bigsigh
RMS Regular
- Messages
- 6,214
- Drives
- BMW M2
Have been on the lookout for something for a while to let me take the M2 off the road, it was my daily for years pre-covid and then with full time working from home and deciding to keep the M2, the aim is to keep the miles off it.
I changed jobs in Nov and went from full time working from home, to in the office a few days a week (at least at the onboarding phase) and then a couple times a month from there on out, so the hunt for something became a bit more urgent.
Was looking at MINI coopers, Swift sporting, PoloGTi , something quick and fun, but realistically I will end up using the M2 for fun and this just needs to munch miles and carry the 2 boys about if I need to.
Having had a couple of e92s 320d in the past i kept defaulting back to them, i had both a pre-LCI and LCI and while the rear lights were nice in the LCI, mine wasn't a business edition and everything else in my pre-LCI was better, also the older pre-LCI would be cheaper if i could find a low-ish mileage example.
Mid December i queued up a few to go and look at, had 6 on my list, seems no one was too pushed to sell, maybe no one could be bothered to meet coming up to christmas or whatever, but only managed to see 2 of the 6 by 4pm, they looked fine in the pics, but up close were horrific (Here's looking at you HURSTS used cars, boucher road).
The last on my list for the day I wasn't too pushed on seeing , it was a le-mans blue 2009 320d manual in Donaghadee, had aftermarket wheels which I wasn't fussed on and my first choice was white or red, but the mileage was low, so thought I would have a look.
Ryan at Automotion NI was dead on, was happy to arrange a time that suited me, called back when he said he would and met when he said he would, the car surprised me, it seemed pretty straight and honest, it had two owners from new, a father and son, it had a service history right up to date, and was to be serviced again for me to collect. The wheels were grim and all badges had been changed for carbon , the paint needed a good buff, all cosmetic and easily rectifiable. The interior was in great condition, it had heated & electric seats and HK audio with bluetooth phone prep.
Photos from the advert:
I changed jobs in Nov and went from full time working from home, to in the office a few days a week (at least at the onboarding phase) and then a couple times a month from there on out, so the hunt for something became a bit more urgent.
Was looking at MINI coopers, Swift sporting, PoloGTi , something quick and fun, but realistically I will end up using the M2 for fun and this just needs to munch miles and carry the 2 boys about if I need to.
Having had a couple of e92s 320d in the past i kept defaulting back to them, i had both a pre-LCI and LCI and while the rear lights were nice in the LCI, mine wasn't a business edition and everything else in my pre-LCI was better, also the older pre-LCI would be cheaper if i could find a low-ish mileage example.
Mid December i queued up a few to go and look at, had 6 on my list, seems no one was too pushed to sell, maybe no one could be bothered to meet coming up to christmas or whatever, but only managed to see 2 of the 6 by 4pm, they looked fine in the pics, but up close were horrific (Here's looking at you HURSTS used cars, boucher road).
The last on my list for the day I wasn't too pushed on seeing , it was a le-mans blue 2009 320d manual in Donaghadee, had aftermarket wheels which I wasn't fussed on and my first choice was white or red, but the mileage was low, so thought I would have a look.
Ryan at Automotion NI was dead on, was happy to arrange a time that suited me, called back when he said he would and met when he said he would, the car surprised me, it seemed pretty straight and honest, it had two owners from new, a father and son, it had a service history right up to date, and was to be serviced again for me to collect. The wheels were grim and all badges had been changed for carbon , the paint needed a good buff, all cosmetic and easily rectifiable. The interior was in great condition, it had heated & electric seats and HK audio with bluetooth phone prep.
Photos from the advert:
