Description
My wife's pride and joy for the past 8 years. It has been her sole daily driver and we've never once experienced any issue of any kind. A brilliant car throughout and has some rarity value with 3 door rear wheel drive hatches sadly being consigned to the history books.
35 road tax
96,600 miles
2 previous owners
2 keys
History file
Mot till June
Registered September 2013
Every button works as it should, car drives faultlessly.
Service History (Either BMW or BMR Dartford):
12/11/2015 @ 12,389 miles
06/09/2016 @ 17,906 miles
15/06/2017 @ 24,020 miles
19/01/2019 @ 37,173 miles
04/06/2020 @ 48,186 miles
26/05/2021 @ 54,276 miles (Brake fluid only)
11/06/2021 @ 54,483 miles
17/06/2022 @ 64,735 miles
05/06/2023 @ 77,458 miles
10/06/2024 @ 85,184 miles
10/06/2025 @ 92,283 miles (included a full drivetrain / transmission service costing 894)
Currently running Bridgestone Potenza runflats with plenty of tread life remaining. These have proved better and more suited to the car than previous Pirelli, Michelins and Goodyear Eagles, albeit somewhat crashy over potholes.
Things that may need future attention:
The clear coat has started peeling on the edges of the rear bumper and on the NSR wheel arch, with one area of paint also peeling. We don't know why, either the car had some paint before our ownership or its starting to succumb to the weekly 140psi jet wash (circa 400 jet washes in our ownership). My wife obtained a quote to have this re-painted, but she's not going ahead now she has a new car! *See walkaround video*
Front brake pads will be due before the year is out. Rear pads have loads of life left.
Wheels have never been refurbished so do have marks and some light scuffs as pictured.
Car is still on its original factory battery, it works just fine, starts just fine after 2+ week holidays, and has never needed charging but I can't imagine it will last forever.
Front bumper has 13 years of road rash and there are stone chips on the bonnet (see video).
A couple of very light marks in other places on the car.
We recently received an airbag recall letter from BMW that we've not yet acted upon.
The headlights condensate up. No point replacing them as they all do it, we tend to unscrew the plastic caps for a couple of weeks before each MOT and they dry out.
Paint wear to door shut caused by the door seal - By the time we realised this was a common issue it was too late to apply PPF.