!

But it's pretty cheap for a 2.8 and with a bit of cleaning hopefully you'll raise enough from selling parts to get a free gearbox.

[AlexGSi2000]

Mr Tidy said:

Wow, some people have a strange interpretation of above average condition. That looks like a health risk on wheels!

But it's pretty cheap for a 2.8 and with a bit of cleaning hopefully you'll raise enough from selling parts to get a free gearbox.

I'm not looking forward to it - I may need to pre book Monday off as sick leave

Hoping it will raise enough to justify the gearbox, I looked at the option codes and it appears it has a medium-case LSD, those alone sell for around £500.

[GeniusOfLove]

I've rolled the shed roulette wheel this week on this:




It looks like it needs a good clean inside but BCA take all their photos on cheap Temu tablets so all the cars always look like they found them in a hedge.

2015 Mini Cooper D 1.5 with, according to BCA, a misfire and engine whine. I'm willing to bet it has neither, there is no EML and they are always putting down these triple cylinder Minis as misfiring and worst case it is whining and it's something off the aux belt.

Suffice it to say it was significantly below auction CAP, it's my third F56 Mini bought for 1/3rd CAP because of bad auction reports, the last one was a shed for Ms GoL and was down as tapping and with no service history. Turned out to have 2" of service invoices including a clutch 6 months ago, and is as sewing machine smooth as any of these cars ever are; £4.7k car for £1250 + fees? Don't mind if I do.

Picking it up Saturday first thing from BCA Bristol, which is always exciting, I love the sight unseen trade auction risk.

Edited by GeniusOfLove on Wednesday 21st January 12:53

[GeniusOfLove]

AlexGSi2000 said:

Following on from this thread, I thought it may be an entertaining idea for us all to post our car collection escapades, wherever they may take us and whatever they may be.

The ropier the better in my book

I'll make my contribution first in the form of a 98' BMW Z3.
The context behind the purchase is the fact I need a replacement gearbox for my Z3 - if I were to purchase one individually it would set me back around £500 - cue man math's.
I figured it may be better to purchase an entire car, take what I need and offload the rest of the parts on the forum and / or online auction sites - resulting in a free gearbox.

A last moment bid on eBay resulted in the purchase of this

A £25 train ticket has been purchased for the one-way trip in order to drive the car home - a mere 90 miles, however going by the photos of the interior I'm not particularly looking forward to it. Wish me luck.

Edited by AlexGSi2000 on Monday 19th January 12:58

Had a proper look at that, dreadful pics and it's rancid inside but from the recent MOT pass it might be quite decent and almost a shame to break it. I really like those 2.8i Z3s, proper old school roadster fun without actually being a load of expensive flat cap and driving gloves crap like a big Healey.

[golfer19]

Travelling to Swansea next week from Northern Ireland to pick up a Z4.
Booked flight to Cardiff.
Need to figure out the easiest way to get to Swansea from Cardiff airport.
Then drive to Holyhead for ferry into Dublin and then 3 hour drive home.

[Doesitdrive]

My mate is flying in from Ireland , planning to drive a Peugeot 504 that currently has the dash and steering wheel removed, that hasn't done any miles for years, to Liverpool docks fron deepest coastal Kent. On the basis it started last summer. 🤣.

In fairness I have often done the same lunacy trip in similar cars, to and from Ireland, but on this occasion sense came into play.

Rather than waiting for the phone call to go and rescue him again with my truck, I have decided the truck all the way is a better option.

The search for a backload is on.

[Mr Tidy]

AlexGSi2000 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Wow, some people have a strange interpretation of above average condition. That looks like a health risk on wheels!

But it's pretty cheap for a 2.8 and with a bit of cleaning hopefully you'll raise enough from selling parts to get a free gearbox.

I'm not looking forward to it - I may need to pre book Monday off as sick leave

Hoping it will raise enough to justify the gearbox, I looked at the option codes and it appears it has a medium-case LSD, those alone sell for around £500.

I'm assuming your car has an LSD in the case, or you'd probably swap that too!

Hope collection goes well.

[AlexGSi2000]

Yep, it has the LSD, mine already has one - so this will be one of the items sold in order to try and claw back the purchase value.

Car was collected yesterday and got me home in the end.
Full write up tomorrow after I've finished boil washing my clothes.