Alright, this is a tricky one. My good friend is selling his 97' M3 (pictures below - not great quality, something happened to my iphone, camera sucks)... that's the easy part of the story. Here is where it gets tricky:
The car has very low miles, however I can't be sure what they are because the last time the car was driven was 5 years ago. As you can see, the tires are no good so I would have to put it on blocks to take the wheels to get tires put on, change battery, get old gas out (somehow) and put some new in, etc. These are also the relatively easy parts.
The hard part is that there is a rat living in the engine compartment. I don't know what it has gone through, I didn't take a bunch of time to examine while in my work clothes. Over time, I know there are natural issues such as engine seals, but the rat could have done endless damage to wires and hoses, not to mention their is rat sh*t everywhere.
Other than that, the exterior doesn't look bad at all. Interior needs some obvious cleaning as well as some window seals and some other things, but those aren't difficult. The rat and anything else that would naturally happen to the engine over that amount of time with no use are my biggest concerns.
So basically, my questions are: What else should I check into on this car? In order to just get it turned on what steps do I take (right now I have... engine oil, gas, battery, what else?)? How do I address the rat and get it the F out of there? What would you value this car at?
The car has very low miles, however I can't be sure what they are because the last time the car was driven was 5 years ago. As you can see, the tires are no good so I would have to put it on blocks to take the wheels to get tires put on, change battery, get old gas out (somehow) and put some new in, etc. These are also the relatively easy parts.
The hard part is that there is a rat living in the engine compartment. I don't know what it has gone through, I didn't take a bunch of time to examine while in my work clothes. Over time, I know there are natural issues such as engine seals, but the rat could have done endless damage to wires and hoses, not to mention their is rat sh*t everywhere.
Other than that, the exterior doesn't look bad at all. Interior needs some obvious cleaning as well as some window seals and some other things, but those aren't difficult. The rat and anything else that would naturally happen to the engine over that amount of time with no use are my biggest concerns.
So basically, my questions are: What else should I check into on this car? In order to just get it turned on what steps do I take (right now I have... engine oil, gas, battery, what else?)? How do I address the rat and get it the F out of there? What would you value this car at?