Yass_ZHP
07-01-2013, 07:46 AM
Hey guys, Im writing from Honduras in Central America, I recently acquired a 2005 330i ZHP Imola Red, it has currently 103k miles on it. This is my 2nd BMW I had a 1996 e36 328is a couple of years ago and I simply fell in love with BMW I sold it with 167k miles on it and it ran so smooth but I had to let it go.
Ever since I always knew I wanted to get another one, but then I moved from Guatemala to Honduras and BMW has very little presence here, the dealers focus mainly on the X series. A couple of months ago I was going through a couple of forums in Guatemala and I saw an ad for a 2005 330ZHP and I couldnt believe they were selling it, started doing a lot of research on the car, read a lot from this forum and I fell in love with it.
I tried contacting a couple of my buddies from the BMW Club in Guatemala https://www.facebook.com/bmwclubguatemala?fref=ts and sure enough someone knew the owner I contacted him and then the mechanic who I had met previously and he gave me pretty good news. I spoke with the owner and sent him some money to reserve it and flew to Guatemala and I bought it. Drove it down here (450 miles away)
The car came from the US on 2012 the previous owner did a couple of things to it, he exchanged the wheels on it with an e46 M3 got the style 68 wheels :( and removed the HID module and switched it to the standard halogen lights, unfortunately. Other than that, the car runs great its well maintained, and I love it. I have done a couple of things to it like fixing the A pillars, putting in some new stealth black grills, drop in k&n filter, 70% tint. Theres not a lot of things here for my car, I order everything through amazon or TMS.
I live very close by to my work and I dont use it every day, a full tank of gas lasted 4 weeks, almost the complete month. I try to enjoy it on the weekends.
I have to do a couple of things to it, need to find a mechanic I can trust to change the valve cover gasket (already have the new one), wanna change the wheels to alufelgen cs7, and other minor things.
Anyways, I wanted to say hi and tell you a little about my new baby´s story. I know that I will learn a lot from you guys.
Im attaching a couple of pics of my old e36 and of course the ZHP. These are some old pics of how I bought the car, havent been able to take new, weather down here has not been the best lately. I will post some new ones when I can.
Cheers
Ever since I always knew I wanted to get another one, but then I moved from Guatemala to Honduras and BMW has very little presence here, the dealers focus mainly on the X series. A couple of months ago I was going through a couple of forums in Guatemala and I saw an ad for a 2005 330ZHP and I couldnt believe they were selling it, started doing a lot of research on the car, read a lot from this forum and I fell in love with it.
I tried contacting a couple of my buddies from the BMW Club in Guatemala https://www.facebook.com/bmwclubguatemala?fref=ts and sure enough someone knew the owner I contacted him and then the mechanic who I had met previously and he gave me pretty good news. I spoke with the owner and sent him some money to reserve it and flew to Guatemala and I bought it. Drove it down here (450 miles away)
The car came from the US on 2012 the previous owner did a couple of things to it, he exchanged the wheels on it with an e46 M3 got the style 68 wheels :( and removed the HID module and switched it to the standard halogen lights, unfortunately. Other than that, the car runs great its well maintained, and I love it. I have done a couple of things to it like fixing the A pillars, putting in some new stealth black grills, drop in k&n filter, 70% tint. Theres not a lot of things here for my car, I order everything through amazon or TMS.
I live very close by to my work and I dont use it every day, a full tank of gas lasted 4 weeks, almost the complete month. I try to enjoy it on the weekends.
I have to do a couple of things to it, need to find a mechanic I can trust to change the valve cover gasket (already have the new one), wanna change the wheels to alufelgen cs7, and other minor things.
Anyways, I wanted to say hi and tell you a little about my new baby´s story. I know that I will learn a lot from you guys.
Im attaching a couple of pics of my old e36 and of course the ZHP. These are some old pics of how I bought the car, havent been able to take new, weather down here has not been the best lately. I will post some new ones when I can.
Cheers