Buying a 15 Year Old BMW Z4 with a N54 Stupid?

[Dominic-Toretto]

I am considering buying back a BMW Z4 35is (N54 Engine W DCT Gearbox) that I sold privately 5 years ago, it was a lovely space grey with walnut interior. I have had three Z4 35is cars and absolutely enjoyed all of them, however I appreciate that it is now a 15 year old car. These days I am only driving around 5k miles a year, so it would likely spend 5 days a week parked in my garage, with 2 days of driving here and there. Now I am aware of all the issues with the N54, when I sold it 5 years ago it had done 50k miles, it is now only on 65k. In my ownership I personally changed all 6 injectors to the latest revision index 12, replaced a leaking valve cover, crank case hose, updated to 1 step colder spark plugs, and elder coils. At the time it did not have any signs of waste gate rattle, or hpfp or water pump issues. The car was also running a modest 400bhp at the time. The car when I sold it was flawless and ran great, it was lowered and had forged wheels etc and it was sold to an older gentleman who I am sure would not be the type to abuse the car. My question is, am I taking a huge risk buying this back, aka am I viewing it through rose tinted glasses? I can DIY all jobs that don't require the car to be lifted.

Would buying this back likely present me with lots of issues? Given that it is 15 years old, what sort of additional wear and tear will the car start to see?

Thanks!

 

[Dominic-Toretto]

Thanks all for the input, will take it all onboard and have a think!

 

[Dominic-Toretto]

No no no, this is nonsense. You worked bloody hard to earn your online image and now you're going to just destroy it?

No. Say something funny Mr funny man.

I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters, not posters on ocuk forums, not my team and all their ****. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.