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Quote: Originally Posted by lambda Used car prices fell by 30%.... CBA to dig up evidence, but do a little research.. I'm aware of exactly what happened. And at no point was the average retail value of a 19,000 mile 5 year old 325i £5k.

Good idea One thing to be wary of, depending on the extent of the body damage, is sharp edges can be an MOT failure

Quote: Originally Posted by Jez This goes back to Fox's point, to this owner is wasn't a 6-figure car, it was a ~£20k car, rather different prospect and why it didn't have the care i would expect lavished upon it. i got your point at least was wondering how long it would be before somebody said something about the wet comment though.

Quote: My oil pressure gauge reads low - around 15psi at idle. What's wrong? There may be nothing wrong. We often see hot engines idling in the 15psi range. First, check your gauge against a mechanical gauge to determine if it is the engine or just your pressure sensor. If the mechanical gauge also reads the same low pressure then you will need to diagnose it. Make sure the basics are covered such as good oil of the correct weight and...

sweet!

Shares a Platform with the odd Lincoln and one Generation of the Ford T-Bird. I hope it's not totally crap as the new XF is using it too

Quote: Originally Posted by AcidHell2 I know exactly how I would buy expensive cars and £600 why £600. It makes no difference because it doesn't (apart from resale value), if a car is in mint condition it is in mint condition. You can't because it's an invalid argument, you just said you probably missed some bargain mint ones. That's it thats the entire point. One owner could of wrecked the car, or you could of had 6 car...

Quote: Originally Posted by thelegend 25psi on idle seems nothing to worry about to me. He must have less than 20 psi as the warning light is coming on, unless it is set rediculously high?

You can't have been going that fast, if you were you'd have gone over the top of that tow truck, probably lucky it was there as the big hill would have slowed the Pug down I suspect.

Seeing yours up close was when I realised quite how nice they are, lucero. I don't come across too many irl for some reason. Very smart indeed :-)