"how you got your zhp?" thread

[trancenation]

Thread would include the extents and circumstances that it took to purchase your zhp. Whether it be driving home from the dealership 1 mile down the street, or flying to a city on the other coast and driving it 1000 miles home. Let's hear them!

[Washburn]

found it on Carigslist with only 12k miles near Minneapolis, MN.
Talked to owner, settled on a price and had a PPI done at a nearby BMW specialized shop of my choice. passed PPI with flying colors.
Flew with wifey from Raleigh NC to Minneapolis, MN over the wk end - test drove and bought the car. (had no time to drive it home that long of a distance as i had to work the next day)
Then had the car shipped in closed container to NC.

[cakM3]

Got mine from one of the BMW mechanics where I have my M3 serviced. All the mechanics there were telling me that I need to buy this car. Turned out sweet and I am enjoying it as my new daily driver

Dane and BP have seen it up close....it's another project I'm looking forward to working on

Funny thing is that the mechanic I got my ZHP from is the mechanic who now services it...

[johnnyrad]

Saw on Autotrader the first day it was listed, drove up to Bridgeport CT the very next day and told the guy "yes please!" Put down a deposit, drove home, got financing, drove back up the following Saturday..then drove the 2.5 hrs back down and oh boy that was fun fun fun!

[midlandtech]

Had a big truck that was getting 8 mpg due to all the go fast goodies I had on it... Needed a more fuel efficient vehicle so was lookin at saabs merc's and cts's but nothin tickled my fancy... My buddy was moving up here to kc to work as the shop foreman at the bimmer dealership and actually found my zhp... Knowing the type of car it was he told me to jump on the car I drove the 40 miles test drove the car and made an offer the guy needed cash right then so he accepted. Thanks to my buddy I now have a kick butt little car that's in rediculously good condition and fun as hell to drive =)

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[05ZIPPYZHP]

My next door neighbor noticed I had just bought an 02' 330ci and told me I should have bought his instead. He took me into his garage and showed me his babied ZHP. Told him to give me a month to sell the 02' and I would buy his. 3 weeks later I was a proud owner of an immaculate 05' ZHP. Didn't even know about a ZHP package untill he told me about all the goodies.

[BlackNTan]

I was looking to swap out my 05 3.0i Z4 because the ride was pretty rough and the kids couldn't ride in it so I started a Cars.com search with 500 mile radius. Given my experience with my local dealers, I had vowed not to buy another BMW, but that apparently didn't last long!

I will freely admit that I had no idea about what the ZHP package was, but I knew that I loved the way certain 330s looked. I didn't realize until later it was the 135M wheels and the M body kit that made them look so great. After a few weeks searching, I found my car in Pennsylvania (about 300 miles away). The car was at a BMW dealership so I felt more comfortable buying it without even touching it. I FedExed them a check and drove up to pick it up 10 days later. Only after I bought the car did I figure out the car was a ZHP and I found out more about the car through this wonderful site. Suppose that would qualify as "Dumb Luck"

Now to work on the mods...

[3ZHPGUY]

My story posted before this thread

http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...istmas+present

[lilcdkey]

I had been looking for 330ci's for about a month when I started to give up. The next day I was planning on looking at a 05 G35 coupe, but I saw the ZHP on cars.com at about 4 am. Bought it the next day instead of the G.

[danewilson77]

Mine is posted in project subforum.

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