Spend Jake's Money.

[.RJ]

Z4 > 2g MR2 turbo > 2g MR2 n/a > 3g MR2

Guilty Pleasure: I still look for 2nd gen MR2 turbos on occasion.

[RawrImAMonster]

It's up to you about the PPI but I worked at Mid Atlantic during college so I'll add my 2 cents. They are the only BMW shop in the burg so prices aren't low. But the staff there is very knowledgeable. Ask for Jason to perform the inspection is he still works there. He knows his shit.

Yeah I know prices won't be low. I know it's usually $100 for a decent PPI. Do you know the price it was two years ago? If you can disclose that

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I've found that they typically want a few times more than what I would expect for any given job. Hence the reason I haven't had them do any work.

When he said $5k to do the subframe mount reinforcement on my M3 I thought I misheard him at first. Nope. Bimmerworld only wanted just over 1k I think.

[JPolen01]

I've found that they typically want a few times more than what I would expect for any given job. Hence the reason I haven't had them do any work.

When he said $5k to do the subframe mount reinforcement on my M3 I thought I misheard him at first. Nope. Bimmerworld only wanted just over 1k I think.

Yeah that's what happens when you are the only "known" BMW/German shop in town. Closest BMW dealer is Charlottesville and most people don't want to drive there so they just pay the inflated price.

[CaptainHenreh]

Edit: welp I got the wrong guy. I know a Michael Ripley. No where near the same first name :dunno:

That ripley drives a nissan pickup.

[Goodspeed]

I'm all about some 3g MR2, but I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised when I looked up "BMW Z4 Hardtop" on the google. It's so beautifully weird, I love it.

[ScottyB]

if you get a z4 you've gotta do urban green simply for the WTF factor

[.RJ]

oh god no. stahp.

[D_Eclipse9916]

When he said $5k to do the subframe mount reinforcement on my M3 I thought I misheard him at first. Nope. Bimmerworld only wanted just over 1k I think.

That has to be a quote that was "go away we don't want to do the work".

[JPolen01]

When he said $5k to do the subframe mount reinforcement on my M3 I thought I misheard him at first. Nope. Bimmerworld only wanted just over 1k I think.

That has to be a quote that was "go away we don't want to do the work".

I would think so. They only have 2 lifts so that would eat up a ton of time where they could be making quick money on other simple stuff. But Greg is a greedy bastard so it could have been his price too.

[RawrImAMonster]

Maybe, but other jobs I had asked about were similarly overpriced. I think they wanted $800 to do the intake valve cleaning on my 135i. Others on the forums were saying their dealerships were doing it for $400ish.

[rherold9]

Shopping for cars online, a few hours away and I see minor accidents and no air bags deployed on Carfax.

What's everyone feeling about even bothering to look at cars in accidents? There is always a notion they'll be crappy or have issues. But, a lot of these cars in photos look 100% and I wouldn't be able to tell they were in an accident otherwise.

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[RawrImAMonster]

Carfax doesn't show a big percentage of accidents that do happen so if it shows a minor one where the bumper was replaced or something, I wouldn't worry about it. At least you know about it that way.

[WRXtranceformed]

If the seller is really upfront about the accident and can prove that it really just was minor / cosmetic, I wouldn't be stressed about it (and probably use it as a leverage point).

If you remember, my Jag was rear-ended by some dum dum in an old Ford ranger. I took and saved digital photos of the damage that day and kept all of the body shop invoices from the repair (since it showed up on the Carfax). The new owner was appreciative of that level of detail and it didn't affect the sales process really much at all. People are such bad drivers nowadays I think it's actually surprising to find a used car that's actually been driven that doesn't have some level of accident / ding / unavoidable imperfection to it.

[rherold9]

Alright, that makes sense. I guess the best way is to just drive and find out if it feels weird and inspect it closely.

Also, going to go test drive this in a bit. These few hour drives will get old real quick:

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[ViPER1313]

I wouldn't avoid a car just because it was in an accident, but if it shows on the Carfax adjust the price accordingly. The Corolla I drive was in a medium sized impact - airbag deployed, crumpled hood/fenders/radiator support/front rail.... once it was fixed it drives 100%. The only cars I would avoid at all costs are ones that have had flood or fire damage.

Edit: also, Carfax is a joke. The Corolla has been in the accident above and a second less serious accident, both reported to insurance and the major one generated a police report.... it has a clean Carfax. My Pontiac was in a major accident prior to me purchasing it... clean Carfax.

[Scott]

Alright, that makes sense. I guess the best way is to just drive and find out if it feels weird and inspect it closely.

Also, going to go test drive this in a bit. These few hour drives will get old real quick:

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I live 5 minutes from that dealership, let me know if you want me to look at it with you.

[Scott]

It's up to you about the PPI but I worked at Mid Atlantic during college so I'll add my 2 cents. They are the only BMW shop in the burg so prices aren't low. But the staff there is very knowledgeable.

You are leaving out how they will blatantly lie about a misrepresented car to make a sale then acknowledge they knew all along when pushed about the topic. I would avoid them at all costs.

[JPolen01]

Well you gotta tell the story now. I was there for barely a year and never saw anything like that.

[Jake]

What's everyone feeling about even bothering to look at cars in accidents? There is always a notion they'll be crappy or have issues. But, a lot of these cars in photos look 100% and I wouldn't be able to tell they were in an accident otherwise.

I'm fine with it, so long as the repairs are done right. My E46 had part of the front bodywork replaced/repaired after the PO hit a truck tire tread on the highway. No airbags deployed, and he got a new bumper and half a cooling system out of it. Whatever.

Anything bad enough to make an airbag deploy would make me really pause as nothing I'm looking to buy is so rare that I can't find a slightly less crashed example elsewhere.

[rherold9]

So, who is in Richmond this weekend or near it and can take a little trip with me tomorrow?

Edit: roommate said he'll do it and if not Justin volunteered for Sunday

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