Should I buy or Should I run?

[saaron]

Same w/my tii.  I’ve barely touched the injection and I bought it in 1987.  

 

(Knocks on wood)

 

 

Scott

[bmdubl02]

On 3/5/2024 at 7:12 PM, Son of Marty said:

Don't worry the right car will find you, always does.. it

Could not agree more….

[chargin]

On 3/9/2024 at 11:32 AM, JohnS said:

  One thing I can say with both of my cars is that once they've been set up correctly, they've been really reliable and sort of "set it and forget it".  That's been my experience

 

For me it was the Same with my Tii, just drive it regularly and it may get you 20 years down the road 

[tzei]

You got pulled over for?

 

”Obstructing traffic by driving too nice and shiny 02”

extra fine cuz ”no rust, no leaks”.

[Mark92131]

On 3/13/2024 at 9:06 AM, tzei said:

You got pulled over for?

 

Maybe, no front license plate?

 

Mark92131

[Henning]

On 3/13/2024 at 7:15 AM, chargin said:

Water-cooled tii clock?

 

 

Pay attention. The level is actually at 25%.

 

henn

[chargin]

On 3/13/2024 at 9:06 AM, tzei said:

You got pulled over for?

 

”Obstructing traffic by driving too nice and shiny 02”

extra fine cuz ”no rust, no leaks”.

 

20 hours ago, Mark92131 said:

Maybe, no front license plate?

 

He liked the car so much he asked if he could send photo's to his Car Buddies

 

Also related I installed Rare Magnet (Super Strong) magnets inside the Airdam for a Quick Release front plate I can actually Drive with 👍😉

[chargin]

On 3/14/2024 at 11:27 AM, Henning said:

 

 

Pay attention. The level is actually at 25%.

 

henn

 

I cant find on the FAQ search for how to refill? 

[Freude am Fahren]

No Reserve: 1972 BMW 2002tii 5-Speed for sale on BaT Auctions - ending July 1 (Lot #152,932) | Bring a Trailer

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this just popped up on BAT. Anyone knows this car? Any thoughts on whether or not I should move on it? 

 

 

[TobyB]

I wouldn't bother.

 

It's already at 10k, and the visible rust should cap it at about that price.

The rust in the pictures that aren't there will be significant, too.

And there are 6 days left...whoever ultimately pays $30k for it is going to be in at least another

10- and quite likely 20- if they poke the rust monster.

 

For an honest person, putting something on Baste a Turkey has to be a miserable experience.  

 

For a crook, it's gotta be endlessly entertaining.

 

I get the sense this car's not sold by a crook...

 

t

 

[Freude am Fahren]

1974 BMW 2002tii for sale on BaT Auctions - ending July 25 (Lot #155,835) | Bring a Trailer

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any thoughts about this one? I'm genuinely appreciative of all your input 

 

 

[TobyB]

Well, it's already too rich for my blood,

and the pictures are graphic art, not actual photographs.

As in, they've been mucked with, at which point, they don't count.

I'm not a real photographer, but I have watched one work, and she can

fix all your blemishes in about the time it takes me to see them...

 

What's telling in all the close- up 'wrapped with' and

'packing in its well- filled- out dance belt' detail 

is all of the pictures that AREN'T there- door bottom pinches,

inside hood pinch, trunk pinch, rocker seam, yadda yadda de yadda.  

Did I miss the trunk shots?  There were sooo mmmannnnyyy retouched-on-black my mousey finger may have spasmed.

And the gloves????

Riiigiggggttttt....

 

That said, it might really be an OK car.  But there are a hundred art shots, and just  7 that show that 

the front 'frame rail' channels are both crushed, the diff is leaking, and

somehow, someone bent the ends of the tabs that hold the back of the diff in place.

Now, I've bent the shit out of a couple of cars, and never managed to bend those things 

like that, not even swapping diffs 4 or 6 times a season.

Those pictures show an average car underneath- not one I'd be ashamed of, but 

one I was driving around, NOT wearing gloves...

 

But again, these are observations on presentation- omission is not always 

hiding something.  But if not hiding, then why not show?  5 minutes of opening doors,

hood and trunk, and having a poke 'round would clear it all up.

 

mmm. that was kinda fun...

 

t

Critical of presentation, uncertain of example.  

 

 

 

[Freude am Fahren]

The seller is local to me. I can ask to see the car in person if you don't think it's a ticking bomb 

[TobyB]

I don't see smoke from a fuse, no.  

 

A good look at all the usual rust spots, compression check hot and cold, 

and a general sense of the car ought to tell you what it is. 

 

Seems like a lotta money already, tho, for the 'most utilitarian' of all tiis.

 

t

 

[Freude am Fahren]

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Thoughts on this one? Should I bite?