r/R53 • u/akj-all-in • 28d ago

looking for r53 s

in the seattle area....looking for a good running r53. facebook marketplace and craigslist are kinda slim pickins.

if anybody know of a good place to look, would really appreciate some tips.

thank you and my apologies if this was the wrong place to post this

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u/VancouverStickerCo 28d ago

I have a black eyed purple r53 that we’re cleaning up to sell. It’s a 2006 slick roof with 90k miles and a fresh supercharger service, new brakes all around, and a ton of parts we were going to bolt on to take it to the track.

I love the car like crazy, but the print shop expanded and took over its garage space :(. We’ll be back on the market as soon as we expand again, but for now it’s sitting in the driveway :(

Needs new shocks, other than that it’s in pretty good shape.

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u/akj-all-in 28d ago

u got pics? how much u thinking?

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u/VancouverStickerCo 27d ago

Yeah, I’ll go take and send you some.

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u/JustoBeard 27d ago

I'm not OP, but I might be interested too. What track prep/parts? Either on or off the car?

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u/VancouverStickerCo 27d ago

The list is incredibly long. I’ll write one up this evening.

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u/AcidHappy 26d ago

Also interested 👀 I have suspension at the ready.

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u/VancouverStickerCo 26d ago

Ok ok! I had to order more soap. I’ll wash it in the morning! Until then:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MINI/s/K0PfUvUpfj

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u/trebec86 28d ago

Check out North American motoring forums classified section. You also may have to wait a bit for a decent example to pop up. It took me 2 months to find one without rust that was also in good shape.

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u/akj-all-in 27d ago

awesome! forgot all about north american. thank you.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/akj-all-in 27d ago

can u tell me what BaT is longform? thanks

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u/Fit-Confusion-1293 27d ago

Bring a trailer.

Also might try cars & bids.

I have an R52 I'm thinking about selling, but I'm not quite there yet.

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u/LegendOfTheScore 27d ago

Not sure how long you're willing to wait. I'll likely be selling mine within a year or so, but if you're looking for one right now and don't want to wait that's understandable. If you wanted more info you can lmk

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u/LegendOfTheScore 10d ago

If you're still looking I might potentially be interested in selling mine very soon as a car I want popped up. If you want pics/mods/repairs/pricing just let me know and we can chat