WTB: E46 BMW 330ci ZHP, <80k miles - Southern California

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Originally Posted by Marcus-SanDiego

And I can vouch for Bruce. Great owner. Great guy.

If someone is looking for a ZHP, this is the guy to buy it from.




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+1. Definitely would not hesitate to buy from Bruce. Very thorough and knowledgeable owner.

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Originally Posted by BCS_ZHP

Jon,
If you're willing to fly to the other coast, I have something that may to fit your desires. Its a 2005 coupe, silver grey exterior, black leather interior, steptronic, 53K miles, moonroof, and adaptive xenon headlights. It does not have Nav or the cold weather package (i.e., heated seats).

The car is immaculate (see photo in the sig), never any accidents or paint work. I'm the 3rd owner and bought it about 7 months ago when I was looking for my first ZHP, and I was specifically looking for a 6 speed but this car's cleanliness and totally stock condition won me over. The only reason I would consider selling it right now is because our other ZHP is a 6 speed and all 3 drivers in our house prefer the 6 speed over the steptronic, so I would look to replace this one with another 6 speed.

I've put a couple grand into preventative & normal maintenance, I'm a bit OCD about maintenance, everything is up to date (or will be very soon), and this includes:
- Alternator light came on the day I bought it, was replaced along with battery
- new tires all around, followed by 4 wheel alignment
- valve cover gasket had a slight leak and was replaced, changed front belts, found a small oil leak from a hose, replaced that too
- of course an oil change, air and cabin filters, also had the power steering fluid flushed/replaced too
- expecting brakes to need to be replaced soon, new pads, rotors, sensors, and fluid ordered yesterday, plan to replace myself as soon as I find time

Only non stock item is tinted windows, not overboard in darkness. I would say this is the nicest car in our 4 car fleet but the other ZHP only has 13K miles, so this one is a very close 2nd to that one. In terms of price, it would be at the very top of your price window. If that's too much, understand but if you're interested, give me a call.
Bruce
703-232-8535

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Definitely interested but its a bit too far away for me. Definitely on my check list if I cant find anything locally suitable. Just the time, and expenses to go out there and back will be over and above what I'm willing to pay for car + other expenses for registration and such in CA.

Jon,
Understand the distance problem if travelling isn't your thing. Here's the 2nd owner's listing, has the photos that hooked me, took 2 months to get him to sell this car. And its still just as spotlessly clean and unabused.

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthr...=zhp+annapolis

Bruce, make sure you put your car in the classifieds section.

Marcus,
Will do, want to wash it first and get some current photos this weekend (sometime between the 6 soccer games 2 of my kids have -- you're going to love parenthood), was just giving Jon something more to look at.

Awww man - totally want it. By any chance, is the engine an SULEV engine or non-SULEV? I understand that in CA most (if not all) of the E46 were SULEV types.

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Originally Posted by jmuckey

Awww man - totally want it. By any chance, is the engine an SULEV engine or non-SULEV? I understand that in CA most (if not all) of the E46 were SULEV types.

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That is not rue.

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Originally Posted by danewilson77

That is not rue.

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Hmm, I stand corrected :)

Jon,
This was a originally a Fla car, then registered in PA but kept in MD, now I have it registered in VA. Thus, I do not think it has the SULE-V engine.

Unfortunately, there was a mishap Friday night, my son drove it to a friend's house, it was parked in his buddy's driveway, and my son's best friend didn't see it and backed into it, and a pretty hard backing action at that. The kid who caused this accident is very remorseful, but the other dad who will be responsible for the financial aspects is being a male anatomy part.

The driver's door needs to be replaced, thus it will no longer be 100% factory paint. I will ensure it gets fixed correctly, suspect I'm going to have to fight his insurance company over a new door versus a used door (which they'll want to use to save costs). Then since my kid drives all of our cars, I'm having a mental consternation moment of do I get what I really want (a 6 spd) and have a chance of something like this happening again or do I just let him drive this one since its no longer a virgin. My son didn't do anything wrong on his part but he's a teenager and sometimes his peers aren't as responsible or as appreciative of nice cars as he is, these are the fatherhood dilemmas you wrestle with (Marcus take note).

I'll plan to post it on the for sale side in a week or two after I get it repaired. Here are couple of photos of the damage, note how the sheetmetal wrapped around the steel inner door reinforcement. It never tore but there must have been a heck of a stress on this panel to get it to buckle like it did.

Bruce

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