8 owners.

[RSTurboPaul]

J4CKO said:

Douglas Quaid said:

Would you have a woman that had had lots more users than the norm? Same applies to cars, unless it's a cheap one you just want to use for a quick ride and bit of fun.

Nice,

Don't think in the UK ladies come with a log book with the "owners" recorded.

How quaint to see the archaic notion still being perpetuated by insecure males that women must be 'pure' to be a suitable partner and are not 'permitted' to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh for their physical benefits only, but men are to be applauded for having 10s of partners and one-night-stands.

I wonder if the real reason some men still parrot it is because they are paranoid that a woman's previous partner(s) might actually be better than them in bed?

(And what about same-sex relationships?)


Anyway, O/T...

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Wednesday 10th May 11:48

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Wednesday 10th May 11:50

[mattman]

It's not exactly a rare car and there are plenty to choose from, so I wouldn't consider it unless it was significantly cheaper than the rest.

More exotic cars you can have a bit more tolerence.

Not saying the M3 is a bad car!

[Lancerevo]

Car is not a bargain, but it does have the lowest miles for my 20k budget. The M3 v8 s seems to all be 20k with little difference in price for 08,09. It's the convertibles I am looking at. But I have decided to leave it now

[Wacky Racer]

Sa Calobra said:

No matter what the cars true situation is I'll think it's a Friday afternoon car from the factory.

I wouldn't touch it unless it was 10yrs old+ and cheap.

Right or wrong but I think certain cars change hands quick as they have been troublesome

This.

Also could be hard to sell when you want to move it on.

[mattman]

couple of auto convertibles about under 20k

i like the wheels on this one:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

but this one just seems to read nicer? I think its the interior shots included and the pics of the decent tyres - something the other misses which always makes me a little suspect.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Nice car to be going shopping for though - enjoy the hunt!

[vsonix]

lukeharding said:

personally I only pay attention if its an old car with low owners. Its not a surprise that this sort of car changes hands so much, its a high cost car and also the type of people who drive it get bored with cars more easily in my opinion. The people who really kick up a fuss are only going to find something else if it wasn't that.

^ this seems correct to me. As long as there's plenty of history and evidence of essential work it should be fine.

[hyphen]

It's a warning flag, the next question would be how long has the current owner owned it, if a number of years then would look further, if not then ruled out.

[vsonix]

One of my Z3s has had, I think, 8 owners including myself since 1998. The car appears to have changed hands fairly frequently until the previous owner who kept the car 8 years, I've had it two years already. I imagine that whilst a car is higher value it will be likely to change hands more often as the perceived depreciation hit will be much higher if the car is kept longer than a couple of years. Plus, the kind of people who like to drive newer cars as an image thing want to be in a new car more frequently.