Anyone here know / is the previous owner of this 325i?

H3llR4iser

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2011-bmw-325-i-se-570-road-tax/16640589

Was thinking about giving a call to the seller and maybe go have an exploratory look, but thought that being it's a 3.0 liters maybe the former owner is lurking in here...or somebody has taken a look at it?

selectamatic

Its a uk car

com1

Those seats don't look leather to me.

artanevilla

com1 wrote: »

Those seats don't look leather to me.

Defo not leather.

bazz26

They ain't heated either. It's a UK import so no Irish owners on it yet.

colm_mcm

Very low reg alright.

Casati

Very low spec for a 3.0 325i...typically the budget spec goes on a company sales rep supplied 320d

I’d wonder is it an ex U.K. Cop car?

Do a history check if your serious about it

bazz26

It has a scent of ex UK cop car about it alright. I'd be getting the old UK reg and doing a bit of googling. The ex cop auction stuff gets listed on the web regularly.

H3llR4iser

Cheers guys - definitely not serious about it at all, haven't even rang the seller to take a look yet. I would quite frankly prefer a 2-door E92 if I ended up going the BMW route.

The only real issue is that it's a sea of desolation and desperation of the diesel kind when it comes to second hand cars available, with the odd 320i in the mix. I'd be looking for a 325i of 330i (also found 335i on carsireland, but the interior is old man's territory!), and there are literally just a handful for sale.

bazz26

I'd say your best choice will be to import one. VRT might push it above your budget but you will still have a better choice than what is here for similar money.

For example:



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201802143718685?body-type=Coupe&aggregatedTrim=325i&exclude-writeoff-categories=on&minimum-badge-engine-size=3.0&year-from=2010&year-to=2012&sort=price-asc&postcode=bt11aa&radius=1500&model=3%20SERIES&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&advertising-location=at_cars&fuel-type=Petrol&make=BMW&page=2

BabyEater

I was looking for a couple of months for an e92 325 or 330, couldn’t see anything past 08 so I had to settle for the high Tax 07 price was cheap which compensates for Tax.

aerofoiled

I bought a 2011 325i Touring in the UK back in January as there was absolutely nothing here. It's your only option if you want the 3 litre with the reasonable tax rate.

H3llR4iser

Yep, as I said - desolation and desperation in diesel form. There are actually quite a few 3 coupes going around a certain area of Dublin (2-4, as you can imagine), they're all diesel. Depressing.