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I bet the seller has an unreasonalbe price expectation though..

SS7

well at £4500 with reserve not met!!    he's spent a fortune!! 

I think if you were to do that you might as well start off with a RHD sport instead of killing an M3, 

1) keeps the cost down

2) keeps the cost down

PJSM3 wrote: 1990 car but on a 'K' plate? That seems a bit odd.

Also registered in 1999    (which it could have been (re-registered!!))

Think he's either telling porkies or made a mistake!! said he's owned it since 1990!!!   i don't think so!!  ilegal plate if that's the case.

Probably owned since 1999, is a 1990 model but was made later, and he imported it in 1999 and thus registered it then!

According to DVLA you can't make a car appear newer than it is!!  you can put any plate upto and including that year on there!  but not a later one!  that's how I always wonder why a dealer is allowed to get away with selling a 2 year old car on a current plate!!

I've seen E36's with V plates!!

I think they (DVLA) mean you cant make a car appear newer than it is after its been registered   as far as im aware, correct me if Im wrong.....you could have bought an M3 in 1995, never registered it, stored it in an airtight garage somewhere (like some have - currently selling for £60k) and register as a 54 plate next time round.

Very odd I know.

Absolutely, so thats why when people order new cars and they arent fussed about options n the like, they can get some good deals.

Wonder how many people i.e your average joe who knows nothing about cars and just uses it for going to the shop / the alotment every now and again fall for this trick.

Nostrils wrote: Some M3's were on K plates. Altwood Slough had 1 many years ago when I was fascinated by the Z1 - It ended ARD and I think I have seen it since on a track somewhere. Also, Independent of Aldermaston has one in Calypso Red when they were originally in Wimbledon and when I bought mine from them, the same car had returned by that last owner and part-ex'd against another one! If I could find a minter K plate I would buy it!

I saw a black 'K' E30 M3 saloon at Independent when they were in London. It had a scary oxblood leather interior which I thought was only available for U.S. cars. Late registered Z1's are relatively common - Quite a few were put into storage by speculators only to get their fingers eventually burnt. E30 M3 cabrios were of course being produced later than the saloons so quite a few about.

Praktisk wrote: Absolutely, so thats why when people order new cars and they arent fussed about options n the like, they can get some good deals. Wonder how many people i.e your average joe who knows nothing about cars and just uses it for going to the shop / the alotment every now and again fall for this trick.

I think a while back in Car magazine it was mentioned that the Lancia Beta run out special edition 'Hi Fi' (I think) was a result of the unsold compounded cars being accidentally flooded, then dried out and re trimmed before being sold as new............Makes you think. If I was buying new I'd want to check the build date every time.

PJSM3 wrote: I recall there was some fuss about this on Watch Dog or the like a few years back. Some 'new' cars (italian?) were being sold at dealers with rust already appearing !

My brother bought new Fiat X1-9 1500 in 1983  think.  In 1985, he traded it in and bought another one.  The VIN from the 85 car was EARLIER than the 83 car.  The dealer bought it back when he discovered it  6 months later at full price.

See also here:- http://m635.co.uk/DiaryDetail.asp?ArticleID=7 - http://m635.co.uk/DiaryDetail.asp?ArticleID=7

Praktisk wrote: 6 months free car rental ... not bad.

Yeah, but it WAS an X1-9 remember BTW anybody ever tried changing the pads in these things??  I think to do the deal, he had to buy a Strada 105TC - superb to drive - rusted in front of your eyes!

Tell me about it, I had to live with a mother who swore by Fiat Pandas for about 18 yrs of my life.

Not quite <spelling>embarressing </spelling> enough being dropped off at the bus stop in when you were 14.

Imagine the predicament BMW would be in, say they had released facelift model and they still had a stockpile of pre-facelift somewhere.

Praktisk wrote: Imagine the predicament BMW would be in, say they had released facelift model and they still had a stockpile of pre-facelift somewhere.

These are tarted up and sold as "Limited Editions".

Thats basically the deal m3cecotto.

I work in a Ford dealership as a Ford Technician but I must admit we don't see many 'old' vehicles being sold as new ones.

Most of the old spec cars get shipped of to be rental vehicles for a while.

Pikey

My tin top M3 is on a J plate, despite being built in Dec '90. It sat in the showroom until it was registered in Sept '91, hence a J when it came to the UK.

I have had a little grief with some insurers, as their computers tell them that a J plate M3 tin top can't exist but only when they say 'computer says no!'

I've not seen the beige leather in this country before, was it an option? Maybe I've not seen enough M3's :o)

Mags