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OzzieH
11-23-2014, 06:53 AM
Greetings from Idaho!
I saw this car on the Portland Craigslist and then the Freeman Motors website. It is a 2005 330Ci ZHP in Sparkling Graphite Metallic, black interior, Black cube trim, Alcantara steering wheel. Mileage is high at 95K, Price is $16K, seems at least $2K high from what I have been looking at here and other websites. I spoke to one of the sales reps.. Exterior has minor rock chips, some flaws on the rear bumper. I asked him to grade it--he gave it a 8/10. The pics show a worn driver's door arm rest which he confirmed. He said the bolster on the driver's seat looked very good for it's age--no scuffs. The pics ont the website are a bit dark--perhaps to their advantage!
They purchased this car thru a California auction. No maintenance paperwork available. Their description indicates a single owner car.
If my interest escalates, does anyone know a good indy shop or even the dealer for a PPI?

http://freemanmotor.com/autos/bmw-330ci-coupe-zhp-6-speed-e14b0595/?

WOLFN8TR
11-23-2014, 08:45 AM
Looks like a nice car from the pics. This is the exact same car as mine minus the cold weather package and I have a Step. I bought my car 2 years ago for $15K with 98K on it. I agree it's priced about 2K too high.

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Vas
11-24-2014, 02:32 PM
Steering wheel and door trim look to be in rough shape.

ELCID86
11-24-2014, 04:29 PM
I do love that color.

danewilson77
11-24-2014, 04:48 PM
^Nice Avatar. Looking good

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WOLFN8TR
12-08-2014, 06:20 PM
Greetings from Idaho!

They purchased this car thru a California auction. No maintenance paperwork available. Their description indicates a single owner car.
If my interest escalates, does anyone know a good indy shop or even the dealer for a PPI?

http://freemanmotor.com/autos/bmw-330ci-coupe-zhp-6-speed-e14b0595/?

Did you end up looking or buying this ZHP?

OzzieH
12-09-2014, 06:23 PM
Sorry for the delayed response--was busy over Thanksgiving and thru last week. Redrider2002 who is a member of this forum kindly offered to look at the car. He has considerable experience with looking over cars, particularly BMWs. He looked at it and said he would pass on this one, and so I did. I have a renewed interest in my 2002 530i, MT, TiAg over black. Just did a Vanos replacement with a DrVanos refurbished one. I'm a novice mechanic, so I'm glad to have added this job to my repertoire. The engine had a rattle which led me to do this job. The rattle is 90% better, but I really have a very nice performance increase which I was not expecting. I'm really pleased with this repair.