Today, i took the car for a check-up at beemerholics, although Initial M warned me to go on my own risk.
I spoke to a chap there sometime last week about me bringing over the car for him to check-up. He was friendly and was giving inputs to what to look out for and such....
I saw the complete repair bills and items changed by the previous owner. He has replaced some major parts like the radiator, alternator and few others already before. He also recently changed 4 new tires.
We took the car for a test drive and returned to the workshop to hoist the car up. The ride was firm and responsive to steering input. The front suspension parts incl absorbers are all in good condition. No sign of broken rubber bushes, ball joints and tie rods. As for the rear suspension parts, there's 2 bushes on both sides of the wheel that's torn and grease was all over the bush. It comes a whole with the arm (can't remember the name). Though these were worn, there was no sign of swaying or noise felt at the rear while driving.
However, the GB gasket is leaking and there's some stain of ATF on the gasket housing. The same goes for the engine oil sump gasket. And there's a slight trace of engine oil leaking from the flywheel oil seal.
And there's clonking sound from the A/C compressor. The compressor piston are worn. Azan23uk was right....that's the reason why the A/C isn't cool during idle but when throttled, the A/C blows cool air.
Plugged in the GT-1 tester, and no faults found. All control modules are in check. I was given a rough quotation on the things to replace. Will get a complete parts to replace lists & quotation on Monday.
Other than that, it's the broken pixel issue. That I'll have to source out from this forum the guy who repairs the pixels. And the headliner above the front left passenger has lost its stickiness or so to speak. I wonder if upholsterers can glue up the whole headliner (one time do for the whole roof) and reuse the fabric without replacing the fabric.
Now that i know, what has been replaced (full service and repair records), and what's to be replaced, i'm satisfied and happy to know the current condition of the car. In conclusion, I'm pretty much decided on getting this car and getting the issues sorted.