Carfax? (plus SE-R status

David Pertuz d.pertuz at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 18:37:12 EDT 2015


Let's make it a 911 mailing list! :)



On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Kieran Lavin <kieran at kieranlavin.com> wrote:

>   Is this an SE-R or a BMW list?!?   Or a wooden boats mailing list?
>
>
>  kieran
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "George Roffe" <geo31 at suddenlink.net>
> To: "David Pertuz" <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
> Cc: "se-r at se-r-list.org" <se-r at se-r-list.org>
> Subject: Carfax? (plus SE-R status
> Date: Wed, Jul 1, 2015 5:46 PM
>
>  I aim to please. :-)
>
> My touring is indeed a unicorn.
>
> I've been looking off and on for a couple of years for one equipped just
> like my 328i.
>
> This one (139k miles) is almost exactly the same as my 328i (and I didn't
> want an xi)
>
> Sport pkg (req)
>
> Premium pkg (not req, but high on my list)
>
> Sunroof (req)
>
> Xenons (req)
>
> Manual gearbox (req)
>
> Heated seats (my 328i has adj lumbar support - mutually exclusive I
> believe)
>
> Premium sound package (not req, but high on my list)
>
> As with my 328i, the color is not my first choice, but it's highly
> acceptable.
>
> http://pages.suddenlink.net/geo31/photo5-E46F.jpg
>
> They are out there, but hard to find and when you do find them, the prices
> are usually sky high. Here's one that I may have considered if mine fell
> through. The price isn't bad at all for a touring so equipped, but it's
> about 1.5x what I paid. It's my first choice of color (not sure about the
> int though).
>
> http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=1078691&highlight=touring
>
> I absolutely love the touring.
>
> Geo
>
>
> ---- David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> =============
>   George,
>
>  Thanks for piling on about Carfux :)
>
>  For sure PPIs are a good idea with 911s! Though it is often the case that
> if you find a good car at a great price, it can get snapped up so quick
> that anyone who gets it ends up buying it without one. This is where the
> judgment comes in...
>
>  How is your Touring equipped? From last September, when I got back from a
> long road trip in my Accord with a fresh hatred for its automatic and
> crappy fuel economy and boringness, I've been casually shopping for a
> normal replacement for it. For a while E46 Tourings were on my short list
> (for some reason I have come to prefer B6 Avants over them now).
> Unfortunately, as with a number of other cars, the ones I am interested in
> are unicorns. In this case, E46 Tourings with no more than 100k or so
> miles, a manual, RWD, sunroof and the sport package. I swear there must be
> about three of those in the country...
>
>  David
>
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