AlpineF30’s Bargain Basement E60 530d
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AlpineF30
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So the E60 let me down today.
Wheel seems to have buckled and blew the tyre off needing a wheel and tyre replacement thankfully no damage to the car.
I have decided to sell it on
Should I replace the wheel and tyre which will cost the guts of 300 or sell with a space saver and knock the cost of a new wheel off the price?
Wheel seems to have buckled and blew the tyre off needing a wheel and tyre replacement thankfully no damage to the car.
I have decided to sell it on
Should I replace the wheel and tyre which will cost the guts of 300 or sell with a space saver and knock the cost of a new wheel off the price?
big_pete
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People don't want hassle buying a car needing work unless that hassle is significantly reflected in the price.
You would need to compensate for a fair bit more than the price of a wheel to make it worth someone's while imo, so I would just get a wheel myself if I were you.
You would need to compensate for a fair bit more than the price of a wheel to make it worth someone's while imo, so I would just get a wheel myself if I were you.
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If a seller can’t be assed fixing a problem I generally get the impression the car hasn’t been looked after no matter what you say you’ve knocked off as a consequence
fixed for sure! 300 wheel means 1000 off offers
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Well I paid 1200 for it so was going to stick it up for 900 but yeah probably not get much attention on it with a bad wheel so will source a replacement wheel and sell
What’s it like now? PM me full details please.
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£400 for the lot ****y wheel and all
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Well I paid 1200 for it so was going to stick it up for 900 but yeah probably not get much attention on it with a bad wheel so will source a replacement wheel and sell
Pm me some details as well. Would do the wife rightly and I've a full set of mv2s here for it!
southsky sunrise
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Il lift it In the morning sure
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Best £20 I ever spentCan collect that table off @Gaz VW on the way home sure. You're a wild man, if I ever need you again there'll be negotiations
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Sad to here it's gone, I'll look out for the new one soon then
McFall1984
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Why did you sell 1 to buy another?
Not just fix the e60 you had an kept that for winter?
Not just fix the e60 you had an kept that for winter?
McFall1984
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Did it need that much? Was a very cheap e60, even with a bit of work needing done it would still be cheaper than most out there
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Aye needed a few jobs doing needed new hubs, gearbox ideally needed refurbing, was smoking like a *******, new set of alloys,it was a bit grubby in places and needed tyres all round
Was grand for a runabout but realised I want a decent spec and condition E60 so the jobs fairly racked up to get it to the condition I wanted it in compared to buying a decent lower mileage LCI car.
McFall1984
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Ah crap didn no it needed that much work
I was lucky I got a manual
I just fitted a new clutch an flywheel to mine last week
No clue on prices for auto boxes or prices of refurbing them
best of luck in your search for another
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So this thing has changed keepers about 6 different times since I owned it.
Sold it to my mate @.CMC. and then we discovered it was a Cat D stolen recovered. My fault for not doing a check on it but the car was sold cheap enough so we laughed it off.
He then sold the car on and stated was a Cat D in his advert.
Car has popped up on Facebook since numerous times stating its a mint car and good history.
If you see it avoid it like the plague.
Sold it to my mate @.CMC. and then we discovered it was a Cat D stolen recovered. My fault for not doing a check on it but the car was sold cheap enough so we laughed it off.
He then sold the car on and stated was a Cat D in his advert.
Car has popped up on Facebook since numerous times stating its a mint car and good history.
If you see it avoid it like the plague.
McFall1984
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Surely that’s a bargaining point