Write Up Frankie's & Miller's American ///M Adventure

miller1098 · Mar 12, 2015

Wow we're in Vegas!Took the car for a test drive and the clutch is poor everything else is small problems that are simple fixes seat belt guide,diff bush and the little plastic jacking point cover thing is missing.otherwise the car is so clean it doesn't look used Frankie managed to negotiate a discount so he paid less than $8000 I think it was cheap.deal done we followed his cousin in his M5 to his house,saw his emaculate corvette and hit the road,San Deiego to Las Vegas 4 and a bit hours and 1 fuel stop.The exhaust is not standard a little more of a growl just enough .IT WAS GREAT I've never driven that fast for so long I thought I was at le mon crazy Frankie's smile was stretched from ear to ear 'at least I think it was a smile' the clutch is a pig though

MAURICE THE MARTIAN · Mar 12, 2015

You luck pair.great stuff really glad for you .keep the pics comin....mi juices r flowing.
[emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji89]

Lexybhoy · Mar 12, 2015

A really great attitude re the niggly faults the car has, a well deserved car by the sounds of things.

Brian4 · Mar 12, 2015

Frankie must be over the moon with that deal and the car looks excellent.

@hugh it looks as if you have mastered that art of driving from the passenger side and changing gear with the other hand, enjoy your drive across the states and great weather for it.

Brian H · Mar 12, 2015

miller1098 said:
Kissing his life savings awayView attachment 13388 View attachment 13389

I love these two pics, the sales guy must have thought, what a pair of loons

GazHyde · Mar 12, 2015

Brian H said:
I love these two pics, the sales guy must have thought, what a pair of loons

Probably the first and only time that he will have someone fly in from the UK to test drive one of his cars too!

oldcarman · Mar 12, 2015

MAURICE THE MARTIAN said:
You luck pair.great stuff really glad for you .keep the pics comin....mi juices r flowing.
[emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji89]

You sure it's not your bladder letting loose?? What's going to happen when the donuts show up?? Mind you, just so I stay on topic, the clutch is going away before the tires blow!! JIM

Dino D · Mar 12, 2015

Just over 5k GBP for a rare (and nice) colour is very good deal for one that looks so nice.

If the clutch on this one is like the e46 330i it can be diabolical, something to do with fly by wire throttle and the CDV making it hard to get a smooth engagement every time...can be fixed though as I drove 2 x 330i's with strange clutches and the one I bought was much more normal but not still as good as my 2.8 with cable throttle and CDV deleted.

zedonist · Mar 12, 2015

Thelma and Louise...

Great purchase Frankie hope you enjoy it.

Grumps · Mar 12, 2015

MAURICE THE MARTIAN said:
You luck pair.great stuff really glad for you .keep the pics comin....mi juices r flowing.
[emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji41] [emoji89]

Oh god really!

Grumps · Mar 12, 2015

miller1098 said:
View attachment 13394 View attachment 13395 View attachment 13396 View attachment 13397 View attachment 13398 View attachment 13399 View attachment 13400 Wow we're in Vegas!Took the car for a test drive and the clutch is poor everything else is small problems that are simple fixes seat belt guide,diff bush and the little plastic jacking point cover thing is missing.otherwise the car is so clean it doesn't look used Frankie managed to negotiate a discount so he paid less than $8000 I think it was cheap.deal done we followed his cousin in his M5 to his house,saw his emaculate corvette and hit the road,San Deiego to Las Vegas 4 and a bit hours and 1 fuel stop.The exhaust is not standard a little more of a growl just enough .IT WAS GREAT I've never driven that fast for so long I thought I was at le mon crazy Frankie's smile was stretched from ear to ear 'at least I think it was a smile' the clutch is a pig though

Looks like your having a ball! I doubt will see a deal more write ups about a UK Zedder blasting around America in an "M"! Enjoy the rest of your trip! :coolsteer)