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ZfrkS62 · 03-12-2005, 01:15 AM

I think the pollution is rotting their brains :shock: this is the second one i've seen for under 10!!

http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/car/63408403.html

Max Power · 03-12-2005, 01:26 AM

20000 JW members, we could get 2

ZfrkS62 · 03-12-2005, 01:29 AM

hell, even split between the posting community, that's like 50 bucks each

dingo · 03-12-2005, 01:42 AM

if its too good to be true it usually is......as if an E46 M3 would go for that little money unless there was something seriously wrong with it

nthfinity · 03-12-2005, 01:43 AM

hell yea!
i could easily swing a loan for 9500!!!
im tempted to contact his email see if its for real

Chaos in 1983! · 03-12-2005, 01:44 AM

That dude must be on crack or something, or ther is probably something REALLY wrong with that car.

pimrusis · 03-12-2005, 02:10 AM

The car may still be under warrenty, unless it has a salvage title or something,.

ZfrkS62 · 03-12-2005, 02:12 AM

all i would need is the last 7 of the VIN and i could try looking up the vehicle's service history in BMW's Dealer Communication System. anything done under warranty should be registered under that. and if one of you were to get it, and there was something wrong with the engine, i MIGHT be able to get it warrantied and replace it at no cost

Bring it on 8)

The car may still be under warrenty, unless it has a salvage title or something,.

even still it should be more than 9500. Even the E30 M3 is still going for more than 9500

black_magician · 03-12-2005, 02:22 AM

the link says its been taken down :cry: . but an e46 for under 10k? ... STOLEN CAR !!

Fleischmann · 03-12-2005, 02:53 AM

Originally Posted by black_magician

the link says its been taken down :cry: . but an e46 for under 10k? ... STOLEN CAR !!

Exactly. No asshole would sell a legally purchased M3 for under 10 grand.

I remember seeing a man selling 'his' BMW 330 for a ridiculously price. I had to look at the registration plate to notice what is going on. The car was from a city called Pruszkow, home to the biggest mafia here.

ZfrkS62 · 03-12-2005, 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by black_magician

the link says its been taken down :cry: . but an e46 for under 10k? ... STOLEN CAR !!

i got that on the other one i sw for 9900.

And no, there is no way to steal that car without a flat bed or holding the owner at gunpoint.

The tumbler is a two peice unit that will not engage the mechanical portion of the ignition switch unless the correct key is inserted. So punching the igniton is useless as is trying to break it with a screw driver.

Hotwiring won't work because the EWS 3.3 module won't release the injection and ignition control unless it sees the code from the key which is sent by AM radio signal to the Antenna ring around the ignition tumbler.

The code is sent from the key through the antenna ring to the EWS module. The EWS then compares the sent code to the one it has set as the correct random code it has set for the current start sequence. If the codes match, it then sends the code to the DME and upon DME confirmation, the injection and ignition are released.

The next code on the list (of 200) is selected by the EWS module and set in the DME and key transponder for the next startup sequence.

It doesn't do any good to swap the EWS module with a rigged one because the two units are "married" by the Rolling Code table. No two units have the same sequences

03-12-2005, 03:16 AM

ZfrkS62 - I've been seen a lot of those postings lately. Most of the time they are from out of state (Florida or Texas). I live in the Bay Area, and currently searching for a M. Too bad, that scammers now has even came to the point to trying to rip someone off on Craigslist.

It used a great site for both buyer and sellers.

Like the old saying goes "If it is too good to be true, it probably is."

T-Bird · 03-12-2005, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by ZfrkS62

Originally Posted by black_magician

the link says its been taken down :cry: . but an e46 for under 10k? ... STOLEN CAR !!

i got that on the other one i sw for 9900.

And no, there is no way to steal that car without a flat bed or holding the owner at gunpoint.

The tumbler is a two peice unit that will not engage the mechanical portion of the ignition switch unless the correct key is inserted. So punching the igniton is useless as is trying to break it with a screw driver.

Hotwiring won't work because the EWS 3.3 module won't release the injection and ignition control unless it sees the code from the key which is sent by AM radio signal to the Antenna ring around the ignition tumbler.

The code is sent from the key through the antenna ring to the EWS module. The EWS then compares the sent code to the one it has set as the correct random code it has set for the current start sequence. If the codes match, it then sends the code to the DME and upon DME confirmation, the injection and ignition are released.

The next code on the list (of 200) is selected by the EWS module and set in the DME and key transponder for the next startup sequence.

It doesn't do any good to swap the EWS module with a rigged one because the two units are "married" by the Rolling Code table. No two units have the same sequences

would using a BMW factory scan tool do the trick?
It works with the Audi one...

ZfrkS62 · 03-12-2005, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by FOXHOUND

ZfrkS62 - I've been seen a lot of those postings lately. Most of the time they are from out of state (Florida or Texas). I live in the Bay Area, and currently searching for a M. Too bad, that scammers now has even came to the point to trying to rip someone off on Craigslist.

It used a great site for both buyer and sellers.

Like the old saying goes "If it is too good to be true, it probably is."

Yeah, i'm starting to wonder. My g/f (we're kinda on a break but nothing has changed really) whom you and i have discussed over IM, has been sending me these. A little while ago she sent me an E36 M3 sedan suposedly in the bay area, for 3,000 bucks. I emailed the guy and got a response from TWO people :shock: one was a short reply saying the title was clean, and the other was a long ass email from a guy saying he was on business in ROME ( :shocked!: ) and wanted a 1,000 dollar deposit before driving the car to me when he returned in a month

i, in no uncertain terms, told him where he could stick the car

too bad too. I ran the VIN from it (and the others i've found) and they checked out

Originally Posted by T-Bird

would using a BMW factory scan tool do the trick?
It works with the Audi one...

No. the only people i think that are able to see the codes are the people who work the Tech. Hotline in New Jersey. If they can, the car has to be hooked up to the DISPlus or GT1 diagnostic computers. there really is no "scantool" for BMW. If the EWS module takes a shit, you have to reprogram the DME so that you can set the new table of codes in the processor so that alignment of the two control units can be carried out and the new code stored in the key.

Both modules calculate the codes and if they don't match, the DME will cycle forward to the next code to find a match. If that doesn't happen, the car goes nowhere

T-Bird · 03-12-2005, 03:54 AM

I didn't really mean scan tool like an OBDII tool but like the Modis or Genesis style tools that are like a full on computer (genesis runs on Windows variant) the Audi one works like you said so that you can reprogram the ignition module etc... to work with the key. We had to do it at school since some dumb fuck stole the damn key (he got kicked out).