DimitriSpain

I'm sorry now that I didn't take a look inside the fuel cap too see if it had the premium sticker. If only to see the guy's reaction. He was the dealer's mechanic. The dealer himself didn't speak English so he had the mechanic speak to me. Nice guy. He was fairly honest with me about the car..perhaps too honest. Far as the Spanish 350 market there are substantially less available than Germany. Maybe half are roadsters which I have no interest in. I see cars being pushed on a daily basis outside my building here in Barcelona. I'm originally from South Africa, been working in Spain two years. I wasn't able to exchange my South African B license in Spain so I had to take my B license test again. You fail the test if during parking section you don't touch the curb with the rear wheel reversing in, and if you don't touch the front wheel pulling in. In South Africa any touching of the curb is an instant failure. I have a large space in a communial garage. Twice width of a normal space with good reason. Spain is a great driving country though. Just stay out of the cities.

I did ask if it was run on premium. He flatly stated that "you can use any fuel in the car". Seemed to have no clue about it. I agree I should probably walk on this one. To be honest though I seriously doubt I will find an owner here who has run the car on premium. At this point I think I'd be better off purchasing and importing one from Germany. More complicated but the secondhand market there seems much larger. Thanks for the responses guys.

So I'm living in Spain and I've decided I'd like to buy a 350. Looking for a little advice The secondhand market here is quite thin, and generally second hand cars are more expensive than the rest of Europe. Something I'm ok with and am willing to except. Currently looking at a 2006 350z with 53000km on the clock. The price of the car seems in line with what I've seen advertised on the rest of mainland Europe. It's being sold by a dealer and comes with a 1 year mechanical warranty. On the test drive I looked out for the usual problems. Clicking drive shift, smoke from exhaust on cold start etc. None appeared present. Interior of the car appears flawless. Exterior too with the exception of a small dent on the front bumper. Something I understand is normal due to the shape. The dealer resprayed the car from its original black to orange apparently due to some small scrapes. He copped to one issue which was the rear parking sensors don't work. Apparently it has had 2 owners. I've verified this with the traffic department. One owner from 2006 to 2009. The second the dealership itself from 2009 to present. Here is where I have some doubt. The dealer claims that the car was used by the owners of the dealership. He claims two people drove the car during that period. And it seems to avoid paying tax locally the dealership transferred ownership of the car 5 times (sigh..Spain). So while the traffic department states two owners, the number of transfers is 5. Carfax lists these transfers but with no names. My concern here is that their is essentially a 5 year period where anyone could have driven the car, who knows how. If the car seems mechanically sound though, and the dealer is offering a 1 year warranty on parts should I be ok with this? It doesn't sit right with me. Perhaps that's all that matters.. I'm really set on a 350. Easily falls within my budget. It's my first performance car purchase.