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S3 - On the open road
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Sounds like the kind of thing I heard Derek.
Maybe he's got a few duff cars and the rest are OK then... either way selling a damaged repair and not advertising that is not good (I'm taking it he's not advertising it as such?) |
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Going to Nick Johnson's is a good way of comparing cars, but i wouldn't pay over the odds for of his cars that aren't prepared for sale like an AUC car.
I almost bought a very cheap NSX of another dealer, but decided it was too rough. Later, i saw Nick had bought it and was charging many thousands more for the same car with no work done... fair play to him, he must be a god salesman.
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With regard to Nick, I bought my CSL from him, reg BM04 CSl with 14k miles and many people on the forum know how good it was, I recently sold it to a collector.
As others have said he doesn't have a showroom and the cars are not well presented. When I bought mine and went to collect it I had to change all 4 wheels, clean the windscreen etc. Also, Nick will probably get you to put the BMW warranty on the car, ie deduct the money from the price, thats what I did and it was not a problem. I would definitely go visit him and as mentioned he will give you a good test drive! |
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Don't understand, why would you then pay a premium for buying from a 'shop'?
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Never said anything about a premium.
Just saying its worth while visiting him to see a selection CSL's in one place. |
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Ah sorry, everyone else has mentioned paying a premium for his cars, just figured you had to.
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Totally agree with pacman,
i bought a 10K 04 plate off nick J in 2007 and despite being on the higher end price wise he had 5 SG's to view and his test drives are exactly that. Not a word from him in the passenger seat!!!!! |
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I had a look at the two cars i think you're talking about, one being a grey one with the Thorney Stage 2 and the other being a black one. I too thought that the grey one was very good value, but it looked quite scrappy next to the black one and a quick search of the reg number on here showed it had a lot of owners and had been sold at auction not long ago.
I didn't look too much at the black one, as i'm looking for a grey one! Not reasons to write it off, but it didn't leave me with a warm rosy feeling! Having seen a couple since, i think there's better cars, albeit they're a bit more expensive. |
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