Advice Urgently Needed - fuel consumption

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   �4K Private and 6K In a Dealer.  �4800 sounds right for a private sale (in a part-ex he would get offered about �3500 - �4000 max)
Check that it's HPI clear, that the engine has had it's head swapped ((Nikasil) - your local BM dealer can do this for you with the VIN number).  Also check service history - bills are more important than stamps (you can forge stamps, very difficult to forge bills/ dates etc.)
If that all matches up, then just check the usual rust areas, and it sounds like a genuine bargain!  Good luck!

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bmw325tds Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Joined: 05-February-2005 Status: Offline Points: 361	Posted: 10-January-2006 at 13:01
	�4K Private and 6K In a Dealer. �4800 sounds right for a private sale (in a part-ex he would get offered about �3500 - �4000 max) Check that it's HPI clear, that the engine has had it's head swapped ((Nikasil) - your local BM dealer can do this for you with the VIN number). Also check service history - bills are more important than stamps (you can forge stamps, very difficult to forge bills/ dates etc.) If that all matches up, then just check the usual rust areas, and it sounds like a genuine bargain! Good luck!
	Carl Ford Focus 1.8TDdi Estate Ford Focus 1.8TDdi Porsche 944 Turbo BM's gone, but maybe only temporary!

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hellojed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10-January-2006 Location: Solihull Status: Offline Points: 26	Posted: 11-January-2006 at 03:52
	Could you tell me what the usual rust areas are. Which areas do I really need to thouroughly check?

Peter Fenwick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 27-August-2003 Location: Lost somewhere in time... Status: Offline Points: 6484	Posted: 11-January-2006 at 04:45
	Around the back wheel arches can start to go.
	Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel.

bmw325tds Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Joined: 05-February-2005 Status: Offline Points: 361	Posted: 11-January-2006 at 11:33
	...And the front - they go where the mudflaps would be fitted, and will be seriously worse if it has mudflaps fitted. Also on the doors at the A-Pillars (usually stone chips that haven't been treated), and on the boot trailing edge (starts on the inside of the bootlid and creaps round). Also, when you open the boot, check around where the catch is - the rear slam panel can get rust in the seam where the rubber gasket is.
	Carl Ford Focus 1.8TDdi Estate Ford Focus 1.8TDdi Porsche 944 Turbo BM's gone, but maybe only temporary!

BigManWalters Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03-January-2006 Location: Dorset Status: Offline Points: 10	Posted: 11-January-2006 at 12:38
	Love the Jinxing. Just before Xmas I got my P reg 328 for �2195, no offers. 88k and a few scratches at the corners. �300 later and it's in v.good condition. It was private and the lad had 3 calls for it whilst I drove him home after payment, let's hope there's not a gremlin hiding somewhere.

Peter Fenwick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 27-August-2003 Location: Lost somewhere in time... Status: Offline Points: 6484	Posted: 11-January-2006 at 16:50
	Congrats on the new purchase, �2195 sounds like a good price. Does it have any history? Edited by Peter Fenwick
	Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel.