1995 BMW 320i Touring SE for sale - Chingford

[retrogeezer]

Someone on another forum I use has this for sale, there was talk of scrapping it so it won't be expensive. if anyone is interested let me know and I'll get a number for you:

 

1995 BMW 320i Touring SE
Currently situated in NE London (near Chingford)
107k mileage
MOT due in September
Taxed until end of July
3 owners (first was the BMW dealer, second was someone who knew my uncle, I'm the third and have had it for the longest!)

What's wrong with it (that I know about):

Body work has a few spots where it looks like it is starting to rust, may be superficial I don't know. Front right mud guard has rusted and fallen off, but I still have that. Wing mirrors have enjoyed the odd scrape, some plant induced scratches down the sides, usual sort of things for an 18yr old car.

Rubber bit that sits below the wipers on the front windscreen is cracking. Rubber around the driver side window sits inside the glass when it should sit over it, despite that never had a leak ever.

Instrument cluster prone to dying occasionally and then coming back when it feels like.

Central locking intermittently works on the passenger and rear doors, they unlock when they feel like it, mostly when it's warm.

Opening the passenger driver side door causes the driver side electric window to go up, other than this bizarre and fun safety issue, the electric windows all work perfectly.

Some bulbs out on the dashboard.

In the last week it has decided to not fire on all 6 cylinders, makes a nice putt-putt sound out of the exhaust now and seems to have lost performance.

Glove compartment door hinges broken, likes to fall off when you open it.

Odd bit of internal trim (like the covers for the seatbelt bolts at the top) missing, one of the passenger door handle plastic surrounds keeps falling off despite being completely in-tact, perhaps I'm just not very good at putting it on properly.

One alarm key fob has run out of batteries, both have tape over them.

Climate control broke years ago, re-gassing didn't fix it either, probably a crack in a part that needs replacing.

I think that's it, but there might be something minor I've forgotten.


What's good with it:

Five wheels, four uncommon alloys in amazing condition considering the age, four wheels which do not need replacing anytime soon, and a spare in the boot which has only ever been used once to move the car from the back drive to the front car port.

All original manuals, fully traceable history, two sets of keys, until a cylinder (or two) went missing this June, engine was still gloriously happy and purring like a kitten. Never had cooling issues, ever.

Recently had front brakes and handbrake repaired, with various related bits replaced.

Rear struts for the boot were replaced a few years ago so that won't come down on anyone's head.

In fact, pretty much everything that isn't bad with it is pretty good!

 

Next MOT is September and in the last 3 weeks I've had the front left brake stick on, the heat shield underneath the car come loose, the handbrake collapse (ironically on the way to the garage to have the heat shield fixed! it went DOING!)

If I wasn't going on holiday in it this week I'd probably have decided against spending the £560 on getting all that done and given up there and then. 

Whilst on hols it decided to (at least I think this is what has happened) let one or two of the cylinders (it's 6 cyl) have a rest, so whilst it still goes okay it doesn't exactly have the performance it should have, and when idling it sort of putt-putts a bit.

 

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This is what he said when I asked how much he wanted for it:

 

I have no price in mind really, I'm open to reasonable offers, I'm not expecting £1k for it, but at the same time if someone said blah-blah-blah-it-needs-£800-spent-on-it-I'll-give-you-£50 they'd be wasting both our time. 

 

 

I think an offer of £250 would buy it.

 

 

 

[stormee]

If that buys the car, the new owner would best be advised to buy a set of spark plugs and ignition coils (no distributor, individual coils for each cylinder) and he'll be listening to the famous 6-pot choir again soon.