Gloria 2.8 auto to be sold..

[Alan W]

I've more or less made up my mind that l will be selling Gloria in the spring/early summer.. l've had a great 4 years use out of her but with retirement coming up in December I'm cutting down on my outgoings as there's other things l want to do. So anyone interested in buying a very original very good 1999 facelift 2.8 auto in cosmos black with just 60k miles watch this space. There will also be a very good stockpile of spares for sale...

 

[Synclare]

Oh no it's a fab example that will hold it's value if not increase cos no-one can afford M's !!

 

[DavidM]

There will be a great Zed going to someone - hopefully someone on the forum who will look after the car - great mileage too! Good luck!

 

[Shelly]

Good luck with your sale
Lovely Z

 

[lightning]

On the Z3 buyers seem to stress if it's had a few owners, or if there's the odd missing stamp in the service history.
Even if the car has done next to nothing between services.
This is unusual, l never had this selling my Ferrari (eleven previous owners) or my Porsche (ten if l remember correctly) even my Elise S2 which was a 2005 nobody even asked.
Modern cars such as the Z3 are much more robust than older cars, such as my Vitesse MK2.
That car had seven previous owners and little history from the first ten years.
But nobody was bothered.
Yet buyers have pecked at my recently for sale (pristine low mileage show winning) Z3 3.0 M Sport because it's had six owners and there's a gap in the history (during which time the car was barely used) although it's still got seven recorded services in 56,000 miles.
The owner from that time says he serviced it regularly and the condition of the car backs it up.
Yet nobody even came to see it after l mentioned the above to them.

 

[BMBabe]

 

[lightning]

Well l do struggle to understand it! I'm the sixth owner of my 2005 Defender 110 (which l bought in 2014) and it's the best l've seen. I still have not seen a better one.

I'd always recommend buying a vehicle firstly on condition, which means going to look at it rather than chuffing it off over the phone because it's had eight owners, or the owner serviced it themselves.
l've seen one owner Land Rovers that look like they've been dredged out of a lake.
And l looked at a one owner 2003 Elise S2 that was basically in need of restoration.

 

[t-tony]

Can't fault those sentiments to be fair. Go see and believe your eyes and if you don't have the knowledge needed take someone who does, ................ and trust their judgement.

Tony.

 

[Alan W]

Update.. the previous owner of Gloria has got to hear about the proposed sale and he wants her back and weve agreed a price.. just got to put the personal plate on retention and take it from there.. then l'll be putting some goodies on here for sale..

 

[lightning]

Glad you managed to organize an easy sale.

 

[Steve Medlock]

I've more or less made up my mind that l will be selling Gloria in the spring/early summer.. l've had a great 4 years use out of her but with retirement coming up in December I'm cutting down on my outgoings as there's other things l want to do. So anyone interested in buying a very original very good 1999 facelift 2.8 auto in cosmos black with just 60k miles watch this space. There will also be a very good stockpile of spares for sale...

Sad news! - you'll need something to occupy your retirement though Alan.

 

[Nodzed]

That says a lot about the car if the previous owner is buying, shows you treated her well